Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced that it will deliver essential commodities under the Public Distribution System directly to the homes of senior citizen and differently-abled family cardholders on October 5 and 6 ahead of the Diwali festival which falls on October 20. This doorstep delivery would be done under the ‘Thayumanavar’ Scheme…
London: A research tie-up between Imperial College London and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to harness quantum computing and biotechnology to help farmers grow stronger crops that are more resilient to climate change has emerged as a focus area ahead of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s expected visit to Mumbai next week. The…
New Delhi: India welcomes US President Donald Trump’s leadership as peace efforts in Gaza make decisive progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Modi referred to the indications of the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas and said it marks a significant step forward in efforts to restore peace in the region. He said…
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, seems to have perfected one skill in politics: converting every foreign visit into a grievance roadshow against his own country. If the role of LoP is to uphold democratic debate within the sacred precincts of Parliament, Rahul has chosen instead to become a permanent India-basher…
Lahore: Pakistan’s incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan has been in a ‘solitary confinement’ and his cell door remains shut at all times, his party alleged on Friday, calling such treatment “unlawful”. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo has been in jail since August 2023, in multiple cases against him. He is currently lodged in the…
New Delhi: Cyclone Shakhti, the first cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea in the post-monsoon season, was moving towards Dwarka off the Gujarat coast on Friday and was expected to intensify further, the weather office said. The cyclonic storm over the northeast Arabian Sea moved west-northwestwards with a speed of eight kmph during the last…
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP government in Haryana has ended the “kharchi-parchi” system that prevailed in the state earlier, wherein people could not get jobs without corruption or favouritism. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader also said the people of Haryana have given their mandate to the saffron…
This week, we momentarily step away from our ongoing “How to Revive Hyderabad Cricket” series to focus on an equally urgent question: why does the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) still refuse recognition to the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA), despite its credibility, reforms, and grassroots impact—while continuing to prop up a dysfunctional…
For decades, Pakistan has survived by playing the role of an international blackmailer—harbouring terrorists, peddling drugs, and offering its territory as a playground for great power games. But the recent hard-hitting statements from India’s top security leadership make one thing abundantly clear: Islamabad may finally be scripting its own extinction. On Friday, both Indian Army…
In the shifting landscape of global politics, calls for reform often grow loudest when institutions lose touch with the realities they were created to serve. For India, that moment has arrived with its long battle for representation at the United Nations. Once envisioned as a beacon of equality, the UN now looks increasingly like a…
