Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Saturday said it has made a strategic legal move to press its long-standing claim for Full Membership of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), even as the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) continues to oppose the expansion of organised cricket across Telangana. In a strongly worded…
There are a few components in heavy equipment that attract less attention than a bearing. Excavators get photographed, engines get specifications and hydraulic systems get discussed in detail, while electronics and telematics increasingly occupy the centre of the machinery conversation. The bearing generally remains somewhere inside the machine, doing its job without demanding attention. That…
New Delhi: The BRICS Delhi Declaration has backed comprehensive reform of the United Nations, including the UN Security Council, calling for greater representation of developing countries and stressing that the reform should lead to an “amplified voice of the Global South”. The declaration, adopted on the landmark occasion of the 20th anniversary of BRICS, reaffirmed…
Ranchi: The Gujarat Police arrested a man from Jharkhand’s Deoghar district on Saturday, whose email id was allegedly used to send threats to explode the secretariat in Gandhinagar and carry out a blast at the ongoing BRICS summit in New Delhi, a senior official said. The man, a native of Bihar’s Jamui, was arrested from…
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a cross-border terror conspiracy involving Pakistan-based handlers of the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and their alleged network of local Over Ground Workers (OGWs). The searches were conducted at locations in Kupwara, Kulgam, Bandipora, Baramulla…
MS Shanker There are moments in international diplomacy when facts speak louder than political rhetoric. The adoption of the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th BRICS Summit is one such moment—and for the Congress party, particularly senior leader P. Chidambaram, it should be an uncomfortable reality check. Only days before Bharat hosted the summit, Chidambaram…
New Delhi: In a significant diplomatic breakthrough, BRICS countries have reached a consensus on a joint statement after intensive negotiations that went on till the early hours of Saturday, government sources said. The negotiations saw differences on several contentious issues, but India led sustained consultations, which went on till 4 am, to bridge competing positions…
New Delhi: The Global South must become a “rule shaper” and the existing “pyramid of privilege” structure in global governance must give way to a “platform of partnership”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while opening the two-day annual BRICS summit as trade friction and geopolitical instability trigger growing economic headwinds. The prime minister…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday sought more documents from the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction in the dispute over rival claims to the Trinamool Congress, as the Mamata Banerjee-led faction also appeared before the poll panel. Banerjee, the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal, said the delegation made oral submissions before the full EC…
New Delhi: ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI)-led researchers have produced a healthy female calf of the Badri cattle breed using in vitro fertilization technology, in an effort to preserve and multiply a native breed found in Uttarakhand, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday. The calf was born on September 11 at an academic dairy farm…
