In today’s connected world, many adult children stay in touch with their parents through daily phone calls, family WhatsApp groups and occasional visits. These digital interactions create a sense of closeness even when families live far apart. Yet within the casual messages and updates, subtle clues about an older parent’s health can sometimes appear. Statements…
The Janata Dal (United) is navigating a delicate dual transition. On one hand, the party is actively reinforcing the political legacy of Nitish Kumar while elevating the profile of his son, Health Minister Nishant Kumar. On the other, it is calibrating its response to broader National Democratic Alliance priorities, including the push for a Uniform…
In a landmark development for Indian agriculture, farmers have received carbon credit payments for the first time for adopting improved and climate-friendly farming practices. Around 2,500 farmers — approximately 1,400 from Punjab and the rest from Haryana — have become the initial beneficiaries of this initiative. The total payout stands at about Rs 2.5 crore,…
In the mid-19th century, an Englishman named Frederick Wilson arrived in the upper reaches of the Himalayas and struck a bargain that would reshape the region’s forests for generations. He secured a lease from the Raja of Tehri-Garhwal to exploit the timber-rich forests of the Bhagirathi Valley. What followed was the systematic felling of ancient…
The Manusmriti, an ancient Sanskrit text on dharma, law and social conduct, has returned to the centre of public debate in India. Recent political references to specific verses, particularly those concerning women, have renewed calls to reject the text as a symbol of patriarchy and hierarchy. Yet a closer look at the work itself reveals…
As leaders of the expanded BRICS grouping gather in New Delhi this weekend, the formal agenda will focus on global order, conflicts in distant theatres and the search for alternatives to Western-dominated institutions. Yet a quieter but consequential conversation will unfold on the sidelines. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin…
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to challenge before the Supreme Court an Allahabad High Court order that quashed the National Security Act detention of Delhi University graduate and student activist Aakriti Chaudhary. The High Court had also directed the state to pay her Rs 5 lakh as compensation, with the amount to be recovered…
The Telangana Legislative Assembly witnessed a sharp escalation in tensions on the third consecutive day of its Monsoon Session when Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar suspended more than 20 legislators belonging to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. Among those suspended were senior party leaders K.T. Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR, and T. Harish Rao. The action…
As India prepares to host the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on 12-13 September 2026, attention is turning to bilateral discussions expected on the sidelines with Chinese counterparts. Indications suggest that the Indian side will raise concerns over restrictions affecting the import of critical technologies from China and investment-related barriers faced by companies operating in…
A controversy has unfolded in Kerala after prominent Sunni cleric A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar, widely known as Kanthapuram, made remarks asserting that women should remain confined to their homes. The comments, which followed the participation of Muslim women in Eid and Onam-related festivities, drew sharp criticism from political leaders, particularly from the CPI(M), and prompted the…