Shrikant Rao With the commissioning of its landmark Rs 5,427-crore integrated iron ore project in Chhattisgarh on September 27, 2026, the state-owned National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), India’s premier public sector mining heavyweight, has unveiled a massive logistics and sustainability breakthrough that permanently alters the economics of India’s domestic steel sector. The infrastructure launch includes…
Ujjain: The voluntary removal of a portion of Ujjain’s historic Shahi Masjid will continue on Tuesday, a mosque committee member has said, stressing that the Muslim community respects the road-widening project, undertaken ahead of the 2028 Simhastha Kumbh Mela. After discussions between the local administration, Shahar Qazi and committee officials, an agreement was reached to…
HCA and controversies appear to have become inseparable, a reality that every serious stakeholder in Telangana cricket has witnessed over the years. What makes the situation more disturbing is that repeated judicial interventions, committees, audits and investigations have not brought the expected institutional transformation. Why does the cycle continue? Money, influence, glamour and proximity to…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled Essar Group’s plans to build a massive steel plant in Iowa, at an investment of USD 15 billion. Trump made the announcement in the Oval Office with Essar Group co-founder Ravi Ruia and his son Rewant by his side. “Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Mesabi Metallics…
Nagoya: Gulveer Singh won his second silver of the ongoing Asian Games, while long jumper Murali Sreeshankar and javelin thrower Yashvir Singh also finished second in their respective events, capping India’s six-medal haul on the penultimate day of the athletics competition on Monday. Vithya Ramraj clinched a bronze in the 400m hurdles, adding to her…
Ahmedabad: E20 petrol can significantly reduce imports and substantially increase self-reliance, ONGC Director (exploration) Om Prakash Sinha said on Monday. Sinha was speaking at the curtain raiser for India Energy Week (IEW) 2027 organised at the ONGC Institute of Reservoir Studies in Ahmedabad. “E20 petrol is a challenge, but with technology there will also be…
Bhubaneshwar/Balasore: The Odisha government has shifted around 1.4 lakh people to safer locations over the past four days, as a fresh wave of flooding affected several districts, officials said on Monday. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said the government has evacuated 1.4 lakh people from low-lying areas across 7,834 villages under 1,360 gram…
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday held a sit-in outside the Vikaspuri police station demanding the registration of an FIR against Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma for slapping a 22-year-old man during a road inspection in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj, along with party workers, sat outside the police…
MS Sparsha Some scientists make discoveries. Others build the scientific capability that makes discoveries possible. Professor Erode Subramanian Raja Gopal belonged to the second category—and, in doing so, became one of the important pioneers of experimental condensed-matter physics in Bharat. Known to colleagues simply as ESR, Raja Gopal spent much of his professional life at…
Duryodhana’s First Sign of Anxiety दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा। आचार्यमुपसंगम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्॥ Sanjaya continued his narration to King Dhritarashtra: Having assembled at Kurukshetra, the armies of the Pandavas and the Kauravas stood ready for the great confrontation. Each side had carefully arranged its warriors according to its military strategy. The battlefield had become a…
