United Nations: Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran — and was not heard by scores of delegates who trooped out before he…
New Delhi: India takes another step in their buildup to the ODI World Cup 2027, starting with the three-match series against West Indies, which begins on Sunday. Much has been discussed regarding Rohit Sharma’s future. The former India captain will be over 40 by the time the ODI World Cup 2027 takes place next year…
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed the “first high-value deep tech project agreement” with a start-up, collaborating for indigenous development of a dilution refrigerator — specialised cryogenic systems capable of achieving extremely low temperatures in the millikelvin range — for quantum applications, the defence ministry said on Thursday. The signing…
Washington: China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday said one lakh young Americans will be invited to visit China for exchanges and study over the next five years. The announcement by Xi at the White House here came against the backdrop of a similar announcement made in 2023, under which 50,000 young Americans were invited for…
Diplomacy is often conducted through words. Sometimes, however, a single photograph can speak louder than a thousand diplomatic communiqués. The photograph of US President Donald Trump personally receiving Chinese President Xi Jinping on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews is one such image. Trump did not merely receive Xi in Washington. He went to the…
Brig (Retd.) G.B. Reddi It is deeply disturbing to watch the political discourse in the country being reduced to sensational claims, sweeping allegations and arguments that appear to substitute suspicion for evidence. More disturbing is when such narratives are projected on national television as though they constitute facts. The latest controversy surrounding the Special Intensive…
Two years after its September 2024 peak of about 26,277, the Nifty trades near 23,400, roughly 10 percent lower. For investors who entered after 2020, this is the first long sideways phase they have lived through. It is not the first India has seen. Since 1992, Indian equities have gone through at least four comparable…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula The sage Vishwamitra, invoking Indra through the majestic Tristup chandas of the Rigvedic hymns, raises a prayer that emerges not merely from speech but from the deepest currents of consciousness. Indra is praised as the Lord of the universe, the sovereign power who sustains cosmic order and responds to the sincere offerings of…
Bhīmasena, consumed by the blazing fire of righteous indignation, sprang upon Karṇa’s motionless chariot with the fierce resolve to sever the tongue that had once poured venom upon the honour of Queen Draupadī before the assembled kings. His mighty hands reached for his weapon as memories of that shameful day surged through his heart like…
Sri Anantha Padmanabha Temple at Hebri in Udupi district is a serene shrine nestled at the foothills of the Agumbe Ghats, beside the River Sita. Surrounded by fertile fields and plantations, the temple preserves the tradition of worshipping Lord Vishnu in his Anantha Padmanabha form, the Lord associated with Ananta, the eternal serpent. The exact…
