New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun in Bishkek to discuss maintaining peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and broader regional security concerns including the West Asia crisis. The meeting, held on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ conclave,…
Long before Google became synonymous with search and artificial intelligence, an Indian-origin scientist working quietly in the United States had already begun reimagining how machines could think. Subhash Kak is not a household name in today’s AI-dominated discourse—but perhaps he should be. Because decades before Silicon Valley discovered “intelligence” in code, Kak was already asking…
Every election season brings with it a familiar spectacle: flashing graphics, confident projections, and the near-theatrical unveiling of exit polls that claim to decode the “mood of the nation.” Yet, beneath this data-driven bravado lies a deeper philosophical question—can voter behaviour ever be measured with precision, or are exit polls merely a sophisticated guess wrapped…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Gautama, son of Rahugana, in the sacred cadences of the Gayatri, Vṛṣṭik, and Triṣṭubh metres of the Rigvedic hymns, raises a profound invocation to Soma, blending devotion with reflective insight. With awakened intellect, the seer declares an intimate knowledge of Soma’s essence, not merely as a ritual offering, but as…
Sanjaya reports that Krishna, who had remained silent, now deliberately lashes out at the extreme anxiety of Arjuna. His silence had carried deep meaning, and when he finally spoke, his eloquence poured forth in carefully chosen words, each like a sharpened arrow. He declared that Arjuna’s mental state was neither sufficiently masculine to inspire passionate…
Navilu Basadi also known as Chandranatha Swamy Basadi, is located in Vitla town near Puttur in Bantwal taluk of Karnataka. Surrounded by lush greenery, this peaceful and spiritually powerful temple lies about 40 km from Mangalore. The area was historically known as “Jain Pete”, reflecting its deep-rooted connection with the Jain community of Tulu Nadu….
Vinay Rao Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), while simultaneously expanding the powers of a single-member committee headed by Justice P. Naveen Rao to oversee the association’s affairs. In an order dated April…
Moscow: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that the cooperation between Russia and Iran is expanding even as the region is in major flux, as he welcomed Moscow’s solidarity and support to Tehran amid uncertainty over the second round of peace talks with the US. Araghchi, who met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St….
Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), TMC and DMK on Tuesday for stalling the women’s reservation bill in Parliament and assured women that he will leave no stone unturned to ensure that their right to reservation in legislative bodies is implemented. Addressing a women’s conference in his Lok Sabha…
Kolkata: Uttar Pradesh-cadre IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, warning potential troublemakers of “appropriate treatment” if they try to disrupt Wednesday’s polling in West Bengal, created a fresh political dust-up with the TMC accusing the EC-appointed police observer of overstepping his role and “intimidating” party workers. With over a hundred armed central paramilitary troops, an armoured…
