Mumbai: The Maharashtra assembly on Monday night passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which has stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement or marriage, by voice vote. As per the Bill, those involved in unlawful conversions on the pretext of marriage will be punished with imprisonment of seven years…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday wrote to the Election Commission about the Rajya Sabha polls in Haryana, alleging there was a clear attempt to interfere with the integrity of the election, which must be redressed. Along with his letter, Kharge attached a copy of the representation submitted to the poll body by…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with his counterparts from the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) in Brussels, focusing on global flashpoints in Ukraine and West Asia as well as ways to deepen India’s relations with Europe. Jaishankar is on a two-day visit to the Belgian capital at the invitation…
When the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for elections to 242 assembly seats in West Bengal—this time in just two phases instead of the prolonged five-phase exercise seen earlier—it triggered a wave of predictable political theatrics from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. But few expected the Trinamool Congress supremo to clutch at something as…
On February 25, 2026, the CME Group’s Globex platform halted trading in metals and natural gas futures and options at 12:15 p.m. CT due to a reported technical issue. Natural gas reopened at 12:50 p.m. CT, but metals—including gold, silver, copper, and others—remained offline until 1:45 p.m. CT. The exchange described it as an isolated…
When the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 8, 2015, it was designed with a simple but powerful idea: democratise credit and give India’s smallest entrepreneurs a chance to grow. Nearly a decade later, the scheme has evolved into one of the largest micro-credit initiatives in the…
In times of inflation and energy crisis, there is a need to empower society through traditional community cooperation. The price of cooking gas cylinders periodically sparks intense political debate in the country. The opposition frames it as a growing economic burden on the common man, while the ruling party cites international markets and global conditions….
Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic idea discussed only in research labs. Today, it quietly powers the technologies people use every day—from voice assistants and recommendation engines to fraud detection systems and autonomous vehicles. At the heart of this transformation lies Machine Learning (ML), the technology that enables computers to learn from data and…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the ancient cadence of Vedic hymns, the seer Medhātithi raises his voice not in abstraction but in luminous precision. Each deity is invoked for a distinct cosmic function; each prayer is an alignment of human aspiration with universal rhythm. Day and night are not mere measures of time but sacred phases…
Vidura continued his counsel to the king and said, O Dhritarashtra, your mind is aflame with vengeance against the sons of Pandu, yet what profit lies in such resolve. In your own lineage is born a prince resplendent in brilliance, courage, and virtue, the noble Dharmaraja, endowed with every excellent quality. Is it right that…
