Sample fireworks set the sky aflame in Thrissur

With regulations eased at Thrissur Pooram this year, fireworks enthusiasts were treated to a closer, clearer view than usual at the sample show (first round of fireworks) on Sunday, thanks to improved viewing access. Both Thiruvambady and Paramekkavu devaswoms delivered on every expectation, setting the night ablaze with a breathtaking fusion of colour and sound….

Moving from a minority to a majority

Warding off flies with one hand, and holding a weathered mobile phone in another, Kesari Bagri, 40, tries hard to keep her tears from brimming over. She is speaking to her ageing parents, both in their 70s, over a video call. They live in a village in Hyderabad division, Sindh, Pakistan; she is in one…

India-made transistor – The Hindu BusinessLine

Researchers at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc, have developed India’s first fully indigenous microwave power transistor based on a gallium nitride-on-silicon approach. These transistors are crucial for strategic applications such as radars, jammers, electronic warfare and telecom infrastructure, where they amplify radio waves during transmission. Most existing gallium nitride (GaN) transistors…

Rajasthan MLA arrested for accepting ₹20 lakh bribe to drop questions in Assembly

Bharat Adivasi Party MLA had allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹10 crore from the mine owner for dropping three questions related to some mining leases in Karauli district’s Todabhim block, which were submitted in the previous session of the State Assembly. File | Photo Credit: X/@MLA_jai_krishan In a first-of-its-kind action against a sitting legislator, the Anti-Corruption…

Chalavadi offers to take political retirement if Congress proves Savarkar’s role in Ambedkar’s electoral defeat

  Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Sunday challenged senior Congress leaders that he would tender his resignation and also take political retirement if they can prove their allegations that it was not the Congress, but Veer Savarkar and Communist leader Shripad Amrit Dange who were responsible for the defeat…

One held for murdering son

The Neyyar Dam police arrested one man for allegedly murdering his son on Saturday midnight. The police identified the accused as Vijayan, 57, of Kunnathumala, near Amboori. He has been accused of stabbing his son Manoj, 29, using a knife. The incident is suspected to have occurred when the duo engaged in an argument over…