Hyderabad: Arindam Sinha, Regional Executive Director (ER-II), NTPC Ltd, has assumed additional charge as Regional Executive Director (South). He took over the role on Friday at the company’s Southern Regional Headquarters in Secunderabad. Sinha, who joined NTPC in 1989 as a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer at Farakka Thermal Power Station, has over three decades of experience…
New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna river at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge stood at 207.31 metres at 8 am on Friday, a day after reaching the season’s highest at 207.48 metres. According to official data, the level stood at 207.35 metres at 6 am and receded to 207.33 metres at 7 am. The…
New Delhi: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said India has an important role in bringing Russia to end “its war of aggression and helping create a path towards peace,” while welcoming New Delhi’s continued engagement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During a joint phone call with the 27-nation bloc’s top leaders Antonio Costa…
Washington: President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. “This is taking our country to a new level,” he said at the center of a long table surrounded…
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) licensed nine cutting-edge technologies to industry partners under its Medical Innovations-Patent Mitra initiative, at an event in Bharat Mandapam here on Thursday. The India MedTech Expo 2025 resulted in 17 licensing deals for innovations developed by various ICMR institutes in the areas of infectious disease diagnostics,…
Kathmandu: The US on Thursday handed over two M28 Skytrucks to the Nepali Army, boosting Nepal’s airlift capacity under a USD 37 million Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grant. With the latest delivery, the Nepali Army now operates five Skytrucks – two provided by the US in 2019 and one purchased directly by Nepal, the US…
Shimla: The state government, opposition, and farmers’ body have hailed the decision to slash Goods and Service Tax (GST) on several items and eliminate 28 per cent and 12 per cent slabs, describing it a big relief to people. “The Congress party has been pressing for these reforms for a long time, and finally, the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed GST 2.0 as a double dose of support and growth for the nation and asserted that the series of next-generation reforms to make India self-reliant will not stop. In an interaction with the winners of the National Teachers Awards, Modi said he had promised “double dhamaka”…
Then soared Pushpaka, the divine chariot of aerial grace, at the command of Rama, cutting the winds and climbing into the heavens, gliding over the blood-soaked grounds of Lanka, where war had thundered and destinies had been unmade. Rama, seated beside Sita with care and reverence in his voice, said—Behold, O wide-eyed Mythili, the island…
Thrikkakara Vamanamoorthy Temple is located in Thrikkakara, about 10 km northeast of Kochi in Ernakulam district, Kerala. The temple is well connected by road and is close to Edappally and Kalamassery. The name “Thrikkakara” comes from the words “Thiru-kal-kara”, which means “the holy place of the divine footstep,” referring to Lord Vamana’s sacred step on…
