The Hindu Editorial

There is now a mutual recognition in both India and China that a posture of hostility has undermined their interests. The India-China relationship has always been too complex to classify under a single theme....

With the notice for his impeachment rejected, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra should proactively initiate reform. In an unprecedented move, seven Opposition parties finally initiated the process to impeach the Chief Justice of...

The Indian rupee is again under pressure as rising oil prices have combined with higher U.S. bond yields(मान लेना /पैदावार) to spur demand for the dollar. After a strong showing in 2017, when the...

Even before the Taliban announced its new “spring offensive(अपमानजनक/आक्रामक)”, violence(हिंसा/क्रूरता) in Afghanistan had escalated(तना हुआ/तीव्र करना) dangerously this year. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the number of casualties(हताहतों की संख्या/जनहानि) in the first three...

The Centre’s decision to revoke(वापस लेना/रद्द करना) the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Meghalaya and reduce(छोटा करना/अधीन करना) its ambit(सीमा/मंडल) in Arunachal Pradesh is welcome insofar(जहां तक) as it signifies a willingness to reconsider(पुनर्विचार करना) the use of the special...

Last Saturday, within hours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s return to Delhi from an overseas(विदेशी) tour, the Union Cabinet approved the promulgation(प्रचार/घोषणा) of the Fugitive(भगोड़ा/पलायक) Economic Offenders Ordinance, 2018. A fugitive is defined as someone who has...

By adopting a political resolution acceptable to both the majority and minority sections(अल्पसंख्यक वर्ग), the 22nd party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) averted(टालना/हटाना) a divisive(बांटनेवाला/भाग करनेवाला) contest for the post of the general secretary...

Despite its vast potential, the Commonwealth Summit gave the impression of being out of step with the times. We’re often told journalism is about telling detail. Here’s one from the Commonwealth Heads of...

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in London came with hopes of a “re-energised(सक्रिय)Commonwealth”. To begin with, the summit was being held in the U.K., the founder of the...

The idea of holding simultaneous(समकालिक/एक ही समय में होनेवाला) elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies appears to have caught the imagination of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre....