New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, while emphasising the need for achieving jointness and integration in the armed forces, has said that each service will “retain its individual identity”, and their best practices will be incorporated. During an interactive session held at an event here on Saturday, he also cited instances from…
By Vinay Rao Hyderabad cricket has, for decades, been trapped in a cycle of influence-driven selections, entrenched power groups, and families quietly benefiting from the offices they hold. This culture did not begin yesterday. The son of a former secretary found his way into state teams during his father’s tenure; an ex–Vice President’s academy trainees…
Visakhapatnam: The recent tightening of the H-1B visa regime in the United States is only a temporary setback, and the cost advantage Indian tech professionals offer is bound to bring them around, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said. Naidu, who is credited with having the vision of developing Hyderabad as a cyber hub…
Hyderabad: Filmmaker S S Rajamouli on Saturday unveiled the title of his next mega project, “Varanasi”, at a grand fan event held at Ramoji Film City in the presence of its stars Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran. The film marks Rajamouli’s first collaboration with Telugu superstar Babu, who plays the lead role…
Lucknow: Indonesia has made a bid to purchase the BrahMos missile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. “Indonesia has requested to purchase the BrahMos missile being manufactured in Lucknow,” Singh said, addressing the BJP workers here. Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the first batch of BrahMos missiles manufactured at…
Patna: A day after the RJD was drubbed in the Bihar assembly polls, party president Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya on Saturday blamed two close aides of her brother Tejashwi Yadav for the debacle. Acharya, who had caused a flutter in the afternoon with a post on X, announcing that she was “quitting politics” and…
Jaipur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that Deendayal Upadhyaya articulated the timeless ideas of Sanatan in the modern context by presenting them as ‘Integral Humanism’ or ‘Ekatma Manavvad’, a philosophy that remains as relevant to the world today as it was 60 years ago. Delivering the Deendayal Memorial Lecture organised by the Ekatma…
When the modern Olympic Games were reborn in Athens in 1896, few could have predicted that an American gentleman-athlete would capture two of the most prestigious events in track and field history. Robert S. Garrett, a Princeton University student with no prior experience in discus throwing, would not only compete but triumph, becoming the first…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located at the bottom of this page. We all exist in 3 states of consciousness or avasthaas i.e., we (all living beings) are either 1) awake or 2) dreaming or 3) asleep. But what…
The tumult of strange misfortune might well have driven a lesser woman to madness; yet Draupadī, noble in birth and steadfast in virtue, stood unshaken, seeking the truth amidst outrage. The foul deed of staking a wife in a game of dice weighed upon her like a dark enigma, and in the midst of that…
