K. Siva Prasad Just as it is said, ‘All roads lead to Rome’, all paths given in the Gita lead us to the eternal state of our inner self. Some of the paths seem to contradict each other. However, this is like a circle where a journey on either side would take us to the.
What the 2025 paddy procurement season in Punjab, Haryana tells us about India’s farm-policy machinery Sheena Sandhu This Kharif season has again put procurement under the spotlight. In Punjab, mandis have recorded arrivals of roughly 15.18 million tonnes of paddy, of which about 15.03 million tonnes — roughly 99 per cent of arrivals — have.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to global health, food security and sustainable development. It weakens the effectiveness of medicines that have saved lives for decades and places severe strain on healthcare systems. In low- and middle-income countries, the challenge is to ensure access to essential antimicrobials while preventing their misuse across human, animal.
A new report by the World Health Organization has called for urgent financing and access strategies to ensure that future tuberculosis vaccines reach adolescents and adults in high-burden countries. The report, released during the G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Limpopo, South Africa, outlines the challenges that could hinder equitable and timely deployment of the vaccines.
US President Donald Trump has reversed his earlier hardline stance on Chinese students, now openly supporting their entry into American universities. The shift comes amid ongoing US–China trade negotiations and mounting domestic pressure from universities concerned about declining international enrolments. Speaking on Fox News’ The Laura Ingraham Show, Trump said he did not want to.
In a remarkable demonstration of vision and ambition, Arvind Kejriwal, AAP’s national convener, and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann recently laid the foundation stone for more than 3,000 sports stadiums across Punjab. The event, held in Kaljharani village in Bathinda district, marked the beginning of a transformative project aimed at reshaping the state’s rural sports.
It is now the second largest global killer after high blood pressure. South Asia suffered a disproportionate share of this burden, with 2.6 million deaths, of which 2.1 million occurred in India. The report underscored a disturbing figure: more than 700,000 children under the age of five died due to air pollution, making it the.
When we picture a water-scarce city, the focus often falls on shortages alone. But scarcity is also shaped by inequality. Water does not disappear equally for everyone. Those with higher incomes usually enjoy uninterrupted supply, while poorer households face erratic access and higher costs. This imbalance sits at the heart of Water Wars, a three-part.
By K SIVA PRASAD The Bhagavad Gita is a seven hundred verse conversation between Lord Krishna and the warrior Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. In the final moments before the war, Arjuna felt that the war would kill many of his friends and relatives. He concluded that this hasmany harmful and undesirable effects. Arjuna’s.
Punjab witnessed severe flooding in 2025, affecting thousands of residents, damaging agricultural land and disrupting normal life across several districts. The state government undertook multiple measures to protect lives, provide relief and support rehabilitation. The focus remained on evacuation, medical aid, livestock protection and restoration of essential services. The response involved coordinated efforts from the.
Some of the world’s longest-living communities share a common practice known as hara hachi bu. This principle, rooted in a Japanese Confucian teaching, encourages people to eat only until they are about 80 per cent full. Rather than being a diet or a form of strict calorie restriction, hara hachi bu is an approach to.
