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The sleep monitor on your wrist might just save your life

Consumer devices like fitness trackers are great at tracking how long you sleep and identifying patterns in different sleep stages, like REM and light sleep

These everyday devices from smartphones to fitness trackers to smart rings have turned our bodies into streams of medical data.

Opinion

Published on Jan 22, 2025 07:00 PM IST

ByAnirban Mahapatra

Tech Tonic | India should align with OpenAI’s mega AI Stargate Project

It’s an opportunity for India to align with the best and build on its strengths such as data centre capacity

President Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the Roosevelt Room at the White House (AP)

Technology

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 03:51 PM IST

ht_print | ByVishal Mathur

HPV - A rollout announcement in Budget is a logical step

This article is authored by Abantika Ghosh, former journalist and healthcare lead, Chase India, New Delhi.

HPV vaccine will be administered to girls aged 9 to 14 years(Unsplash)

Governance

Published on Jan 22, 2025 01:50 PM IST

ByAbantika Ghosh

Shaping the future: Key expectations for urban development in union budget 2025

This article is authored by Aman Moudgil, Director, Gilco Global.

Governance

Published on Jan 22, 2025 01:19 PM IST

ByAman Moudgil

One in 12 children exposed to online sexual abuse: Lancet

Online child sexual abuse is a global public health issue escalating rapidly due to fast-paced development and access to social media and other virtual contexts

For representational purposes only. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

health

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 10:21 AM IST

ht_print | ByRhythma Kaul

Maha Kumbh: When Victorian morality collided with Naga Sadhu rituals

While the British colonial rule had banned nudity, it was not easy to enforce it within the arena of a religious festival like the Kumbh

Prayagraj: Newly-initiated Naga Sadhus of Shri Panchayati Akhara Niranjani perform rituals during Mahakumbh, at Sangam in Prayagraj, Sudnay, Jan. 19, 2025. (PTI Photo) (PTI01_19_2025_000372A)(PTI)

Analysis

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:44 AM IST

ByValay Singh

Trump-shaped climate disaster

Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and rollback of climate policies signals a return to fossil fuels, risking a worsening climate crisis.

Homes reduced to rubble by the Palisades Fire are seen in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (AFP)

Editorials

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:28 AM IST

ByHT Editorial

Rethinking women’s education in Kabul

Delhi could capitalise on Kabul’s need for educational infrastructure, including offering learning facilities and scholarships for girl students.

(FILES) Afghan female students studying health studies walk along a street in Kabul on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (AFP)

Editorials

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:30 AM IST

ByHT Editorial

For America, why India is not China

As Trump starts his second term, experts advise excluding India from tariffs, citing strong, mutually beneficial trade ties unlike those with China.

FILE PHOTO: A worker arranges sugar bags in a net to load them onto a cargo ship at the Deendayal Port in Kandla, in the western state of Gujarat, India, September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo (REUTERS)

Opinion

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:27 AM IST

ByAshish Dhawan, Piyush Doshi

Hiding in labour data, a tale of economic distress

More than half the workforce engaged in low-productivity activities, combined with no significant rise in earnings from livelihood does not bode well for growth

A labourer cleans a high rise window at a hotel in Amritsar on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) (AFP)

Opinion

Published on Jan 22, 2025 08:27 AM IST

ByMaitreesh Ghatak, Mrinalini Jha, Jitendra Singh

With new faces, Jangpura emerges as a battleground

In 2013, AAP’s Maninder Singh Dhir won by less than 2,000 votes. In 1993, the winning margin was less than 2,500 votes.

Parking problem at Central Market Lajpat Ngar, in Jangpura assembly constituency. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

Delhi

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 06:14 AM IST

ByJasjeev Gandhiok

In Trump's pardons for Jan 6 rioters, a tale of two realities

The President first constructed a new political narrative and then bent the law to its direction in a rewriting of reality

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20. (AFP)

World News

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 10:30 PM IST

ByPrashant Jha

AI markets and competition in India

This paper is authored by Payal Malik, Nikita Jain, Shiva Kanwar, Bhargavee Das, Saloni Dhadwal, ICRIER, New Delhi.

future tech

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 04:26 PM IST

ByPayal Malik, Nikita Jain, Shiva Kanwar, Bhargavee Das, Saloni Dhadwal

Harnessing technology for supply chain resilience

This article is authored by Madhusudan Sharma Vadigicherla, director, Supply Chain Systems.

future tech

Published on Jan 21, 2025 03:42 PM IST

ByMadhusudan Sharma Vadigicherla

Is India falling short on nutrition?

