Representative image (AP) CAIRO: Israeli fire and airstrikes killed at least 23 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, most of them near an aid distribution site operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, local health authorities said.Medics at Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa Hospitals in central Gaza areas, where most of the casualties were moved to, said at…
IITs continue to remain at the centre of the middle-class dream of pride and prosperity. But for many years, female students were left on the margins of this aspiration. While the 2025 results underline the continued dominance of males in engineering (82.7% of the total qualifying students in 2025), the record pass percentage of girls…
Counting number of people benefitted materially and creating impressive graphs to showcase progress of the nation under the leader is not the right and proper way to judge him. How many of us remember Shivaji for uplifting poor from severe poverty or making houses for the downtrodden? How many roads and water bodies did Maharaja…
The aviation industry prides itself on safety. Today, flying is considered one of the safest modes of transportation—so much so that statistics suggest that traveling by large commercial aircraft is safer than crossing the street. According to recent data, the probability of a passenger being involved in a fatal plane crash is approximately 1 in…
Israel recently carried out strong surprise attacks deep inside Iran, hitting important military and nuclear sites. This has made the already tense West Asia (Middle East) even more unstable. Iran says it will hit back, but it may not have many options right now. Israel has already weakened some of Iran’s closest allies, like the…
Ishvar, often translated as God or the Supreme Being, occupies a unique place in Patanjali’s Yog Sutras. Far from being a theological dogma, Ishvar in this context is introduced as an essential component of yogic practice, particularly within the framework of Ishvar Pranidhaan, the act of total surrender to the Divine. But who or what…
The No Kings protests are being coordinated by a wide coalition of progressive groups Cities large and small across the United States braced for mass protests Saturday as the “No Kings” Day of Defiance unfolded in response to President Donald Trump’s policies and a $45 million military parade in Washington, DC, marking the Army’s 250th…
An Israeli commentator says Tel Aviv’s military op is a war that’s been in the making for years, and that the timing was determined by a real threat that Tehran’s assembling nuclear weapons There are moments in the life of a nation when a broad, unshakable consensus forms – even without prior political preparation. When…
The heart sinks. The mind freezes. And a deep, unshakable pain fills the soul. The recent Ahmedabad air crash has left the entire nation numb. Our hearts go out to the families who lost their loved ones so unfairly. No words can truly capture the sorrow they must be enduring. To lose someone in such…
I write this blog with a heavy heart, as so much has happened over the last month, and I also had health problems. My first thought is to pray for the families of the Air India crash, and I pray such a disaster never happens again anywhere in the world. Whatever the reason, we will…
