Special Reports
Raja Rao Pochiraju Today, January 12, India bows in reverence to one of its greatest sons—Swami Vivekananda, born in 1863 as Narendranath Datta. While the nation commemorates his birth anniversary, the relevance of Vivekananda today is so profound that his ideas feel not 162 years old, but urgently contemporary. Swami Vivekananda was not merely a…
This article is relevant and significant in the present-day context of the game, when Hyderabad cricket is sliding downhill—not for lack of talent, but due to nepotism, corruption, and the erosion of merit. “Pay-to-play” has replaced performance. Even court-appointed ombudsmen and supervisory committees—by the Supreme Court and state High Courts—have failed to arrest the decline….
In my view, Indian cricket’s most enduring legacy has never been pace or brute power. It has always been spin — shaped by fingers and wrists, guided by flight and drift, and sustained by intellect. Long before India learned to dominate through batting depth or manufacture fast bowlers, it learned how to win by making…
By Vinay Rao How will Hyderabad find its next Mohammad Siraj or Tilak Varma if the talent pool itself remains narrow? When the same players are repeatedly rotated through age-group and senior sides until they eventually succeed, opportunity becomes persistence-driven rather than merit-driven. Such insulation may work briefly at the domestic level, but it becomes a liability…
Today is an important day, marking a thousand years since Mahmud of Ghazni attacked and destroyed the Somnath Temple. To commemorate this moment in history, we are carrying this article for the benefit of the Hindu community across India, highlighting the significance of Somnath Swabhiman Parv, in which the Prime Minister of India is participating….
M Shyam Sparsha India is no longer merely a market for aircraft sales; it is fast transforming into one of the world’s most consequential aerospace manufacturing and innovation hubs. Over the past decade, a convergence of skilled talent, cost efficiency, policy clarity, and strategic intent has propelled India into the global aerospace value chain—drawing the…
What an Administrative Misjudgement, Selection Bias, and Ethical Blind Spots Are Undermining the Game? By Vinay Rao Hyderabad, after setting a target of 269 and reducing Jammu & Kashmir to 99/7, appeared to be heading towards a regulation win. What followed was unthinkable. An eighth-wicket partnership turned the match on its head and carried J&K…
The 79th meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) of NIPER Mohali was held on 22 March 2023 under the chairmanship of Dr. Girish Sahni, former Director General, CSIR. Subsequent to amendments to the NIPER Act, representatives of different authorities were permitted to attend Board meetings. This amendment was carried out after I, as Director…
By P. L. Srinivas What is unfolding at Jawaharlal Nehru University today is not dissent. It is a defiance of constitutional order. And it deserves to be called out—not politically, but nationally. I write this not merely as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, but as a former student leader of the Congress’s National…
Special Correspondent For months, allegations of corruption in Hyderabad cricket selections have refused to fade. Parents, former players, and insiders have repeatedly flagged irregularities, only to be met with silence, procedural evasions, or the familiar refrain: “Bring concrete proof.” That proof—at least in part—now appears to be on record. Investigators from Orangenews9 have accessed documentary…
