Fresh coaching controversy raises questions over governance, transparency and institutional reforms Special Correspondent The cracks within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) are widening. What began as criticism from the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) over alleged violations of the HCA and BCCI rule books has now found resonance from within the HCA itself. The latest controversy…
A wave of the world’s best-selling drugs is about to lose patent protection. When that happens, cheaper copies (generics and biosimilars) flood in, prices crash, and someone has to manufacture all those cheaper copies. That “someone” is very often an Indian company. This is called a patent cliff. It has happened before, but the one…
If there is one image that captures the sheer complexity of quantum computing, it is perhaps this: Google’s quantum computer operates at temperatures close to -273°C—colder than outer space itself. Layer upon layer of refrigeration technology is needed merely to keep it alive before it can perform computations. Now imagine a quantum computer that sits…
Vijayawada: The ongoing protests surrounding the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) took a political turn in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan claimed the student-led agitation has been co-opted by “divisive forces,” drawing immediate and fierce condemnation from the state’s CPI(M) leadership. In a detailed statement released on social media, the Deputy Chief…
Lege-Cap Ferret, France: France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfireson Saturday and slashed the final stage of the Tour de France to redeploy security personnel to the blazes that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. The latest wildfires in southern Europe…
New Delhi: Taking cognisance of social media videos of personnel “deliberately knocking down” protesters at the Jantar Mantar, and even assaulting people disengaged from the agitation, the force’s chief has pulled up the personnel and their commanders on the ground, ThePrint has learnt. RAF Inspector General Seema Dhundhia told the personnel and officers that such “excessive use of force” is…
New Delhi: A new amendment to India’s anti-paper leak law, set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha, aims to establish fast-track courts across all states and union territories for swift trials of accused individuals, alongside significantly harsher penalties for exam malpractices. Seeking to amend a two-year-old anti-paper leak law, a bill that proposes to…
I have absolutely no hesitation in saying this. Yogendra Yadav’s statement that “the future of democracy in Bharat will be settled on the streets and not in Parliament or through elections” is perhaps one of the most dangerous political propositions made in recent times. If this is not an invitation to constitutional anarchy, I do…
As a senior citizen, a columnist of this exciting news portal—or e-paper, by whichever name one wishes to call it—and perhaps the eldest member of its Editorial Advisory Board, I beg to differ, albeit respectfully, with our Editor’s Special Edit describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision as a “surrender.” Yes, I understand why the word…
“Doctor, is COVID-19 coming back again?” The question is being asked once again. After years of living with the virus, most people have gradually returned to their normal lives. Masks have disappeared from faces. COVID testing is no longer a routine part of everyday life. The daily counting of cases and deaths has stopped dominating…
