New Delhi: India batting stalwart Virat Kohli has backed Shubman Gill to develop into a strong leader for India, saying the young captain has the right mindset and intensity for the job. Speaking to JioStar ahead of India’s first ODI against the West Indies on Sunday, September 27, Kohli said Gill is still learning in…
Bhubaneshwar: The Odisha government on Saturday evacuated over 70,000 people living in low-lying areas to safety and housed them in 395 relief camps as all rivers in the state swelled due to heavy rainfall over the past few days, officials said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will conduct an aerial survey of the affected areas…
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Saturday that the case for reformed multilateralism is getting stronger as the inability of global institutions to maintain peace is threatening progress and retarding development. “We are now well on our way towards a multi-polar world. The post-1945 order…
The tragic death of an IIT Bombay student last week has once again opened a deeply uncomfortable debate: are some of Bharat’s finest educational institutions increasingly being dragged into caste and political narratives before the facts have been fully established? I raise this question deliberately—and as my personal view. Sahil Wakode, a second-year student at…
As Francis Fukuyama has written, “major crises have major consequences, usually unforeseen.” Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Arctic Ocean/Sea of the 21st century. Commonly viewed as a “territory of dialogue,” the Arctic has, over the past three decades, won a reputation as a “zone of peace”. However, few places have been the…
The debate over social justice in India is as old as it is sensitive. Discrimination, social humiliation, and violence against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have long posed a serious challenge to independent India. Against this backdrop, the SC/ST Act of 1989 came into being. However, more than three decades later, the question remains: to…
“Everything suddenly started spinning.” “I felt as though I was going to faint.” “The room was not moving, but I felt completely unsteady.” All three descriptions may be called “dizziness”, but medically they can mean very different things. Dizziness is one of the most common symptoms encountered in everyday medical practice, and in most cases…
On 25 September 2026, New Delhi witnessed a distinctive cultural phenomenon called “bhajan clubbing”, a contemporary format in which young people, particularly members of Gen Z, gather in concert-like settings to sing, clap and dance to Hindu devotional songs accompanied by fast-paced modern music. The event, held to mark the 110th birth anniversary of Sangh…
Hanumaan Ansh This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Earlier, we had pondered over the Hanumaan Avataara of Shree Mukhya Praana Devata. In this context, I offer to you what I learnt from watching the…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula The sage Vishwamitra, chanting in the sacred Gayatri Chandas of the Rigvedic hymns, invokes Indra, the wielder of the mighty Vajra, with profound devotion and reverence. The Hota priests call upon the divine Lord to manifest at the sacrificial ground and partake of the Soma prepared with purity and care. They beseech him…
