The Bisilu Maramma Temple in Mavalli, Bangalore, holds deep cultural and historical significance. Established during a time when the plague epidemic devastated the region. The temple was one of four Maramma shrines built in each corner of the village, believed to protect the people from the disease. Although the village has now become a part…
Kasargod: Over 150 people including women and children were injured in a fireworks accident during the Anjuambalam Veerarkav Temple festival near Neeleswaram here on Monday midnight, police said. Ten of them are in critical condition. Seven people among those injured critically are currently on ventilators. The injured have been taken to various hospitals in Kasargod,…
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday levelled fresh conflict of interest charges against SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch, with Rahul Gandhi claiming a “Monopoly Bachao Syndicate” was at work, at the core of which was a “dangerous nexus” among the Adani Group, key regulatory bodies, and the BJP. The opposition party alleged that Buch rented out…
With Pentagon confirmations of North Korean troops joining Russian forces in the ongoing Ukraine war, the conflict is escalating in troubling ways. Reports suggest that up to 10,000 elite North Korean forces, the “Storm Corps,” are either en route to or already embedded with Russian troops, with at least 3,000 confirmed to be in training…
Jerusalem: Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it and labeling it a “terror organization.” The laws, which do not immediately take effect, signal a new low for…
Sydney: In 2014, the British philosopher Nick Bostrom published a book about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) with the ominous title Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. It proved highly influential in promoting the idea that advanced AI systems – “superintelligences” more capable than humans – might one day take over the world and destroy humanity….
Melbourne: Is Donald Trump a fascist? General Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump, thinks so. Trump is “fascist to the core”, he warns. John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, agrees. So does Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in this year’s presidential election. But political commentators who…
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra on Tuesday said that the Congress government in the state and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah were not honest on internal reservation among SCs and were only trying to use the issue for politics ahead of bypolls for three Assembly segments. The Karnataka Cabinet on Monday gave its consent to…
In his special interview given on the occasion of Haryana-Diwas, Dr. ‘Manav’ said that the state of Haryana was formed separately from Punjab based on language, but due to the government’s negligence, Haryanvi kept lagging. Dr. Ramniwas’ Manav’, who has spent fifty important years of his life in research and preservation of Hindi and Haryanvi…
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