In a country obsessed with cricket and cinema, Prof. Mayank Shrivastava of IISc Bengaluru has dared to ask the uncomfortable question: Can we build new IITs by just watching the IPL? His anguish is not misplaced. It’s a wake-up call that cuts through the noise of national pride built on celebrity, spectacle, and slogans. Prof….
During my tenure as Director of NIPER, I observed a deeply troubling trend — senior professors exercising exclusive control over costly scientific instruments, purchased with public money, for personal academic gain. My proposal to centralize all such equipment under a single Central Instrumentation Laboratory (CIL) met stiff resistance from within the institute. The reason? Control…
The seven elite warriors, sons of powerful ministers, set forth from their respective quarters to confront the mighty Hanuman. They shone like blazing fire, mounted upon celestial chariots drawn by steeds of immense might and speed. The chariots thundered forth, roaring through the skies, cleaving the gales unleashed by Hanuman’s fearsome power. Each warrior, trained…
Dhanmata Temple is located in Dungarpur, a town in the southern part of Rajasthan, near the Gujarat border. The temple is built atop the Dhanmata hill, right in the heart of the old city of Dungarpur. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Dhanmata, a powerful local form of the Divine Mother (Shakti). Dhanmata Temple is…
Mumbai: India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday questioned the necessity of holding road shows to celebrate sporting triumphs after a stampede during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL victory celebrations led to the death of 11 fans near the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Gambhir, who has been part of two IPL title-winning celebrations in Kolkata and India’s 2007…
Hyderabad: In a bid to promote millets as the food of the future, the poster of “Millets, The Best Food – Pragati Utsava Dinotsavam” was formally launched today at the Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR), here. The unveiling was done by Dr. J. Stanley, CEO of Nutrihub – TBISC, a unique DST-supported Technology Business…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday said her party’s “good days” would return if elections are held through ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs). Addressing a press conference here, she reiterated her demand for conducting all elections through ballot papers, alleging that EVMs were being tampered with to prevent BSP…
New Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Shinde has slammed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his “surrender barb” at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor and wondered whether he realised that his statements were being used by Pakistan against India. Shinde, who led a multi-party delegation to four countries in West Asia and West…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday turned emotional over the loss of lives due to the stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium and said that Bengaluru has lost its image due to the incident that claimed 11 lives. Reacting to allegations by the opposition that police had not permitted celebrations, he said,…
Can a district collector file a report against the very government that appointed him? Can an officer of the state investigate his political masters and bring them to justice? The answer is obvious to anyone who understands the basics of governance. Yet, in an insult to public intelligence, the Karnataka government has asked the Bengaluru…