This article is authored by Sandeep Verma, country head, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Bayer Consumer Health.

Public Health

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 03:44 PM IST

BySandeep Verma

Elli Miller Maboungou: “Sometimes, drums speak for themselves”

The percussionist and composer on his Congolese and Jewish American heritage, and navigating the financial instability of an artistic career

Elli Miller Maboungou performing at the Mehrangarh Fort. (Jodhpur RIFF/OIJO)

Books

Published on Jan 21, 2025 03:22 PM IST

ByChintan Girish Modi

Transforming state public service commissions

Authored by - Prateek Maheshwari, co-founder PhysicsWallah and Praveen Prakash, former principal secretary, School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Governance

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 03:43 PM IST

ByPrateek Maheshwari, Praveen Prakash

International best practices shed light on congestion pricing in Delhi

Currently, pricing in Singapore and Milan’s Area C varies by vehicle size and heavier, more polluting vehicles pay higher charges than lighter ones.

Traffic congestion at Delhi-Meerut Expressway(Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times)

Opinion

Published on Jan 21, 2025 08:00 AM IST

ByMoorthy Nair

The West is making a muddle of its Syria sanctions

Outsiders should be much clearer about how and when they will be lifted

People celebrated at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 8, 2024. Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.(AFP)

World News

Published on Jan 21, 2025 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Kanupriya Dhingra: “Daryaganj’s magic lay in its unpredictability”

The author of ‘Old Delhi’s Parallel Book Bazaar’ on the Daryaganj Sunday Patri Kitab Bazaar.

Author Kanupriya Dhingra (Courtesy the subject)

Books

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 07:51 AM IST

ByMajid Maqbool

Delhi traffic: On the road, but going nowhere

Though Delhi has India’s most expansive road network, the city’s streets have remained arenas of constant struggle for its 21mn residents

The promise of smooth mobility in Delhi has been crushed under the weight of countless vehicles and official inaction. (HT Photo)

India News

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 05:14 AM IST

BySnehil Sinha, Karn Pratap Singh

A special Sinner victory of guts and grit

A 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 fourth-round win may seem like run-of-the-mill but it forced the ice-cool Italian to dig deep

Jannik Sinner defeated Danish 13th seed Holger Rune 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the Australian Open (Reuters)

Cricket

Published on Jan 20, 2025 10:45 PM IST

ByRutvick Mehta

The lingering pain of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus

Kashmiri Pandits are a part of the tumultuous history of Kashmir which was an important centre of Hinduism in the first millennium

A Kashmiri Pandit sings a traditional song during the annual Hindu festival at the Khirbhawani temple in the village of Tullamulla, some 30kms east of Srinagar on June 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (AFP)

Opinion

Published on Jan 20, 2025 08:34 PM IST

ByUpendra Kaul

Engaging with President Trump

The India-US relationship has grown to such an extent that it is unlikely to be affected by a change in the White House.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a service at St. John's Church on the inauguration day of his second Presidential term in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (REUTERS)

Editorials

Published on Jan 20, 2025 08:34 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

The bovine beliefs of a man of science

What is disturbing is that Kamakoti is not alone. There is no shortage of people willing to tailor their views to suit those of the State.

Editorials

Published on Jan 20, 2025 08:34 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Donald Trump 2.0 and the limits of CEO as president

Do Trump and his team have the wisdom to know the difference between a country? Time will tell.

President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he walks with his wife Melania after a church service at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, on Donald Trump's inauguration day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP)

Opinion

Published on Jan 20, 2025 08:33 PM IST

ByKiertisak Toh, Prahlad Kasturi

Truce to peace, the challenge in Gaza

Sustained international engagement and goodwill from all parties will be essential to build on the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

A man fixes a Palestinian flag atop the antenna of a destroyed building that was a clinic for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) at the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (AFP)

Opinion

Published on Jan 20, 2025 08:33 PM IST

ByAusaf Sayeed

Renewables: The economics of energy

This article is authored by Arif Aga, director, SgurrEnergy.

