Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met World Bank President Ajay Banga and discussed further strengthening the partnership between India and the international finance institution to deepen corporate, infrastructure and municipal bond markets. Sitharaman met Banga on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting, in Asheville, on Tuesday. The…
Washington: The United States has dramatically escalated its confrontation with Iran, with President Donald Trump asserting that Washington has “almost total control” of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz while making clear that he is in no hurry to revive diplomatic negotiations with Tehran. Trump’s latest stance comes as the fragile US-Iran ceasefire has effectively…
Bengaluru: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell short of a century in the first innings and then missed out on a half-century in the second, yet that mattered less to him, as has always been the case with the 15-year-old. His two knocks did their job for East Zone, who cruised into the Duleep Trophy 2026 final on…
Mumbai: After months of trade rumours, it has now emerged that star all-rounder Hardik Pandya could stay on with Mumbai Indians (MI) for another year – even without captaincy. According to reports, trade talks involving Hardik are yet to materialize, with MI not yet finding an adequate deal. Therefore, the possibility of Hardik staying with…
Bishkek: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to confront countries using terrorism as an instrument of state policy and reject “double standards” to combat the menace, even as he asserted that dialogue and diplomacy are the only way forward to resolve global conflicts. In the presence of Pakistan Prime…
Ayodhya (UP): The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will select the first CEO of the Ram temple today from a likely shortlist of three during a meeting that may also announce the panel’s two members and general secretary after reviewing 5,585 applications, sources said on Tuesday. The meeting follows the controversy over the alleged…
U Lakshman Rao In today’s digital life, “Good Morning” has become more than a greeting for many people. Every day, WhatsApp fills with verses, quotations, downloaded pictures, motivational messages, jokes, religious thoughts, philosophical views and assorted material from different platforms. The sender often believes that forwarding such content is a thoughtful and meaningful gesture. The…
It was in the year 1988, in May, at the peak of summer in Hyderabad, that a visit to Sikkim, Darjeeling and Kalimpong via Siliguri and Bagdogra, after a flight to Calcutta, remains nostalgic even today. Glimpses of that journey remain captured in the mind as though etched there eternally. The Himalayan ranges are a…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula Among the luminous revelations of the Rigveda, the hymns composed by the sage Vishwamitra in the sacred Gayatri chandas stand as radiant expressions of humanity’s earliest spiritual intuition and disciplined scientific contemplation. In these hymns, Agni is not merely the physical flame kindled upon the altar, but the conscious divine principle that unites…
The venerable sage Nārāyaṇa, absorbed in profound devotion, worshipped Lord Shiva with unwavering concentration and offered exalted hymns of praise. Acknowledging Shiva as the Absolute Reality, the eternal foundation of all existence, he declared that whoever truly realizes this supreme truth attains the highest merit and ultimately reaches liberation. With a heart overflowing with devotion,…
