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Rains: Gandipet, Himayat Sagar saved Hyderabad but HMWSSB failed people

Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar talaabs or lakes were completed in 1920 and 1927 respectively. While Osman Sagar completed a century of its service, Himayat Sagar will reach the milestone in another…
Greatest certainty in life is death, says Viqar but depicts immortality in art

Hyderabad: The greatest certainty in life is death. And the greatest uncertainty is its time. Did he have a premonition of his imminent end? It appears so if the mortal hurry he…

How should the newly elected President Droupadi Murmu be addressed?

Kalyani Shankar When congress leader Adhir Chiwdhurt referred to her as ‘Rashtrapatni’ and claimed it was a slip of his tongue later, Still minister Smriti Irani held the word as derogatory. Even…
Bhopal’s first plastic surgeon Dr. Zaheer-ul-Islam dies, people bid a tearful adieu

Bhopal: People bade a tearful adieu to Bhopal’s first plastic surgeon Dr. Zaheer-ul-Islam when he passed away here on Wednesday last. He was in his late eighties. He is survived by his…
Belling the cat? Difficult or improbable

Honorable Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, in a recent address to the Indian American audience said; ‘Let me make it clear, we (SC) are answerable to the Constitution and the Constitution…
Monkeypox: No need to panic

Satyen Mohapatra All countries must put their house in order with the monkeypox becoming a multi country outbreak and World Health Organization declaring monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. “There is…
Mr and Mrs Jinnah – The marriage that shook India: Sheela Reddy

Divakar Kaza A lot of us are familiar with Sheela Reddy. She is a prolific journalist and a political commentator and in her last avatar was the books editor of Outlook magazine.…

Competition, rivalry and friendship—I and Binod shared it all; now he is no more

Built on a hill-like high edge of a pond–in local dialect it is called bhinda or pokharbhida–the school was our world. Its tiled roof which leaked when it rained heavily, whitewashed walls,…
Pakistan put on notice; J&K shrines cannot remain separated by LoC

Arun Joshi On Sunday India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh posed a politically, militarily high-voltage question after having delivered an answer to the query as a backgrounder: “How is it possible that Lord Shiva’s iconic (shrine) Baba…
NCERT’s manipulation of school textbooks to negatively impact minds

There is a bright young nine-year-old boy Karam who has recently come to live in my house. Every morning his mother takes him to the bus stop for the school bus. The…
Assam: UAPA charged student’s bail rekindles hope for jailed activists

Guwahati: The bail of 19-year-old, Barshashree Buragohain under UAPA on July 20 from Guwahati jail, rekindles hope for many Muslim CAA protesters who are languishing in jail for the last two years…
US, Russia keep space out of their conflict on earth

Satyen Mohapatra Both US and Russia have definitely shown magnanimity and broad heart as far as their relationship is concerned with regard to outer Space. Signing agreements recently to continue their mutual…
Political parties skeptical about assembly polls in J&K

Arun Joshi Despite the repeated reiteration of the Centre that Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir once the revision of the electoral rolls is complete, political groups do not…
Opinion: Population primacy a boon or bane for India?

Is the population primacy a boon or a bane for India, and will we be able to convert its human resources to productive use? Experts say it could be a boon, but…
Kaleshwaram under water: Learn lessons to move forward

Biksham Gujja Before discussing the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, KLIP of the Telangana Government it is important to state three fundamental realities across any public spending by any state Government or central Government.…