Priyanka Vadra is all set to enter the Parliament after winning the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala vacated by his brother Rahul Gandhi by surpassing his victory record margin of over 3.6 lakhs. While her victory adds to the growth of the family of trio, mother, son and daughter it signals the annihilation of…
The first question that one might ask after seeing the results of Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and bye polls in UP, Bihar, and Kerala, is whether the regional parties are on their way out for good or would collectively rise like a phoenix. The two national parties have succeeded with Rahul Gandhi as a guarantee card for…
The political tussle in Telangana has reached fever pitch, with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy signalling that K.T. Rama Rao (KTR), the working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), could face prison. This assertion, echoed by Congress leaders like Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, highlights the charged atmosphere as both parties engage in a battle for…
When a banana taped to a wall sold for a staggering Rs 52.35 crore in New York, it wasn’t just art — it was a cultural phenomenon. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s provocative creation, bought by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun for $6.2 million, was hailed as a bridge between art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community. Sun,…
Baku (Azerbaijan): India on Sunday rejected a new climate finance package of USD 300 billion for the Global South at the UN climate conference here, saying it was too little and too late. Nations agreed on the USD 300 billion climate finance deal for Global South at the UN climate talks taking place here in…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday extolled the idea of ‘Brand Bharat’ and said it is a “statement of authenticity” in representation, articulation or beliefs, and equally a message that “we are now more comfortable in our own skin”. In a virtual address at India Ideas Conclave, he also underlined that it…
New Delhi: Ruling parties held sway in most of the 13 states in the assembly byelection results declared on Saturday, with the BJP and its allies wresting seats in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan and the Trinamool Congress sweeping West Bengal. Out of the 46 seats where byelections were held, the BJP and its allies…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the BJP-led alliance’s sweeping victory in Maharashtra as a popular endorsement of its governance model and rejection of the Congress’ “lies and deceit”, as he accused the Gandhi family of spreading the “poison of casteism and divisiveness”. Buoyed by the NDA’s unprecedented scale of a win…
As a senior media practitioner, I am deeply concerned by the unchecked corruption plaguing the print media industry in India. Despite declining readership in the digital age, print media has paradoxically become a “cash cow” for unscrupulous promoters. This is largely due to the widespread manipulation of circulation figures, unethical auditing practices, and the fraudulent…
Readers may be aware of the well-known American episode depicted by that wonderful, great writer “O Henry”, in this masterpiece “The Gift of Magic”. You can imagine the shock that that poor husband suffered when he bought the two beautiful combs for his wife and discovered to his horror that she sold away her long;…
