Visakhapatnam: The BRICS Sports ministers adopted the Sports Joint Declaration in their meeting held here, with the reaffirming the commitment of the member states to “strengthen cooperation in sport through dialogue, mutual respect and inclusiveness”. The meeting was held under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026 and was attended by ministers and senior sports representatives from the…
Mumbai/Nagpur: The BJP and the Congress traded fierce charges on Sunday over Rahul Gandhi’s student interaction in Pune on Saturday, with the ruling party dismissing the event as a “political comedy show” and the Opposition claiming the BJP was rattled by his growing appeal among the youth. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also joined in…
Vivek Jaisimha I have been reading and hearing various stories about the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) being reported in the media of late, particularly the criticism directed at its functioning. Let me share my thoughts too, since we all have opinions—and gyaan is free! Genuine criticism is welcome and, in fact, necessary. But criticism must…
Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Monday to take part in the India-China Special Representatives (SR) talks on the boundary issue with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Doval and Wang are scheduled to hold the 25th round of SR talks on Tuesday, according to official sources. Both Doval…
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Sunday said no permission has been granted to any individual or organisation to hold a protest or gathering at Jantar Mantar over reservation reforms and warned people against assembling there based on “misleading” social media posts. This comes after several videos and posts surfaced on social media calling upon people…
Guwahati: Assam’s Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary has recorded its first-ever sighting of the rare migratory Smew (Mergellus albellus), marking a conservation milestone for the protected area, Forest and Climate Change Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said on Sunday. Alongside the Smew, teams also recorded the endangered Bengal Florican, highlighting the sanctuary’s growing importance as a safe habitat…
New Delhi: From Vedic hymns and epic tales to Mughal courts, colonial encounters and modern tiger reserves, a new book traces the tiger’s place in India’s civilisation over more than 5,000 years, bringing together 82 stories, historical accounts and wildlife photographs in an attempt to capture the enduring cultural and conservation significance of the country’s…
Perhaps Abhijit Dipke might have thought twice before christening his so-called Gen Z movement against the Modi Government’s education policies as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)—if only he had remembered Amitabh Bachchan’s unforgettable cockroach lesson from Hum. Released in the early 1990s, the film had a famously irreverent dialogue about two varieties of cockroaches: those…
Houston (US): Texas AI Learning Centre, set up in collaboration with the IIT Kharagpur Outreach Network, was inaugurated at the Tagore Centre here to advance artificial intelligence education, skill development, and industry solutions. Coinciding with India’s 80th Independence Day and IIT Kharagpur’s 75th anniversary, the facility was jointly launched by India’s Consul General in Houston,…
Paradip: A Panama-flagged cargo ship with 24 crew members, mostly Chinese, on board sank in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, about 240 nautical miles off the Odisha coast, officials said. Twenty of the crew members on the ship, MV Ocean Winner, were Chinese, three Myanmarese and one Bangladeshi, they said. The ship was heading…
