DEFENCE SCAN

ON February 6, 2023, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the Hindustan nation Aeronautics Limited Helicopter (HAL) Factory at Tumakuru in Karnataka.

A THRILLING NARRATIVE OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE

THE BOOK 'REVOLUTIONARIES: THE OTHER STORY OF HOW INDIA WON ITS FREEDOM', PENNED BY SANJEEV SANYAL, CHRONICLES TALES OF OUR NATIONALIST ANCESTORS, WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FAMOUS THAN THE ONES WHOSE CAREERS HAVE BEEN UNREASONABLY AMPLIFIED

AN ECOSYSTEM FOR CHANGE-MAKERS

THE DELHI UNIVERSITY AND SAMARTH BHARAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO LAUNCH A CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (CDC), WHICH SEEKS TO CREATE A START-UP SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM IN COLLEGES THAT WILL ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO BECOME JOB PROVIDERS RATHER THAN JOB SEEKERS

'MAPPING OUR ROADS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE'

MapMyIndia is a deep tech company, which with its state-of-the-art mapping, navigation, geospatial analytics and IOT, is one of India's leading companies working towards an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Organiser representative Deepti J Verma talked to Rohan Verma, CEO of MapMyIndia, about what it takes to navigate the start-up ecosystem and its breakthrough from 15 years of Digital Colonisation. Excerpts:

TECTONIC DISASTER

A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF AFTERSHOCKS, THREE OF THEM ABOVE 6.0 MAGNITUDE, HAVE CAUSED MAJOR DEVASTATION IN TÜRKIYE AND SYRIA. INDIA HAS EXTENDED IMMEDIATE HELP TO DEAL WITH THE DISASTER AND SENT IN RELIEF AND RESCUE TEAMS, EQUIPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO BOTH COUNTRIES

COUNTERING CCP'S FALSE NARRATIVE

SINCE THE CHINESE INVASION OF TIBET IN 1951, TIBETANS HAVE BEEN LIVING IN EXILE ACROSS THE GLOBE AND CONTINUE TO RAISE THEIR VOICE AGAINST THE RUTHLESS AND AGGRESSIVE COMMUNIST REGIME. TIBETANS, DWELLING IN EXILE SINCE 1959, OBSERVE THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF A 'FREE' AND 'INDEPENDENT' TIBET, ON FEBRUARY 13, THERE IS A NEED TO COUNTER FALSE CLAIMS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

VAANI JAYARAM'S TALENT WAS AWE INSPIRING

VAANI JAYARAM SANG OVER 10,000 SONGS IN MANY INDIAN LANGUAGES AND A LOT OF DEVOTIONALS. SHE WAS HONOURED THRICE WITH NATIONAL AWARDS AND ALSO A FEW STATE AWARDS. THIS YEAR SHE WAS SELECTED FOR PADMABHUSHAN’ FOR HER INVALUABLE SERVICE TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

SOARING IN THE SKY

AT A TIME WHEN THE DEMAND FOR INDIA'S DEFENCE EQUIPMENT, ESPECIALLY INDIGENOUS LCA TEJAS, IS GROWING ACROSS THE WORLD, THE 14TH EDITION OF AERO INDIA HOLDS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE COUNTRY AND ITS DEFENCE SECTOR

PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF MINORS

DUE TO HIGH RATE OF MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY, WITH CHILD MARRIAGE BEING THE PRIMARY CAUSE, THE ASSAM GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ACTION AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE VIOLATING THE LAW. NOTABLY, ASSAM'S TOTAL FERTILITY RATE(TFR) IS 1.9 PER CENT, BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 2. HOWEVER, THE TFR AMONG MUSLIM WOMEN IS 2.4, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY

ABODE OF COSMIC ENERGY

THERE ARE ATTEMPTS TO MISINTERPRET THE MEANING AND SYMBOLISM OF SHIVALINGA. THE 129TH SHUKTA IN THE 10TH MANDAL OF RIGVEDA'S NARADIYA SHUKTA CLEARLY STATES THAT 'SHIVALINGA IS RELATED TO THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE'. IT IS THIS COSMIC ENERGY THAT HINDUS STARTED WORSHIPPING THROUGH THE SYMBOL OF A STAMBHA OR PILLAR. THUS THE TRADITION OF WORSHIPPING SHIVA AS A LARGE, ROUNDED PILLAR BEGAN. THE SHIVALINGAS FOUND IN ANCIENT TEMPLES ARE HUGE AND GRAND

