Book release in Sindhanur on Sunday

Beejada Manushya, a collection of short stories in Kannada authored by Amaresh Giniwar and published by Nisarga Publications, will be released at the Government First Grade Degree College in Sindhanur, Raichur district, at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The event will feature a talk by Doddahanumantha, a lecturer from Jawalager, who will offer insights into the…

Turning Treasury Securities into Century Bonds Is a Dead End

In times of rising debt and fiscal strain, unconventional ideas occasionally surface as ways to manage the US government’s borrowing obligations. Few have forgotten the trillion-dollar platinum coin scheme a few years back. A recent suggestion, associated with Stephen Miran’s A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System (aka The Mar-a-Lago Accord) involves forcing…

‘We feel like we’ve been spared by divine grace,’ says Bengaluru tourist stranded in Kashmir after deadly terror attack

Bharat Bhushan, a former software engineer who was running a diagnostic centre in Bengaluru, had arrived in Kashmir on April 18 through a tour package. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “We were in Gulmarg on Tuesday, and had planned to head to Pahalgam on Wednesday,” said Prasad D from Bengaluru, currently stranded in Kashmir with…

Union Health Ministry brings in new competency-based curricula for 10 allied and healthcare professions

The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) launched new competency-based curricula for 10 allied healthcare professions in collaboration with the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP). The curricula will cover a broad spectrum of professions, such as Physiotherapy; Applied Psychology and Behavioural Health; Optometry; Nutrition and Dietetics; Dialysis Therapy Technology and…

New AKG Centre building inaugurated

The new AKG Centre at Thiruvananthapuram Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], inaugurated the new AKG Centre, headquarters of the party’s State committee, here on Wednesday. The nine-storey solar powered building, spread over 60,000 square feet, has facilities for the State committee offices, hall for press…