Johannesburg: Seasoned Deepti Sharma produced a stirring all-round effort, including her maiden fifer in the shortest format, to inspire India’s 14-run win over South Africa in the fourth women’s T20I here on Saturday. South Africa had already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead coming into this match, and they appeared all set to extend the run after…
Vinay Rao For years, Hyderabad cricket didn’t run a selection system — it ran a quiet, well-oiled arrangement. Performance was the brochure; access was the currency. Now, with the Telangana High Court stepping in and calling out a “disturbing state of affairs,” the pretence has finally cracked. Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka’s order for a Special Investigation…
Water has never been just a natural resource—it is power, strategy, and often, the silent trigger of geopolitical conflict. Across centuries, control over water bodies, canals, and river systems has shaped alliances, redrawn borders, and even ignited wars. What we often dismiss as “routine disputes” under the umbrella of conflict management are, in reality, fault…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Aniruddha Previously, we learnt that Pravaha Vaayu, a.k.a Sparsha Vaayu, is the Devata in Level 11 of Devata hierarchy and that he soaks up the intensity of the…
In the context of the theory of reincarnation, there are references in the Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 2 – verse 13 देहिनोஉस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥ 2.13 ॥ Just as the embodied in this body (passes through) childhood, youth, and old age, so does it pass into another body,…
Upadhyayula Lakshan Rao In the sacred hymns of the Rigveda, the sage Gautama, son of Rahugana, raises a profound and many-layered prayer to the Maruts, the radiant storm deities, in the majestic metres of Trishtubh and Jagati. His invocation is not merely a call to celestial beings, but a contemplative unfolding of cosmic principles, where…
Dharmaraja, having sought the blessings of the elders, returned to his ranks with a mind absorbed in the coded exchange he had held with Bhishma and Drona. Their counsel demanded subtlety to decipher, and their intricate, suggestive words swirled ceaselessly in his thoughts. The most difficult task before him was to understand Dharma. In the…
The Subrahmanya Swamy Temple is located in the sacred village of Kaleshwaram in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district-Telangana. This village is an important pilgrimage center, often called Dakshina Kashi. The temple is situated close to the famous Kaleshwaram Mukteswara Swamy Temple and near the holy confluence of the Godavari River and Pranahita River. Devotees usually include this…
Hooghly: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the Narendra Modi government has filed several cases against him but not against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, claiming this is because she does not “directly” fight the BJP. Stating that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned him for 55 hours over five consecutive days, the Congress…
Hyderabad: Marking World Malaria Day, the Atal Incubation Centre – Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB), in collaboration with Consytel Lifesciences, hosted a high-level multi-stakeholder symposium to accelerate India’s roadmap toward malaria elimination by 2030. The event brought together experts from academia, public health, industry and government, including representatives from the Ministry of Health…
