The latest meme doing the rounds on social media deserves preservation in the British Library, right next to the Magna Carta. It carries an image of the famous black door at 10 Downing Street and the caption: ‘Sponsored by Airbnb – Perfect for short stays.’ One cannot disagree with the description. For generations, occupying No….
Kolkata: Five workers perished and around 20 others were rescued and hospitalised after a three-storey under-construction warehouse collapsed in Kolkata’s Taratala area on Wednesday, prompting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to order a halt to all construction projects approved under the erstwhile TMC regime within the city’s civic body area till July 31. About 15 more…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh authorities on Wednesday intensified inspections of coaching centres, libraries and other educational institutions across the state in the wake of the Aliganj fire tragedy in Lucknow that claimed 15 lives earlier this week. In Lucknow, teams of the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), the fire department and the electricity department continued inspections of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received a phone call from his Armenia counterpart Nikol Pashinyan whom he thanked for facilitating the evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in Iran following the recent developments in West Asia. Modi also congratulated Pashinyan on the victory of his Civil Contract Party in the country’s parliamentary elections…
Special Correspondent The crisis engulfing the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) appears to be deepening even as the controversial TG-20 tournament continues amid allegations of procedural irregularities and alleged violations of HCA and BCCI regulations. The unfolding developments have once again highlighted what many stakeholders describe as a peculiar feature of HCA’s functioning. Over the years,…
MS Sparsha History often remembers political leaders, kings and warriors. Yet some of India’s greatest nation-builders worked quietly in classrooms and laboratories, shaping the country’s future without seeking recognition. One such forgotten giant was Ganesh Prasad, a pioneering mathematician whose contributions laid the foundations of higher mathematical research in India. Born in 1876 in Ballia,…
Markets love a simple story. When the US dollar strengthens, headlines quickly split into two camps. One hails it as proof of American economic muscle: “strong dollar, strong America.” The next crisis reframes the same move as a desperate flight to safety, with the greenback the last safe haven in a toxic world. Both sound…
Truth has finally delivered a tight slap — not merely to Pakistan’s propaganda machinery, but also to sections of Bharat’s Opposition and even to US President Donald Trump, who chose to amplify falsehoods rather than facts. The Indian Air Force’s latest Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking bridge maintenance support for all 36 Rafale fighter aircraft…
The recent coaching centre fire in Lucknow has shaken the entire nation. Smoke-filled buildings, screaming students, panicked parents, and the scramble of rescue teams—these scenes are not just a reflection of an accident, but a reflection of the weaknesses in our system that we have ignored for years. Every major tragedy is followed by a…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Deerghatama, endowed with penetrating insight, raises a profound hymn woven through diverse Vedic meters—Anushtubh, Trishtubh, Jagati, Gayatri, and Pankti—reflecting not merely poetic variation but the layered rhythm of the cosmos itself. His prayer is not directed to one deity alone but to the manifold expressions of the divine, revealing a…
