New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Wednesday approved a contingent of 246 team officials and coaches for the 503 athletes who will compete in the 20th Asian Games with athletics and cricket getting the largest support staff for the showpiece beginning September 19 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The Ministry had originally approved 492 athletes in 35…
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he did not think India and Iran were talking of a trade deal, and many countries around the world talk to the regime in Tehran. Rubio’s remarks came during an interview on The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio in response to a question…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami handed over recognition certificates to 26 minority educational institutions in the state on Wednesday, while five madrasas operating without recognition were sealed in Udham Singh Nagar district. Speaking at an event titled “New Identity, New Respect – A Bright Future through Modern Education,” Dhami described the granting of…
(…..Continued) Part I raised a straightforward but deeply uncomfortable question: how can HCA’s constitutional disqualification provisions remain effectively dormant for years when criminal cases involving serving and former office-bearers have continued through prolonged litigation? The answer may lie entirely in the normal pace of the judicial process. But there is another episode that makes it…
Why would Prime Minister Narendra Modi ask citizens to avoid buying gold unless it is genuinely necessary? At first glance, the appeal may appear unusual. Gold is deeply embedded in Bharat’s social and cultural fabric, and millions of households regard it as a safe store of wealth. So why caution people against buying more of…
What if the ancient concept of Brahma—the cosmic observer who sees and understands the universe beyond the limitations of ordinary human perception—could be imagined through the lens of modern physics? It may sound like an unusual question, but a fascinating thought experiment emerges when the ancient description of the four Yugas is viewed alongside Einstein’s…
Indian cities seem to repeat the same story every monsoon—a few hours of heavy rain, waterlogging on roads, vehicles stuck in traffic jams, flooded underpasses, water entering homes and shops, and the administration scrambling for relief and evacuation efforts. Rapidly developing metropolitan areas like Delhi-NCR and Gurugram are examples of this. The question is, are…
Sabarimala, Sati and the Civilising Mission Ranjana Kumari has for years argued for women’s right to worship at Sabarimala. In an earlier interview, she specifically invoked a woman’s right to offer prayers at the temple. In 2016, she argued that judicial rulings opening temples to women should extend to other temples, explicitly including the Ayyappa…
The Spirit of True Enquiry Prashnopanishad: Upanishad is a conversation between the Guru Pippalada, who was approached by six disciples. These six disciples ask six questions, and the master answers them. In the Vedic tradition, knowledge has always been delivered through a dialogue. “Knowledge is always sought and never taught.” The onus is on the…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula The illustrious sage Vishwamitra, endowed with profound spiritual insight and luminous intelligence, raised his sacred invocation to the divine powers of Agni and Indra through the exalted cadence of the Gayatri Chandas found within the eternal hymns of the Rigveda. In the stillness of the sacrificial atmosphere, where the fragrance of clarified butter…