An aerial view of the world’s largest renewable energy plant, the 30 GW Khavda Renewable Energy Park, in Kutch.(ANI)

Climate Change

Updated on Jan 20, 2025 05:04 PM IST

ByArif Aga

India’s evolving fight against terrorism

This article is authored by Soumya Awasthi, fellow, Centre for Strategy, Security and Technology, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.

Governance

Published on Jan 20, 2025 04:59 PM IST

BySoumya Awasthi

Trump and India-US ties: What will work, what needs work

Ties will also go through its share of challenges, due to the larger global climate, developments in the US, and the specifics of bilateral ties

India-US economic ties will go through stresses on both the trade and investment pillars and will need imagination. (AFP)

India News

Updated on Jan 20, 2025 05:47 PM IST

ByPrashant Jha

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Consumer devices like fitness trackers are great at tracking how long you sleep and identifying patterns in different sleep stages, like REM and light sleep

It’s an opportunity for India to align with the best and build on its strengths such as data centre capacity

This article is authored by Abantika Ghosh, former journalist and healthcare lead, Chase India, New Delhi.

This article is authored by Aman Moudgil, Director, Gilco Global.

Online child sexual abuse is a global public health issue escalating rapidly due to fast-paced development and access to social media and other virtual contexts

While the British colonial rule had banned nudity, it was not easy to enforce it within the arena of a religious festival like the Kumbh

Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and rollback of climate policies signals a return to fossil fuels, risking a worsening climate crisis.

Delhi could capitalise on Kabul’s need for educational infrastructure, including offering learning facilities and scholarships for girl students.

As Trump starts his second term, experts advise excluding India from tariffs, citing strong, mutually beneficial trade ties unlike those with China.

More than half the workforce engaged in low-productivity activities, combined with no significant rise in earnings from livelihood does not bode well for growth

In 2013, AAP’s Maninder Singh Dhir won by less than 2,000 votes. In 1993, the winning margin was less than 2,500 votes.

The President first constructed a new political narrative and then bent the law to its direction in a rewriting of reality

This paper is authored by Payal Malik, Nikita Jain, Shiva Kanwar, Bhargavee Das, Saloni Dhadwal, ICRIER, New Delhi.

This article is authored by Madhusudan Sharma Vadigicherla, director, Supply Chain Systems.

This article is authored by Sandeep Verma, country head, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Bayer Consumer Health.

The percussionist and composer on his Congolese and Jewish American heritage, and navigating the financial instability of an artistic career

Authored by - Prateek Maheshwari, co-founder PhysicsWallah and Praveen Prakash, former principal secretary, School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Currently, pricing in Singapore and Milan’s Area C varies by vehicle size and heavier, more polluting vehicles pay higher charges than lighter ones.

Outsiders should be much clearer about how and when they will be lifted

The author of ‘Old Delhi’s Parallel Book Bazaar’ on the Daryaganj Sunday Patri Kitab Bazaar.

Though Delhi has India’s most expansive road network, the city’s streets have remained arenas of constant struggle for its 21mn residents

A 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 fourth-round win may seem like run-of-the-mill but it forced the ice-cool Italian to dig deep

Kashmiri Pandits are a part of the tumultuous history of Kashmir which was an important centre of Hinduism in the first millennium

The India-US relationship has grown to such an extent that it is unlikely to be affected by a change in the White House.

What is disturbing is that Kamakoti is not alone. There is no shortage of people willing to tailor their views to suit those of the State.

Do Trump and his team have the wisdom to know the difference between a country? Time will tell.

Sustained international engagement and goodwill from all parties will be essential to build on the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

This article is authored by Arif Aga, director, SgurrEnergy.

This article is authored by Soumya Awasthi, fellow, Centre for Strategy, Security and Technology, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.

Ties will also go through its share of challenges, due to the larger global climate, developments in the US, and the specifics of bilateral ties

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