Kolkata Parameswaran Thankappan Nair, who passed away at Chendamangalam, a small town in Kerala’s Ernakulam district, will forever be remembered as the “barefoot historian” of Kolkata, the city where he arrived in 1955 from Alwaye in Kerala and left only in 2018 on the insistence of his extended family ‘back home’. Nair, who graduated from […]
New Delhi From the engrossing trial of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru to treats from Hindu Mythology to a walk through ‘Sirinagar’, and then a journey from trauma to liberation, here is recommendation before you retreat (or escape) to your book nook this month: Wendy Doniger, The Dharma of Unfaithful Wives and Faithful Jackals: Some […]
New Delhi, July Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday took the opposition to task for claiming that agriculture had been ignored in the Union Budget 2024-25, pointing out that the allocation for the sector was five times more than what the erstwhile UPA government had earmarked in the Budget for 2013-14. In her reply to […]
Terskol, July 26 Two teams representing the Indian Armed forces have planted India’s tri-colour on the summit of Europe’s highest mountain, Mt. Elbrus, during the Third ‘Climb for Peace’ event of the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Lt. Colonel Manoj Joshi led the six-member Tri-Services team that climbed the 5,642-metre mountain in Russia on Thursday. […]
Washington, July 26 US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday to close the remaining “gaps” in the push for a Gaza ceasefire deal, the White House said quoting media reports. The meeting at the White House came a day after Netanyahu gave a fiery speech before the US Congress […]
Mumbai, July 23 The 2024-25 Budget, unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, strategically aims to boost India’s economic landscape, focusing on job creation, fiscal consolidation, and infrastructure development. It reflects the government’s resolve to build a resilient economy capable of withstanding global challenges. This Budget not only aims to stimulate growth across diverse […]
New Delhi, July 23 Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday hailed the Union Budget 2024-25 as middle-class oriented, forward-looking and described the government’s unprecedented push on the jobs and employment generation as a key step to the country’s intensive growth and prosperous future. He added that the Budget reflects the thoughtful handling of the […]
Vienna July 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the world sees India with great hope and everyone across the globe wants to learn more about the country. “There is a lot of talk going on about India in the world these days. Everyone wants to know and understand about India… You all […]
New Delhi, July 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended his greetings on the occasion of the Jagannath Rath Yatra, sharing a video of his previous visits to Puri, Odisha. “Greetings on the start of the sacred Rath Yatra. We bow to Mahaprabhu Jagannath and pray that His blessings constantly remain upon us,” the […]
The five-second selfie video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni smiling and waving at the camera is set to become one of the most viewed clips on social media. Posted by the Italian PM the clip has gathered over 20.2 million views and over 64,000 re-posts on X in less […]