New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held separate phone conversations with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar as the Middle East reeled under massive tension following a joint US-Israel military offensive against Iran. The external affairs minister also spoke to his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin…
Special Correspondent For nearly 15 years, elections in the Hyderabad Cricket Association have followed a depressingly predictable script: alliances stitched together before polling day collapse the moment results are declared. What follows is not governance, but guerrilla warfare — suspensions, counter-suspensions, court petitions, police complaints, factional press conferences, and eventually administrative paralysis. Instead of headlines…
The recent Delhi trial court verdict acquitting 23 accused — including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, and BRS MLC K. Kavitha — in the controversial excise policy case is not just a legal development. It is a political earthquake. And it comes at a time when the country is preparing for…
Many research studies have shown that in view of poor standards of hygiene, street food consumers are getting worm infestation, diarrhoea, vomiting and many other serious health issues. Street vending is a vital source of income for the urban poor, migrants, and displaced people. In India alone, there are estimated to be over 16.5 million…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the in the www.special thoughts.com section. Continuing on with the hierarchy of Devata-s, let’s look at the venerable Devata in Level 13. Varuna As had been explained in an earlier article, in…
Having realised that, which is without sound, without touch, without form, without decay, and also without taste, without smell, without beginning, without end, beyond the Mahat, eternal and unchanging, is freed from the jaws of death. The Shruthi is explaining the transcendental nature of the inexplicable Atman, which is the absolute state of perfection. It…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The inner dynamism of the Veda finds its serene culmination in the Upanishad. The one is the rising sun; the other its gathered radiance at noon. There is no rupture between them, no renunciation of life’s bubbling enthusiasm, but rather an enrichment of existence through knowledge refined by awareness. The Veda proclaims;…
Uttara Kumara, with youthful ardour and reverent trust, accepted the gentle condition laid upon him by Arjuna—that the secret of the battle should remain forever concealed, and that he alone should bear the renown of victory. Though astonished that such glory might rest upon his untested shoulders, he believed firmly that Arjuna’s wisdom moved always…
Mahuti Naag Devta Temple is situated in Larikot village in the beautiful Kharahal Valley of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh.The region is known as part of “Dev Bhoomi,” meaning the Land of Gods, where almost every village worships its own local deity. Local people believe the deity has been worshipped since mythological times, long before…
Kochi: Flight operations to Gulf countries from Kerala airports have been affected, with several airlines cancelling services following the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, officials said on Saturday. The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd (TIAL), Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL) and authorities at Calicut International Airport have issued separate advisories…
