Thiruvananthapuram: As heavy rains continued in parts of Kerala, the IMD on Thursday issued an orange alert in three districts of the state for the day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert in the districts of Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad. It also issued a yellow alert in six other districts — Ernakulam,…
New Delhi: Delhi woke up to grey skies, waterlogged roads and uprooted trees as overnight rain continued through Thursday morning, with the India Meteorological Department issuing a ‘red’ alert for the day. Safdarjung, the capital’s base weather station, recorded 72.6 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours that ended at 8.30 am, the India…
Johannesburg: Several Indian companies have a proven track record in rail network, port modernisation and power systems, and the country could become a partner in the development of infrastructure projects in South Africa, India’s Consul General in Johannesburg, S Koventhan, said on Wednesday. Companies that participated in a two-day Africa Rail Expo expressed optimism about…
New Delhi: Former captain Sourav Ganguly received the perfect gift on his 54th birthday on Wednesday, becoming the latest Indian cricketer to be inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame following a decision taken at the global body’s annual conference in Edinburgh. Ganguly’s induction takes the number of Indians in the ICC Hall of Fame…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand on Wednesday became the country’s sixth fully literate state under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the ‘ULLAS’ (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) programme, officials said. The state achieved the significant milestone after meeting the prescribed adult literacy benchmarks set by the Department of School Education and Literacy under the…
Washington: The US on Wednesday launched an investigation into alleged fraud in the H-1B and PERM work visas by several companies, with a federal labour official saying that Indian IT firm Cognizant is among the companies under scrutiny. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) under the Department of Labour has uncovered widespread schemes in…
Ayodhya/Chitrakoot: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday defended the Ram temple trust saying the SIT probing the alleged donation theft found evidence against only eight out of nearly 150 people engaged in counting offerings, even as police took three accused into custody for further interrogation. A preliminary report of the three-member Special Investigation…
MS Sparsha The unsung hero who protected India’s industrial dream History remembers great industrialists. It celebrates visionary entrepreneurs who built factories, created jobs and transformed nations. But behind many celebrated success stories stand lesser-known figures whose timely interventions prevented disaster and quietly altered the course of history. One such forgotten hero was Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala—the…
Here is a question worth sitting with. When you picked your last mutual fund, did you actually understand what you were buying, or did you simply trust the name on the label? A new study by Eminence Strategy Consulting suggests most Indian investors are doing the latter. And the implications go well beyond individual portfolios….
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the sacred cadence of Trishtubh chandas, the seer Agastya raises his luminous invocation to the twin deities known as the Ashvins, the celestial physicians and harbingers of swift grace. Their chariot, a marvel of divine craftsmanship, is described not merely as a vehicle but as a symbolic embodiment of cosmic order….
