Beginning today, September 15, Greater Noida becomes the meeting point for an industry that has quietly become one of the most important enablers of India’s physical growth. For four days, bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2026 will bring together construction machinery, building-material equipment, mining machinery, construction vehicles, components, technology and services at the India Expo Centre. This…
New Delhi: The BRICS Summit took place in the backdrop of a “very polarised world,” and “we forged a consensus” in the midst of it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, as he described the mega event hosted under India’s chairship a success. Interacting with media personnel here, he also spoke about what…
New Delhi: BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Monday said the Indian women’s team’s refusal to accept the Asia Cup trophy from Mohsin Naqvi was the Board’s “collective decision” and the Asian Cricket Council chairman also “did not raise any objection” to it. India defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final on Sunday in…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday urged people to remain vigilant against “asuras and anti-national forces”, apparently referring to the Left parties. Adhikari also called for protecting the Satwik culture which, he asserted, has been “reclaimed” after the BJP came to power in the state in May, defeating the TMC. The chief…
New Delhi: Vice President C P. Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered prayers at the residence of Union minister Piyush Goyal on Ganesh Chaturthi, praying for the well-being of all. “Went for Ganpati Darshan at the residence of Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal Ji. May Bhagwan Shri Ganesh bless everyone,” the prime…
U Lakshman Rao The spectacular demonstrations of humanoid robots—running, sprinting, playing games, performing coordinated movements and even participating in sporting activities—represent an important achievement in robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. They demonstrate that machines can acquire sophisticated physical capabilities through a combination of sensors, actuators, computer vision, reinforcement learning, simulation and increasingly powerful computational…
MS Sparsha When the history of modern physics is written, the names of Albert Einstein, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking naturally dominate the discussion on gravity, black holes and the mysteries of the universe. Yet, behind some of the most profound developments in our understanding of spacetime stands an Indian physicist whose remarkable work was…
M Jaishree The Upanishads represent one of the most profound transitions in the intellectual and spiritual history of India: a movement from the outward performance of ritual toward the inward exploration of consciousness. They do not reject the Vedic vision; rather, they distil it, internalise it, and carry it into a subtler dimension. The Vedic…
For decades, Bharat was conditioned to believe that certain technologies were simply beyond its reach. High-end precision manufacturing was one of them. Whenever the country aspired to build sophisticated machines, the conventional wisdom was predictable: Why take the risk when Germany, Japan, or other advanced manufacturing nations could supply them? The result was not merely…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula The revered sage Vishwamitra, immersed in divine contemplation, invokes Agni through the sacred metres of Gayatri, Ushnik, Tristubh, and Jagati, the celebrated chandas of the Rigvedic hymns. Each metre carries a distinct rhythm and spiritual force, harmonizing human thought with cosmic order. Through these measured hymns, the sage addresses Agni, the eternal priest…
