New Delhi: India on Monday announced USD 175 million as development assistance to Seychelles after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with the island nation’s President Patrick Herminie that produced a joint vision for deeper two-way engagement. Following the Modi-Herminie meeting, the two sides inked seven agreements to boost ties in a range of…
Is the Opposition serious—or merely staging another episode of parliamentary theatre? The INDIA bloc’s reported decision to move a resolution seeking the removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is less a constitutional exercise and more a political joke played in broad daylight. Cloaked in procedural language and inflated rhetoric, the move exposes not the…
This was on a March afternoon some years ago. We considered a short drive. “No temples, no relatives. Only a long drive,” insisted the Gen Next of the family, wary of our spiritual preferences. “All right,” we agreed—but read on what happened. Not sure where to head, we hit the Warangal highway. We were about…
The Thar Desert of Rajasthan is not just a stretch of sand, but a complex and sensitive ecosystem whose lifeline is linked to native trees like the Khejri (Prosopis cineraria). In recent years, the rapid expansion of solar power projects in western Rajasthan—particularly in Jodhpur, Barmer, Nagaur, and Bikaner—has put this ecosystem under serious threat….
The silver market remains in a critical phase of the ongoing squeeze, characterized by a sharp divergence between paper and physical dynamics. As of early February 2026, spot silver trades around $76–$78 per ounce (following a volatile pullback from January’s peak near $120–$121), reflecting recent leveraged unwinds but not a collapse in underlying fundamentals. This period has been marked by aggressive interventions from…
Queen Sudheshna, bound by her promise to safeguard Sairandri’s honour, strove with all her wisdom to shield both her brother and the modest woman entrusted to her care. When every gentle counsel failed, she turned at last to a softer warning, reminding Keechaka that Sairandri was protected by five mighty Gandharvas who had taken her…
Eagle Ganpati Temple, popularly known as Igul Ganeshji Temple, is located at the foothills of the sacred Girnar Hills, near the Dolatpara area of Junagadh city, Gujarat. According to local records and Gujarati media reports, the present temple structure was established around 56 years ago, placing its origin in the late 1960s. Though the structure…
Special Correspondent Parliament has once again been paralysed—not over economic distress or a national security failure, but over selective leaks and political interpretations attributed to an unpublished memoir of former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane. The Congress-led Opposition’s decision to stall the Budget Session over unverified claims marks yet another low in its increasingly…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government will launch a phase-wise mega recruitment drive to fill more than 70,000 vacant posts through a new and reformed system, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday. Addressing a meeting on reforms in service recruitment rules, Fadnavis said around 20,000 posts will be filled through the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC)…
Colombo: Pakistan pacer Salman Mirza on Monday said that the team is preparing for the entire T20 World Cup and will play against arch-rivals India on February 15 here if his government decides so. While addressing a press conference ahead of Pakistan’s match against the USA on Tuesday, Mirza was asked if the players had…
