New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held the third high-level meeting with secretaries of the Central government, urging senior officials to look beyond immediate challenges and focus on preparing India for the years ahead. The meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, focused on the future agenda of…
Chennai: The southern states on Thursday supported Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s suggestion to resolve pending water disputes through dialogue during a southern chief ministers’ meet where the delimitation issue was raised by the participating state governments. At the 31st meeting of the South Zonal Council, Shah batted for the early resolution of inter-state water-related…
Pune: India’s attention towards Pakistan was driven largely by the continuing threat of terrorism, but China is going to be New Delhi’s main competitor across multiple domains in the long-term, asserted former Army chief General Manoj Naravane on Thursday. While refraining from using the term “enemy” in context of China, he stressed the need for…
Shillong/Guwahati: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday held talks over the violence in Shillong on August 19, and agreed that the two states will work together to restore peace and normalcy. Violence had erupted during a bike rally by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) in Shillong….
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday night said its ‘answer key challenge’ system is designed to be fair to all students and rejected concerns about it being expensive. An NTA answer key challenge is an online process where candidates who take an exam (like JEE Main, NEET, or UGC NET) can object…
KS Nagarajan There are stories of patriotism that are told on battlefields. There are others that are lived quietly, over decades, in the face of institutional indifference. The story of a 1971 war veteran, hands-on electrical and mechanical engineer and whistle-blower belongs to the latter category. After serving the nation in uniform and later working…
Ramu Chelimella Have you ever wondered why some highly capable people work incredibly hard, yet seem to achieve far less than their true potential? Perhaps the problem is not always the effort we put in… Perhaps it is the energy we unknowingly allow to escape. Imagine a beautiful pot being filled with water. We keep…
As someone associated with academics, I find it both surprising and disturbing that political parties opposed to the Narendra Modi government can make sweeping claims about the state of school education without acknowledging the hard data. The allegation that the Modi government has presided over the “closure” of schools, often repeated by sections of the…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula In the sacred corpus of the Rigveda, the venerable sage Saunaka Gṛtsamada composed a profound hymn in the majestic Triṣṭubh metre, invoking the divine powers through the symbolic presence of the bird Kapinjala, also known as Śakunta. This hymn is addressed to Indra, the lord of luminous strength and victorious intelligence, and reveals…
As the tumult of war raged across the field, Duryodhana appeared upon another chariot, fully armed and magnificently arrayed. His arrival dispelled the fears and apprehensions that had arisen among the Kaurava ranks regarding his fate. At the same time, Karna and Sahadeva engaged one another in a fierce and spirited contest. Advancing with confidence…
