New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah seized on Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav’s demand for quota for OBC and Muslim women to hammer home his party’s avowed opposition to reservation based on religion.He also reiterated govt’s stand that the caste of citizens will be mentioned during the ongoing census to reject SP chief Akhilesh…
NEW DELHI: Just when it appeared that a united opposition can derail govt’s ambitious legislative agenda and disturb its narrative – drilled home by the defeat of its bill to amend women’s reservation law in LS in last session – a smoother road appears to have opened up for BJP-led NDA in and outside Parliament…
Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians may have found their most destructive opening combination since the glory days of the franchise. On a run-fest at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday, Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton scripted yet another record partnership to put Mumbai in complete control against Lucknow Super Giants…
Independent India was beset with challenges in every walk of life. Archaeology was no exception. Historian Himanshu Prabha Ray and co-author Ajay Yadav map its journey in a new book, “Indian Archaeology after Independence: Amalananda Ghosh and his legacy.” They also enumerate how AI can aid archaeology.1. Archaeology in pre-Independent India was primarily a colonial…
Britain extracted 25 million years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados: Report A report presented in Barbados states that the British colonial practices drained nearly 25 million years of life and forced work from enslaved Africans. Value lost through such extraction may reach £1.6 trillion, as researchers seek to quantify historical harm. The…
At the centre of Beijing sits a place that once functioned as a city within a city. From above, the Forbidden City appears orderly and measured, enclosed by walls and surrounded by water. On the ground, however, it reveals something more complicated: a carefully managed world designed to organise power, family life, ritual, and government…
When you see certain snakes for the first time, it’s hard not to wonder if someone brightened them in a photo editor. Their colours are so bright and attractive, with almost unreal-looking wild patterns, that they look designed by an artist or just AI-generated rather than natural. Although their appearance might deceive us into believing…
Air India Ahmedabad plane crash NEW DELHI: One year has passed since Air India Flight AI171 crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad, claiming 260 lives and leaving behind hundreds of grieving families still searching for answers. The wreckage has long been cleared. Life around the crash site has gradually returned to routine. But for many…
NSA Ajit Doval, Russian Presidential aide Patrushev review maritime, defence cooperation National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met with Russian officials in Moscow on Friday, reviewing progress on key bilateral initiatives in maritime connectivity, shipbuilding, defence collaboration, and training of sailors for polar operations.Doval held talks with Nikolai Patrushev, Aide to the President and Chairman of…
Festivals have a strange way of making people pause. Even during busy schedules, work pressure, or everyday routines, celebrations often become reasons to pick up the phone and message someone. Eid is one of those occasions. It is not only about festivities and food, but also about remembering people who matter.For many families, Eid begins…