Mandhana powers India to 137-run win over Hong Kong
Dubai: India rode on vice-captain Smriti Mandhana’s record-breaking 124 off just 64 balls, her highest score in T20 Internationals, to thrash Hong Kong by 137 runs and enter the Women’s Asia Cup final here on Thursday. India had earlier defeated Thailand by 94 runs in their tournament opener. Mandhana single-handedly powered India to 193 for…
ISRO’s advanced earth observation satellite launched successfully
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): ISRO’s advanced Earth observation spacecraft, India’s first-ever imaging satellite in geo-orbit, was successfully launched from the spaceport here on Friday by a GSLV rocket. The EOS-05 satellite was successfully placed in the intended sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit, about 18 minutes after it lifted off from the spaceport here, ISRO announced. “The eye in…
Foreign Secretary Misri hosts Quad Sherpas’ meeting
New Delhi: A meeting of Quad Sherpas on Thursday reviewed ongoing cooperation among the member nations of the grouping in areas of trade, maritime security and critical technologies in line with the broader goal of ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The meeting held in New Delhi was hosted by Foreign Secretary Vikram…
Nepal floods: Centre to offer DNA profiling services for first-degree relatives of missing persons
New Delhi: To facilitate the identification of mortal remains of Nepal flood victims, the Centre will make available the services of central and state-level forensic labs for DNA profiling of their first-degree biological relatives in India, the MEA said on Thursday. First-degree biological relatives residing in India, i.e. father, mother, son, daughter or sibling, may…
The Radiance of the Upanishads
M Jaishree The Upanishads are rays of eternal light that pierce the darkness of ignorance and illuminate the path of humanity. They are not merely ancient philosophical writings but living fountains of wisdom, born from deep meditation, self-discipline, and spiritual realization. Every verse is the distilled essence of countless years of contemplation by enlightened sages…
Has Raghuram Rajan Lost His Economic Balance?
Bharat cannot become a technological power while remaining dependent on others for the silicon brains that run its economy and defend its sovereignty Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is entitled to question the Narendra Modi government’s semiconductor strategy. Economists should question government spending. Subsidies must be scrutinised. Public money cannot be wasted. But there is…
CAD Lesson to Opposition
There is nothing wrong with questioning the government. In a democracy, scrutiny is not only legitimate but necessary. But when political opposition turns into a reflexive rejection of every piece of good economic news, it ceases to be scrutiny and begins to undermine confidence in the very nation whose governance they aspire to control. The…
Smash Which Patriarchy? Father God, Indian Feminists and the New Civilising Mission -Part III
From Female Foeticide to the New Civilising Mission Consider the modern trope of “female foeticide”. Today, it is routinely presented as another exhibit in the prosecution of timeless Indian patriarchy. But the history of sex selection in India contains an inconvenient Western dimension that is often missing from the narrative. India’s post-Independence population-control machinery received…
Why Is the Indian Stock Market Struggling Even Though the Economy Looks Fine?
There are two questions people keep asking about Indian markets this year. First, is the endless stream of new shares hitting the market- IPOs, QIPs, promoters and the government selling stock- the real reason our market has struggled? Second, if our economy is doing so well, why are markets in Germany, Pakistan, Brazil, and Mexico…
Jauhar: Not ashes, but the fire of identity
Jauhar is one of those events in Indian history whose memory still lives deeply in the soil, folklore, and heroic traditions of Rajasthan. To consider Jauhar merely an act of self-immolation in fire would be to limit its historical and social context. Behind it lay war, power struggles, women’s insecurities, fears of defeat, and the…