INFINITE AND ETERNAL

SHIVA REPRESENTS THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. HE IS CALLED RUDRA IN THE VEDAS, THE MAKER OF SOUND AND THUNDER, BUT HE IS ALSO SOMA, THE NECTAR OF IMMORTALITY, WITH WHICH RUDRA ARE OFTEN COMBINED

TOUCHSTONE OF HINDUTVAAN - ENLIGHTENED UNIFIED SOCIETY

WHILE SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION OF SANT RAVIDAS (ALSO REFERRED AS SANT ROHIDAS IN MAHARASHTRA) JAYANTI, RSS SARSANGHCHALAK DR MOHAN BHAGWAT INVOKED RAVIDASJI’S TEACHINGS AND SAID THAT IF SOME SCHOLARS (PANDITS) WITH REFERENCE TO SCRIPTURES JUSTIFY CASTE-BASED DISCRIMINATION, THEN IT IS FALSE. A SECTION OF THE MEDIA MISTRANSLATED OR RATHER MISCHIEVOUSLY TRANSLATED THE WORD ‘PANDIT’ (WHICH MEANT ‘SCHOLAR’) FOR BRAHMIN. MOHANJI WAS SPEAKING AT A PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY RAVIDAS SAMAJ PANCHAYAT AND VASUDHA CHARITABLE TRUST AT RAVINDRA NATYA MANDIR IN MUMBAI, TO MARK THE 647TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SANT RAVIDAS

In Continuation Of Assaults On Indian Economy

Last week, the controversial short seller Nathan Andersen’s Hindenburg Research released a report targeting Adani Group as if the Adani Group were the equivalent, parallel and acronym of the Indian economy.

Fillip To Rural Economy

Despite rapid industrialisation, agriculture remains one of the key areas of employment generation in rural india. In view of this fact, budget 2023 has tried to revolutionise this sector by encouraging agri startups and organic farming

WORSHIPPING FOUR-FACED SHIVA

THE FOUR-FACED IDOL OF BHAGWAN SHIVA AT EKLINGJI TEMPLE IN UDAIPUR DEPICTS HIS FOUR DIFFERENT FORMS. THE TEMPLE WAS DESECRATED MANY TIMES BY THE DELHI SULTANATE. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS REBUILT FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEVOTEES

INSPIRATION FOR REVOLUTIONARIES

ALTHOUGH SHYAMJI KRISHNA VARMA DID NOT LIVE TO SEE INDIA BECOME INDEPENDENT FROM BRITISH RULE, HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH GENEVA'S MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO PRESERVE HIS AND HIS WIFE'S ASHES AT THE CEMETERY AND TO SEND THEIR URNS TO INDIA WHENEVER IT BECOMES INDEPENDENT

DEFENCE SCAN

THE President has approved 412 Gallantry awards and other defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others on the eve of 74th Republic Day.

SHATAVADHANI: CONNECTING CLASSICAL WITH CONTEMPORARY

A PROLIFIC WRITER AND GREAT ORATOR, DR R GANESH HAS WRITTEN IN KANNADA, ENGLISH AND SANSKRIT LANGUAGES. HIS SEVENTY DIFFERENT WORKS HAVE FEATURED ARTS, LITERATURE, AESTHETICS, PROSODY, PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY AND CULTURE

'SHE' HAS ARRIVED

WHAT DOES INDIA’S VICTORY IN THE INAUGURAL UNDER—19 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP MEAN FOR INDIA SPORTS?

