Nagoya: Indian men’s and women’s compound archery teams registered comfortable wins to advance to the semi-finals at the Asian Games here on Sunday. The men’s trio of Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam, and Kushal Dalal beat Bhutan 235-232 by the narrowest of margins to seal a semifinal clash against South Korea, who beat Iran, as…
MS Shanker The political battle over the Chief Election Commissioner is about more than one officer. It is increasingly about the credibility of institutions, electoral processes and the political narratives surrounding them. The latest political confrontation over Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar raises a question that deserves to be examined beyond the daily exchange of…
New Delhi: Rohit Sharma has again indicated he remains fully focused on playing a fourth ODI World Cup for India next year, thus swatting away never-ending speculations over his retirement. Rohit, who was the captain when India finished as 2023 ODI World Cup runners-up, said the “business” will never be finished for him as long…
New Delhi: Virat Kohli has said the 2027 ODI World Cup will be his last tournament for India. He made the statement to broadcaster JioStar on Saturday, saying his goal now is to leave everything on the field and try to win the trophy one final time. Kohli, who plays only the 50 over format…
New Delhi: India batting stalwart Virat Kohli has backed Shubman Gill to develop into a strong leader for India, saying the young captain has the right mindset and intensity for the job. Speaking to JioStar ahead of India’s first ODI against the West Indies on Sunday, September 27, Kohli said Gill is still learning in…
Bhubaneshwar: The Odisha government on Saturday evacuated over 70,000 people living in low-lying areas to safety and housed them in 395 relief camps as all rivers in the state swelled due to heavy rainfall over the past few days, officials said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will conduct an aerial survey of the affected areas…
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Saturday that the case for reformed multilateralism is getting stronger as the inability of global institutions to maintain peace is threatening progress and retarding development. “We are now well on our way towards a multi-polar world. The post-1945 order…
The tragic death of an IIT Bombay student last week has once again opened a deeply uncomfortable debate: are some of Bharat’s finest educational institutions increasingly being dragged into caste and political narratives before the facts have been fully established? I raise this question deliberately—and as my personal view. Sahil Wakode, a second-year student at…
As Francis Fukuyama has written, “major crises have major consequences, usually unforeseen.” Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Arctic Ocean/Sea of the 21st century. Commonly viewed as a “territory of dialogue,” the Arctic has, over the past three decades, won a reputation as a “zone of peace”. However, few places have been the…
The debate over social justice in India is as old as it is sensitive. Discrimination, social humiliation, and violence against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have long posed a serious challenge to independent India. Against this backdrop, the SC/ST Act of 1989 came into being. However, more than three decades later, the question remains: to…
