When the System Fails the Honest Entrepreneur
An Aggrieved Entrepreneur An MSME can survive a bad market. What it cannot survive is a government that does not pay and a banking system that punishes it for waiting. India today is repeatedly told that its entrepreneurial ecosystem is thriving, that MSMEs are the backbone of the economy and that the government has put…
Devotees celebrate Janmashtami at Sri Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura
Mathura (UP): The sound of drums, hand cymbals and mridangam, along with the chants of ‘Hari Bol’ filled the air with devotional fervour as devotees danced to celebrate Janmashtami at Sri Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura in the early hours of Saturday. Janmashtami marks the birth of Lord Krishna, who is revered as an incarnation of…
Eight killed as car rams into parked lorry in Keralam’s Thrissur
Thrissur (Keralam): Eight people, believed to be students from neighbouring Tamil Nadu, have been killed in a tragic road accident in central Keralam’s Thrissur district, police said on Saturday. The accident occurred around 11.40 pm on Friday, police said. The car in which the youths were travelling collided with a lorry parked on the highway…
India in continuous touch with Ukraine and Russia to help end the conflict: Jaishankar
Warsaw: India has been in continuous touch with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides and is trying to see if there are ideas and suggestions that can be developed in some way that will contribute to the mitigation or the cessation of the conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. Jaishankar, who arrived…
Janmashtami celebrated in Israel with fervour
Moshav Aviel (Israel): Chants of “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” reverberated through northern Israel’s Moshav Aviel, as hundreds of Krishna devotees, most of them Jews, gathered from across the country to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami. Janmashtami marks the birth of Lord Krishna, who is revered as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The cultural centre at the pastoral…
Nepal floods: 5-year-old among 3 Indians rescued from Trishuli Bazaar area
New Delhi: Three more Indian nationals, among them a five-year-old child, have been rescued from the flood-hit Trishuli Bazaar area of Nepal, bringing the total count of Indian evacuees to 169, while 275 nationals remain missing, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. Sharing broader updates on the safety of Indian nationals, MEA…
3 virtual Bharat documentaries selected for Kashmir’s first international film festival
Srinagar: Three short documentaries from filmmaker Bharatbala’s virtual Bharat series have been selected for screening at the International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir (IFFJK) 2026, scheduled from September 7 to 10, an official spokesperson said. Themed “Rang-e-Cinema”, the festival is being organised by the Jammu and Kashmir government’s Department of Information and Public Relations…
BRICS Chief Justices’ Forum: CJI highlights enhancing bilateral ties
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday highlighted the importance of the role of the judiciary in constructing coordinated bilateral cooperation and enhancing bilateral ties during the BRICS Chief Justices’ Forum. Speaking at the summit, he also proposed the building of a common platform for arbitration and mediation to tackle commercial disputes….
The Indian Minds in Erdős’ Extraordinary Orbit
MS Sparsha There are only about 514 people in the world who can claim to have co-authored a research paper directly with Paul Erdős, one of the most prolific and eccentric mathematicians of the 20th century. Among them were a remarkable group of Indian and Indian-origin mathematicians whose encounters with Erdős created an unusual bridge…
Bharat’s Eye in the Sky
In the quiet hours before dawn on September 4, 2026, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) did more than send another rocket into the skies over Sriharikota. With the successful launch of GSLV-F17 carrying the 2,367-kg EOS-05 satellite, Bharat demonstrated something far more consequential: the ability to place a sophisticated Earth-observation spacecraft into a geosynchronous…
