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Mona Agarwal and Nishad Kumar will carry India’s flag at the closing ceremony of the Asian Para Games, a fitting recognition for two of the country’s standout performers in Hangzhou. Both athletes won two gold medals each, underlining India’s growing depth and consistency in para sport on the continental stage.
The death of legendary filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao at 94 has renewed attention on one of Kannada cinema’s most enduring creative relationships: his long association with Dr. Rajkumar and the actor’s family. From 'Halu Jenu' and 'Chalisuva Modagalu' to 'Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma,' their collaborations helped shape a distinctive era of popular, emotionally resonant filmmaking. Beyond individual box-office successes, the partnership represented a rare meeting of artistic trust, cultural rootedness and commercial instinct. Rao’s passing closes a significant chapter in Indian cinema, but the films he made with the Rajkumar family continue to stand as reference points for craft, warmth and mass appeal.
ANRF chief executive Shivkumar Kalyanaraman has outlined a patient-capital framework aimed at accelerating India’s research and development intensity toward 3% of GDP. The model combines private investment, open intellectual-property licensing and national mission programmes to convert research into scalable innovation faster than the traditional public-funding cycle allows.
As Raaj Kumar’s centenary arrives, Hindi cinema is once again confronting the scale of an actor who was as distinctive as he was divisive. With his granite screen presence, clipped diction and unforgettable turns in films such as Waqt, Heer Raanjha and Pakeezah, he remains a benchmark for command, style and self-invention.
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y. S. Sharmila has renewed her call for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign, accusing the Election Commission of India of taking unilateral decisions that undermine transparency and collective accountability. Her remarks add to growing political scrutiny of the poll body at a time when questions over institutional independence and procedural openness are drawing sharper attention.
As Raaj Kumar’s centenary arrives, Hindi cinema is being asked to reckon with one of its most distinctive stars: an actor whose baritone, bearing and timing made him instantly recognisable. From 'Waqt' and 'Heer Raanjha' to 'Pakeezah', his legacy endures not through versatility in the modern sense, but through a rare, uncompromising screen identity that remained unmistakably his own.
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