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SRH outclass RCB but fail to clinch top-two spot

Hyderabad:  Sunrisers Hyderabad maintained their now familiar hell-for-leather template, but even a thumping 55-run victory couldn’t prevent Royal Challengers Bengaluru from topping the points table at the end of their IPL league stage engagement here on Friday. Abhishek Sharma’s bat-swing, Ishan Kishan’s daredevilry and Heinrich Klaasen’s brute muscularity took SRH to a meaty total of…

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Tremendous potential for cooperation in semiconductors, space sectors between India, Cyprus: Prez

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said there is a tremendous potential for cooperation between India and Cyprus in new sectors such as semiconductors, space and Artificial Intelligence. Welcoming Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and his delegation to India, Murmu said that technology and innovation have emerged as some of the most forward-looking areas of…

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Dressing Down the Prime Minister?

Dr Sandhya Rani There was a time when political criticism in India revolved around ideology, governance, economics, national security, or public welfare. Today, however, some of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s critics appear deeply traumatised not by policy, but by his sunglasses, shoes, kurtas, wristwatches, and even the teleprompter placed before him during speeches. Apparently, in…

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The Currency Fear Narrative

M Jaishree Every few months, social media erupts with alarming claims that the Indian Rupee has “collapsed” because the exchange rate against the US Dollar has weakened. Charts are circulated. Emotional comparisons are made. “The rupee has fallen from ₹45 to ₹85 per dollar,” they say, implying that Indians have somehow become half as rich….

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The Invocation of Kakshivantha to the Viśvedevāḥ: A Vedic Synthesis of Devotion and Cosmic Order

Lakshman Rao The sage Kakshivantha, born of the lineage of Uśij, raises his solemn invocation to the Vishvedevas in the dignified cadence of Trishtubh metre, as preserved within the sacred corpus of the Rigveda. Addressing the Ritvijas, the officiating priests, he exhorts them to perform the sacrificial rites with precision and reverence, offering oblations to…

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West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari calls on PM Modi

New Delhi:  West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday. This was Adhikari’s first meeting with the prime minister in the national capital after being sworn-in as the chief minister on May 9. “Chief Minister of West Bengal, Shri @SuvenduWB met Prime Minister @narendramodi,” the Prime Minister’s Office…

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