The Hindu Editorial

In Karnataka, political one-upmanship has driven the concerns of the State to the backstage. While the major contenders on the political scene in Karnataka — the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the...

A mere wish to be praised as a global or regional power should not be allowed to guide our foreign policy There is a lot of talk these days, not so much...

The acquittal(दोषमुक्ति/रिहाई) of five suspects in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case is likely to reinforce(पुनः प्रचालित करना/पुनः प्रचालित करना) public cynicism(कुटिलता/शंकुवाद) in the country about the state of the criminal justice system. Regardless of whether the...

The finance ministry reportedly wants the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease the norms for bad loans, ostensibly(जाहिरा तौर पर/प्रकट रूप से) to prevent(प्रतिबंध करना) mass corporate distress(संकट/विपत्ति). This is a bad idea. Lengthening the period...

Each time a horrific(भयानक) sexual crime hits the headlines, there is a clamour(कोलाहल) for prescribing(हुक्म देना) the death penalty for such offences(अपराधों). Given this, it is perhaps(शायद) no surprise that the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and...

After a sharp(तीव्र/स्पष्ट) fall at the beginning of the year, oil prices have risen dramatically(नाटकीय रूप से) in recent weeks. The price of Brent crude(कच्चा तेल) has risen by around $10 since it touched a short-term low...

The controversy is a wake-up call to press ahead (to start or continue doing something in a determined way, although it is difficult) with a robust data protection law. The world has just learned...

The Olympics has a global allure and the Asian Games basks(आनंद उठाना) in its continental(महाद्वीपीय) spread(विस्तार/प्रचारित होना). Compared to these two, the Commonwealth Games may look like an unflattering(अनाकर्षक) vestige(झुकाव/प्रभाव)of Britain’s colonial past. Yet there is no...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks vested interests are behind the “baseless(आधारहीन)” allegation that the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission are biased(झुका हुआ) against certain States or a region. He did not...

The 15-page chargesheet filed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch on the abduction(अपहरण), rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district is chilling. An unspeakably horrific(भयानक/ डरावना) crime has been overlain(ढँकी)with...