New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, a company dealing in safe AI systems. The company also plans to open an office in Bengaluru next year. “Glad to meet you. India’s vibrant tech ecosystem and talented youth are driving AI innovation that is human-centric and responsible,” PM…
Fake Matches, Fixed Scoresheets, and Stadium Neglect In the previous part, we traced how Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) was reduced to a loot machine, bleeding money in the name of clothing bills, medical reimbursements, and phantom development. But the cancer did not stop with finances. The rot seeped into the very sanctity of the game…
When the country’s oldest and most respected business house finds itself in the middle of a power struggle, it ceases to be a corporate issue — it becomes a national one. The Tata Group, a 156-year-old conglomerate synonymous with India’s industrial rise and ethical capitalism, is not just a private enterprise. It is a national…
A BBC report last week published with a heading “The Indian messaging app that wants to take on WhatsApp” opened with a cryptic remark, Can an Indian-made messaging app compete with the behemoth that is WhatsApp? This remark relates to an indigenously developed Indian messaging app called Arattai that saw 7.5 million downloads in a…
In the heart of the Bay of Bengal, an understated yet momentous shift is quietly redrawing South Asia’s strategic map. The Coco Islands—long a vantage point for Chinese surveillance of India’s naval activities—have now witnessed a remarkable geopolitical reversal. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy vision, Myanmar has begun dismantling Chinese military installations on…
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The Jubilee Hills byelection, necessitated by the sudden and sad demise of popular MLA Maganti Gopinath, has become a contest charged with sentiment and symbolism. The BRS has fielded Gopinath’s wife, banking heavily on the goodwill he built over three consecutive terms. His widow and two daughters have taken it upon themselves to ensure that…
Visvamitra, long harbouring a silent feud against his preceptor Vasiṣṭha, conceived a dark design to wound him through the house of Ikṣvāku. Among that royal line was Kalmāṣapāda, and Visvamitra sought to make him his unwitting instrument. One day the king, weary from the chase, turned aside to rest at Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage. On the forest…
Sathuragiri Murugan Temple is located on the sacred Sathuragiri Hills, near Watrap (Vathirairuppu) in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu. The hill lies about 30 km from Srivilliputhur and is part of the Western Ghats. Sathuragiri is also known as “Sundara Mahalingam Hill” and is one of the most important Siddhar Peetams (abodes of saints) in South…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched two major agricultural schemes with an outlay of Rs 35,440 crore to boost pulses production and improve the farm sector growth in 100 low-performing districts, as he exhorted farmers to reduce the country’s import dependence and increase exports. Modi, in a special event at the Indian…
