Online Sports Desk Holders Argentina beat England 2-1 to reach the World Cup final, where they will face Spain after coming from behind to snatch victory with a stoppage-time goal from substitute Lautaro Martínez in a highly-charged encounter. Lionel Messi again proved the talisman for Argentina as he provided the pass for Enzo Fernández to…
New Delhi: A crucial meeting of top BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president Nitin Nabin, was held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence on Wednesday. The meeting, in which BJP national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh was also present, comes ahead of the Parliament’s session beginning next week. There was no…
Puri: The three chariots of Lord Jagannath and his sibling deities are ready to roll along Puri’s Grand Road on Thursday as the Odisha government braces for the attendance of lakhs of devotees for a possibly rain-soaked Rath Yatra. The temple town has been blanketed by a multi-layered security cover with the deployment of personnel…
New Delhi: India and the 27-nation European Union have concluded a work programme on FDI screening, with both sides exchanging best practices to further accelerate investment flows, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. Addressing the media in Brussels after the third Trade and Technology Council (TTC) meeting, he said the council has…
Brussels: India and Belgium on Wednesday reviewed cooperation in several areas, including economic, clean energy, defence, mobility and pharmaceutical domains, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holding talks with his Belgian counterpart Maxime Prevot. Jaishankar, who is here on a two-day visit, attended the India-Belgium Strategic Dialogue and met leaders of the European Union. The…
Somewhere, a 64-year-old is doing math. Corpus built. Withdraw 4% a year. Bump it for inflation. Relax. It feels like science. It is actually folklore, and it was written in a country that is not yours. Where the number came from In 1994, an American financial planner named William Bengen tested a simple idea against…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yama and Nachiketa If here — one can comprehend (Brahman) before the death of the body (is liberated), if not, one is fit to take a body in the worlds of creation. A human being alone has the capacity to comprehend Brahman and can attain the ultimate goal of liberation within…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula In the sacred cadence of the Jagatī chandas, the venerable sages Sounaka and Grutsamada raise their luminous invocation to Agni, the divine mediator who stands at the confluence of the mortal and the immortal. Their hymn, woven within the timeless fabric of the Rigveda, reveals not merely a ritualistic appeal but a profound…
Overwhelmed by a grief too fierce to be contained, Arjuna, the son of a noble warrior lineage, gave way to bitter lamentation, his voice trembling with anguish as he cried that it was neither just nor fitting for his beloved son to depart alone into the unknown realm, especially when his maternal uncle, Lord Krishna,…
Rath Yatra Special Wishing everyone a blessed and joyous Rath Yatra! જય જગન્નાથ ॥ Jai Jagannath! Shri Jagannath Temple is located in the sacred coastal city of Puri in Odisha. Situated on the famous Grand Road (Bada Danda), the temple is one of the Char Dham pilgrimage sites established by Adi Shankaracharya and is also…
