New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha on Thursday called for a stronger, athlete-centric sporting ecosystem, stressing that sporting excellence cannot happen in isolation and requires robust federations, committed coaches, quality infrastructure, and effective sports science support. Addressing a ceremony honouring India’s achievers at the recently concluded Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Usha presented the Raja…
New Delhi: India’s Asian Games medallists on Thursday described their interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a major confidence booster, with several athletes saying his encouragement had strengthened their resolve to achieve bigger goals at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Modi met the medal-winners at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here, congratulating them on…
New Delhi: For the first time, the Election Commission will share a “readable” version of the voters’ list with political parties in 17 states and Union Territories where it ordered the annual special summary revision of electoral rolls on Thursday. The states where SSR will be held include Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur,…
Dubai: India on Thursday issued an updated advisory for its nationals in Saudi Arabia, reminding them to continue following instructions issued by local authorities and stay indoors in case of an aerial attack due to the prevailing situation in the Gulf country. The updated advisory comes amid escalating tensions in the region due to a…
MS Sparsha Dr Rustom Jal Vakil helped bring an ancient Indian remedy for high blood pressure to the attention of modern medicine, exposing a remarkable gap between scientific evidence and its acceptance. In 1949, the medical world was still struggling to find effective ways to control high blood pressure. Yet, in India, doctors had already…
अस्माकं तु विशिष्टा ये तान्निबोध द्विजोत्तम । नायका मम सैन्यस्य संज्ञार्थं तान् ब्रवीमि ते ॥ Duryodhana, having surveyed the opposing armies assembled on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, turns towards Dronacharya and says that he will identify for him the distinguished warriors of his own army. On the surface, these words appear to be a straightforward…
The Vedic vision of life is founded upon reverence for existence in all its forms. The spirit of non-violence is expressed through the profound injunction, “Ma himsyat sarva bhutani”—let no living being be subjected to violence. This principle extends beyond human beings to the entire web of creation. Birds and animals, trees and creepers, insects…
In 1998, a hedge fund called Long-Term Capital Management nearly broke the financial system. Its partners included two Nobel laureates and some of the finest quantitative minds on Wall Street. Their models were rigorous, their math was correct, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ended up organizing a rescue. The math was not…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula Among the most sublime hymns of the Rigveda, the prayers of the sage Vishwamitra to the divine Goddess Usha, composed in the majestic Trishtubh meter, celebrate the sacred mystery of dawn as both a visible phenomenon and a profound spiritual revelation. Usha is not merely the arrival of daylight but the eternal awakening…
Duryodhana, eager to bolster the confidence of his weary warriors, turned to Drona’s son with unwavering conviction and declared that Arjuna had grown exhausted by the relentless burden of war, while Karna remained unwearied, his spirit blazing with inexhaustible vigor. He proclaimed that the son of Radha, consumed by righteous wrath, would certainly slay Arjuna…
