Raipur: With armed Naxalism “completely eliminated” in Chhattisgarh by the March 31 deadline, the state government is now firmly focused on Bastar’s development by preserving tribal culture and creating economic opportunities for youth, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said. The region’s economy would be strengthened through minor forest produce and women-led self-help groups, Sharma, who…
One month into what increasingly looks like a pilot episode of World War III, the West Asian theatre has achieved what decades of diplomacy could not—it has shattered illusions. Not just geopolitical ones, but the kind that think tanks, media studios, and Twitter warriors had carefully manufactured for years. Let’s begin with the obvious embarrassment….
Hyderabad:: Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Monday inaugurated 36 Nand Ghar centres in Hyderabad, marking a significant push towards strengthening grassroots welfare systems in Telangana. The initiative, led by Vedanta Limited, aims to modernise the anganwadi ecosystem with tech-enabled centres offering integrated services such as nutrition, early childhood education, primary healthcare and women empowerment….
Guwahati: Rajasthan Royals’ teen batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on Monday said the team’s senior players and support staff, including head coach Kumar Sangakkara, have given him the freedom to keep playing his attacking game. The 15-year-old prodigy blazed away to a 15-ball fifty to power RR to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings…
New Delhi: A US airstrike at Iran’s Mashhad airport on Monday damaged a Mahan Air aircraft, potentially disrupting a mission to India to collect humanitarian aid, Iranian officials claimed. The plane was reportedly scheduled to fly to New Delhi this week to pick up essential medical supplies and aid for the Iranian people, they said….
Our Sports Bureau Hyderabad: The 12th edition of the Greenwood Cricket League (GCL) concluded on a high note on Sunday, at the BBC Court, with Smashers emerging as deserving champions after a clinical performance in the final. Boomerangs finished runners-up, while Snipers secured third place, followed by Warriors, Panthers, and Hustlers in the standings. In…
U Lakshman Rao In the long continuum of spiritual evolution, the tradition of Jainism recognizes twenty-four Tirthankaras—enlightened beings who arise from age to age to re-establish dharma and guide humanity toward liberation. Among them, the twenty-third, Parsvanatha, stands as a historically acknowledged figure, preparing the ground for the advent of the twenty-fourth and final Tirthankara,…
The slide of the Indian rupee to ₹95 against the US dollar is not merely a statistical marker—it is a signal flare from the deeper currents shaping the global and domestic economic landscape. Currency depreciation, while not uncommon in emerging markets, becomes a cause for concern when it is persistent, broad-based, and driven by structural…
(Opportunities, Fears, and the Search for Balance) The proposed bilateral trade agreement (2026) between India and the United States has emerged at a time when India, on the one hand, is moving towards expanding its participation in the global economy, while on the other hand, it faces the essential challenge of protecting its agriculture-based socio-economic…
There is a subtle but unmistakable shift underway in India’s governance architecture—one that does not always scream for headlines, but steadily reshapes the nation’s institutional ethos. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the rise of women from the margins to the mainstream of governance is no longer symbolic—it is structural, deliberate, and deeply political in the…
