In this issue

November 27, 2022

Guj BJP to form cell to take on radicalisation

Manifesto promises Uniform Civil Code as well

1 min

India's NavIC sats to fly with desi atomic clocks

THE Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, NavIC, will soon be expanded as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is building five more advanced navigation satellites with a focus on meeting the needs of the country's strategic sector.

1 min

Football's fiery fandom in Kerala

KERALA'S quaint tea shops play host to the most intense football discussions: pre- and post-match analyses, history, anecdotes, geopolitics, debates, even bets... they are all served fresh with the trademark red-tinged hot cuppa.

3 mins

Mil-lets farmers cash in on nutritional value

IF you travel through the lush green fields in Perambalur, millets hold you spellbind. The millet district, which switched from ragi, kodo, sorghum, and pearl to cash crops such as maize and cotton amid mounting losses nearly two decades ago, is crooning the glory of millets once again.

1 min

MTC buses get system to announce stop names

The GPS-based automatic bus stop announcement system has been introduced in 150 buses

1 min

PSLV's 56TH FLIGHT: Oceansat-3, eight nano sats placed in orbits by ISRO

Upgraded PSLV with small engines added to its upper stage accomplishes mission

2 mins

TAXING AGRI INCOME IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT

SOME issues, groups and individuals become so embedded as Holy Cows that even a reasoned debate is impossible. Anyone who dares to dispute the notion that Mahatma Gandhi is the Father of the Nation gets bombarded with a volley of derogatory labels.

3 mins

GANDHIS NEED CONTRARIANS, NOT CONFORMISTS

ROYALTY doesn't like to be outshined. When Louis VIII, the Sun King of France who built Versailles, visited the magnificent mansion of his finance minister, Marquis Nicolas Fouquet, he was incensed that a courtier should own a palace grander than the king's. Fouquet was immensely popular in court and with the people, which angered the monarch. Louis decided that the minister had stolen money from the treasury, and soon Fouquet found himself in jail and his property confiscated by Louis. There is a lesson in this for Shashi Tharoor, the urbane Congress MP who, by omission, looted the party's treasury, whose sole wealth is the Gandhi political currency.

4 mins

WHAT'S SOUTH CINEMA DOING RIGHT

JAI Shankar Aryar's Kannada language debut Shivamma is a small, unassuming film-about a poor, illiterate woman's indomitable entrepreneurial spirit that won the New Currents Award at the 27th edition of the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.

3 mins

Congress deputes Venugopal to quell 'rebellion in Raj'

WITH the Bharat Jodo Yatra entering Rajasthan in the first week of December, the Congress has turned into a damage control mode by deputing AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal to douse the rebellion between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot.

1 min

Need to bolster India as mother of democracy: PM

‘Be it individuals or institutions, our duties are our first priority’

2 mins

Vikram Gokhale, the astute actor, passes away at 77

Born to a line of actors (his great grandmother, Durgabai Kamat, was the first female actor of the Indian screen, while his grandmother, Kamlabai Gokhale, was our first female child actor and his father Chandrakant Gokhale was a veteran Marathi film and stage actor), Vikram Gokhale was known for his gravitas and mastery of craft.

2 mins

SWAMI SHRADDHANAND: THE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR WHO BURIED HIS WIFE ALIVE

May 28, 1991, Shakereh Namazie the granddaughter of Dewan of Mysore, Sir Mirza Ismail was buried alive by her husband Shraddhanand alias Murali Manohar Misra in the backyard of her house -81, Richmond Road, Bengaluru after he laced her morning tea with sedatives. He was for long eyeing her property and committed the crime to usurp it.

3 mins

Punjab farmers back in protest mode, march to Raj Bhavan with old demands

THOUSANDS of farmers from Punjab owing allegiance to 33 unions marched from Mohali towards Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh to submit a memorandum of their demands but were stopped on the Punjab Chandigarh border, on Saturday.

1 min

Rift emerges in Bengal BJP: Pro-CAA rally fails to draw state party leaders

THE delay in implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a promise that the BJP had made ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections to woo the Matua electorates, a Hindu religious sect infiltrated from Bangladesh, has caused major rift in the state party camp.

1 min

Persistent rebellion in many north Guj seats may dent saffron prospects

THE BJP is facing dissidence in North Gujarat's four seats Assembly seats -- Bayad, Kheralu, Dhanera, and Deesa. The rebel candidates mostly independents have rejected persuasion and threats of party action.

1 min

BJP learns 2017 lessons, focuses on candidates

With tactical moves, faultlines in Cong strategy, BJP hopes for a return

1 min

Inflation affects Black Friday sales

CAUTIOUS shoppers hunted for the best deals at stores and online as retailers offered new Black Friday discounts to entice consumers eager to start buying holiday gifts but weighed down by inflation.

1 min

Imran's latest salvo is quitting all assemblies

PAKISTAN'S former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday announced his party's decision to resign from all assemblies in the country to pressure the government to announce early elections. He also announced the roll back of his plan to march to Islamabad, at a big rally in Rawalpindi, claiming he did not want to be seen as spreading anarchy.

1 min

New refinery in Tamil Nadu to boost economic growth in the region

THE 9 MMPTA refinery project, jointly executed by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), is expected to attract large and small scale petrochemical manufacturers in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, and will boost economic growth in the region.

1 min

Layoffs mount as recession looms

Many companies extend hiring freeze, and are focusing on restructuring businesses

5 mins

BIG TECH LAYOFFS MAY BE A LONG-TERM CARNAGE

T is indeed ironical that when Amazon's Black Friday sales across the world have turned live for Christmas, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos goes public warning consumers to conserve cash and postpone buying goodies such as refrigerators, TVs and cell phones.

3 mins

TWO GOOD: KY-LIAN OF CONTROL

Striker Mbappe’s double sinks Denmark as France become first side to book last 16 spot

2 mins

Talent, hardship & fans' blessings: Ecuador's tale

A lot can change over ninety minutes of football.

3 mins

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