Hyderabad: Emphasising that the Centre is trying to shield people from the adverse impact of the conflict in West Asia, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday called for judicious use of fuel, postponement of gold purchases and foreign travel, among other measures, to strengthen the economy. Addressing a rally organised by the Telangana BJP here, he…
Raipur: Krunal Pandya on Sunday said it was Bhuvneshwar Kumar who played the “shot of the match” at the fag end as Royal Challengers Bengaluru clinched a low-scoring thriller by two wickets to knock Mumbai Indians out of contention for the Indian Premier League playoffs here. With nine runs needed off the last three balls,…
Raipur: Krunal Pandya’s gritty 73 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s all-round heroics (4/23, 7 not out) powered Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a nervy two-wicket victory and knocked Mumbai Indians out of the race for IPL playoffs here on Sunday. The win took RCB to the top of the Indian Premier League table with 14 points from 11…
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that Iran has conveyed its response to a US proposal aimed at ending the conflict in West Asia, as efforts continued to sustain a fragile regional ceasefire. Pakistan has been mediating talks between Washington and Tehran amid tensions that have disrupted shipping through the Strait of…
For decades, Bharat was mocked as a nation where infrastructure projects moved more slowly than bureaucracy itself. Bridges took generations, highways remained trapped in files, airports resembled overcrowded bus stands, and railway stations became symbols of decay rather than progress. But something dramatic has changed in the last decade. Today, Bharat is not merely building…
The Indian Premier League has once again reminded the cricketing world of a timeless truth — reputation alone cannot win matches. In modern cricket, players are branded, auctioned, celebrated, and marketed like global icons. Franchises spend crores to acquire star players based on past performances, reputation, and perceived value. Yet, when the tournament begins, the…
MS Sparsha In the modern world of artificial intelligence, airline scheduling, stock market modelling, internet routing, supply chains, and industrial automation, optimization is everything. Every second, countless digital systems search for the fastest, cheapest, shortest, and most efficient solution to a problem. Yet, very few people know that one of the greatest revolutions in optimization…
Tamil Nadu has always prided itself on being one of India’s better administered states – industrially productive, fiscally disciplined, and socially ahead of most others. That reputation now risks being placed on the auction block of competitive populism. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay’s promise of six free gas cylinders for every household, 200 units…
Kindness in front of the camera, indifference towards humans Early in the morning, a scene often plays out in the streets of cities and towns. Someone stops their bike, takes a five-rupee loaf from their bag, throws a few pieces toward stray dogs on the roadside, then turns on their mobile camera and takes a…
The deaths of sanitation workers show that casteism is still alive. Indian cities today appear divided into two images. One is of gleaming roads, smart city projects, sprawling malls, and cleanliness campaigns, while the other is of heaps of garbage, stinking drains, overflowing sewers, and people wading through them. Unfortunately, society often avoids seeing the…