STRENGTHENING CIVILISATIONAL CONNECT

THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHRI RAM TEMPLE IN AYODHYA IS IN FULL SWING. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, TWO STONES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM NEPAL'S KALI GANDAKI RIVER. THEY WILL BE USED TO CARVE OUT AND INSTALL THE IDOL OF BHAGWAN SHRI RAM IN THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM OF THE TEMPLE. THIS WILL ALSO CEMENT CORDIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES

INNOVATE TO DEFEND

TECHNOLOGY IS TURNING OUT TO BE A CRITICAL FACTOR IN GEOPOLITICS AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER. IN VIEW OF THIS FACT, INDIA PLANS TO DEVELOP NEXT GENERATION MAIN BATTLE TANK FOR NETWORK-CENTRIC BATTLEFIELD ENVIRONS

BUILDING AMBASSADORS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

CHIEF MINISTER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME INITIATED BY THE MADHYA PRADESH GOVERNMENT, IS TO ENHANCE THE SKILLS OF YOUTH. UNDER THIS SCHEME, YOUTH WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET EXPERIENCE WITH VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES

LAND TITLE FOR NOMADS: MODI'S MESSAGE OF INCLUSION

WHEN 52000 FAMILIES OF THE NOMADIC LAMBANI BANJARA) TRIBE IN KARNATAKA RECEIVED LAND TITLE DEEDS HAKKU PATRA) FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, IT WAS A LIFETIME DREAM COME TRUE. THE PRIME MINISTER’S PRESENCE ON THE OCCASION ALSO SENT OUT A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE TO MARGINALISED SECTIONS A POLITICAL MASTERSTROKE FOR THE BJP, IN KARNATAKA AND BEYOND

RESOLUTION TO THWART CONVERSION FORCES

IN THE WAKE OF GROWING ISSUE OF CONVERSION BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES ADOPTING EVIL PRACTICES, BANJARA KUMBH WAS ORGANISED IN GODRI IN MAHARASHTRA’S JALGAON DISTRICT FROM JANUARY 25 TO 30, 2023. BANJARA COMMUNITY FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ATTENDED THIS KUMBH AND RESOLVED TO FIGHT THESE FORCES

KASHMIR JUST A PHOTO OP?

THE CONCLUSION OF THE SO-CALLED BHARAT JODO YATRA’ AT SRINAGAR WAS JUST A PHOTO OP, AS THE PARTY LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED NO CLARITY AS TO ITS PRINCIPLED STAND ON JAMMU AND KASHMIR. THE MESSAGE OF BHARAT JODO’ RINGS HOLLOW WHEN THOSE WHO DISRESPECT THE NATIONAL FLAG ARE INVITED TO ITS PLATFORM

MALAFIDE INTENT

AT A TIME WHEN MANY DEVELOPED ECONOMIES ARE ON THE VERGE OF RECESSION, INDIA CONTINUES TO PROGRESS. IN THIS BACKGROUND, THE HINDENBURG RESEARCH SEEMS TO BE A WELL-ORGANISED CONSPIRACY AGAINST INDIA

A BALANCED BUDGET

FROM GIVING IMPORTANCE TO INFRASTRUCTURE TO GREEN ECONOMY TO RURAL ECONOMY, BUDGET 2023 HAS GRABBED ATTENTION OF MANY PEOPLE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS BUDGET HAS GIVEN A MAJOR RELIEF TO THE MIDDLE CLASS BY TWEAKING TAX SLABS AND MAKING INCOME UPTO RS 7 LAKHS TAX-FREE

LAYING FOUNDATION OF FUTURE BHARAT

THE FIRST BUDGET OF THE AMRIT KAAL 1S IMPORTANT IN MANY ASPECTS AS IT ADDRESSES MANY SECTORS LOOKING AT THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND KEEPING THE AMBITION OF COMMON MAN IN MIND

FOCUS ON 'AMRIT KAAL'

THE FIRST BUDGET OF AMTRIT KAAL LAYS THE FOUNDATION OF STRONGER BHARAT. THE GUIDANCE OF SAPTARSHIS” REFLECTS THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE

Nuclear Energy: A Game Changer

Technology is turning out to be a critical factor in geopolitics of new world order. To understand the reality of "Where does india stand in the technology race", a holistic review in a series of articles has been attempted so that the "Media debates" with scientists, technologists and strategic experts provide a balanced perspective of india's ranking in various fields. Here is the fifth column in the series focusing on nuclear energy technologies