Pawan Kalyan, the actor-turned-politician and current Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has ignited a vital discussion with his recent proposal to establish a ‘Dharma Rakshana Board’ aimed at safeguarding Hindu temples. The move comes at a critical juncture, as Hindu temple properties are increasingly vulnerable to encroachments and mismanagement, particularly under the state Endowments…
New Delhi: Artificial intelligence (AI) too could be capable of ‘learning by thinking’, which is known to be core to a great discovery, according to a review. Cognitive scientists have documented how people learn from observation, in which one acquires knowledge by observing the external world. However, another way of learning — a relatively neglected…
Colombo: Polls opened on Saturday in Sri Lanka’s crucial presidential election — the island nation’s first major electoral exercise since its worst economic meltdown in 2022. Some 17 million people are eligible to vote at over 13,400 polling stations. Over 200,000 officials have been deployed to conduct the election which will be guarded by 63,000…
New Delhi: The Quad has emerged as a key grouping to work for peace, progress, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he left for the US on a three-day visit. During the extent of his visit, Modi will attend the annual Quad summit at Wilmington in Delaware,…
Srinagar: At least three BSF troopers were killed and 32 others injured when a bus carrying the forces’ personnel for election duty fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday, officials said. The bus was hired to carry BSF jawans for duty in the second phase of polling in the Jammu…
India’s foreign exchange reserves have witnessed a significant surge over the past few years, reaching new heights that have triggered optimism about the country’s economic prospects. In September 2023, India’s foreign reserves stood at over $600 billion, a figure that had once seemed far-fetched. Such numbers have placed India in an elite group of countries…
Pune: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the biggest test of democracy is that the ruler tolerates even the strongest opinion against him, and it leads to introspection. Writers and intellectuals should express themselves fearlessly, the senior BJP leader said at a book release function at MIT World Peace University here. “The biggest test…
Washington: The QUAD summit has plans to expand the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness initiative from South East Asia to the Indian Ocean Region, the White House said Friday. The QUAD leadership summit begins Saturday in Wilmington, Delaware, with participation of the four member states — India, US, Japan, and Australia. The maritime initiative…
Mumbai: India’s forex reserves rose by USD 223 million to a new all-time high of USD 689.458 billion for the week ended on September 13, according to the Reserve Bank data released on Friday. The overall forex kitty had jumped by USD 5.248 billion to a high of USD 689.235 billion for the previous reporting…
Sahibganj/Giridih: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday lashed out at the ruling JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand for allegedly encouraging “rampant infiltration” and cautioned that if not checked, illegal immigrants will become a majority in the state in the next 25-30 years. He also criticised the state government for “vote bank” politics and vowed that…
