Special Reports
Dr. B. Sandhya Rani Revered as Mahalakshmi, radiant and divine, Beside Lord Venkateswara, You eternally shine; His beloved consort, compassionate and gracious, Alivelu Manga, bless us with peace! In Tiruchanur’s sacred light, You rise like dawn, serene and bright; Your gentle glance makes sorrows cease— Alivelu Manga, bless us with peace! Lotus-eyed Mother,…
BG Srinivas When Turkey’s financial regulators moved to crack down on a sprawling market-manipulation scheme, they unveiled a staggering web of systemic risk. The numbers behind the investigation are massive: 56 arrests, 131 investment funds frozen or liquidated, $19 billion in assets impacted, and over 455,000 retail investors left reeling. Yet, tucked away inside the…
N Nagarajan Perhaps it is better to stop invoking Gandhi ceremonially than to allow his name and legacy to be repeatedly abused. On 2 October, the nation will once again observe Gandhi Jayanti. The President, Prime Minister and political leaders across parties will pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. For many, however, it will simply be…
Special Correspondent, with inputs from aggrieved parents Women’s Cricket Cannot Be Left in the Shadows While considerable attention is finally being directed towards reforming men’s cricket in Hyderabad — whether through the State High Court-appointed Single Member Committee (SMC), the new Secretary or initiatives such as TG20 and attempts to take the game to the…
Chinese AI tool raises fresh concerns over misuse MS Sparsha The intensifying race in artificial intelligence between the United States and China is producing remarkable advances. But it is also exposing a darker question: what happens when increasingly capable AI systems can be persuaded to cross the very safety boundaries their developers have built to…
BG Srinivas There was a time when a family had one doctor. Not a cardiologist for the heart, a nephrologist for the kidney, a neurologist for the brain, a dermatologist for the skin and an orthopaedician for the knee. There was simply the family doctor. He knew you. He knew your blood pressure, your blood…
Cleanse First, Then Vote Special Correspondent In Part I of this series, the central question was simple but uncomfortable: why has justice and meaningful reform moved so slowly in Hyderabad cricket despite years of litigation, judicial interventions, committees and repeated assurances? Part II must confront the more difficult question: what should happen now? The answer…
Vijay Gajera Is the United States deliberately weakening its own allies and confronting Russia as part of a larger strategy to contain China? Or is the world witnessing a more complicated struggle in which Washington, Moscow, Beijing and Europe are all pursuing competing interests? The answer may lie somewhere between the two extremes. But one…
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…
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…
