New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday outlined a collaborative blueprint for making India into a developed country by 2047, emphasising that economic development needs to be inclusive. Addressing an event of the Maheshwari community here, Birla emphasised that entrepreneurship and nation-building must progress hand in hand to ensure that economic growth is…
Why Central Banks Still Need Both Gold and Treasuries M Radha Madhavi The global reserve landscape is undergoing a subtle but significant transformation, according to a recent analysis by the research team at Invictus Finserv LLP. The study points to the latest reserve data released by the European Central Bank (ECB), which shows gold accounting…
There was a time when Indian cricket treated spin bowling as an art form rather than a mere method of taking wickets. The ball did not simply travel from one end of the pitch to the other; it danced, drifted, dipped, teased and deceived. The spinner was not merely a bowler but a craftsman, a…
Days before Saturday’s protest, the Cockroach Janta Party’s online ecosystem was predicting nothing short of a political earthquake. Thousands of self-described ‘cockroaches’ were expected to descend upon Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and shake the foundations of the Modi government. Some enthusiasts spoke of crowds in the thousands. Others hinted at lakhs. Delhi is prepared for a…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Puruchhepa, in the refined cadence of the Antyesti chandas of the Rigveda, raises a solemn and luminous prayer to Pushan, the gentle yet vigilant solar deity whose presence pervades both the earthly pathways and the unseen realms beyond. In this sacred invocation, the seer contemplates a divinity who is not…
The formidable and cunning demon Alambusha confronted the youthful hero Abhimanyu upon the battlefield. Both warriors fought with relentless vigor, discharging volleys of arrows that struck one another with fierce precision. Their bodies bled from countless wounds, yet they stood unwavering, resembling crimson coral mountains rising proudly from the sea. Perceiving the growing power of…
Tanginath Dham is situated on a hill near Majhgaon village in Dumri Block of Gumla District, Jharkhand. Surrounded by forests and hills, it is one of the most important Shiva pilgrimage centers in eastern India. The temple complex is believed to be more than 1,000 years old. Archaeological remains, ancient sculptures, inscriptions, temple ruins, and…
Amritsar: Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman on Sunday delivered his first-ever live performance at the Attari border post in Punjab where he paid a musical tribute to the Border Security Force. Held during the Beating Retreat ceremony at JCP Stadium, the event was titled “Jai Ho — A Musical Salute to the Bravehearts” and came…
Mullanpur: Jagdish Suthar, a retired Physical Education teacher from Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district, had travelled all the way to Mullanpur with his family to watch his elder child Manav make his Test debut for India but left for home without watching his son’s on-field exploits on the second day of the match against Afghanistan on…
New Delhi: India’s space economy, currently close to USD 9 billion, is expected to expand to about USD 45 billion over the next seven to eight years, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. The minister also stated that India’s space startup ecosystem has grown from a single-digit number of startups a few years ago…
