If you are a corporate employee then this situation might sound familiar to you: You pour your soul into work – working hard, filling in for others’ gaps, meeting deadlines. But, when it comes to promotions, it goes to someone else, who talks big but delivers average results. Welcome to the invisible employee trap: Where…
Modern wars are no longer decided only by tanks rolling across borders or fighter jets dominating the skies. Increasingly, outcomes are shaped long before the first missile is launched — in data centres analysing satellite feeds, in cyber units probing adversary networks, and in electronic warfare suites quietly blinding sensors and scrambling communications. For India,…
NEW DELHI: For exactly 5,178 days, the streets of Delhi hummed with the deceptive rhythm of normalcy, a silence that many mistook for the permanent defeat of terror. This almost decade-anda-half-long hiatus, stretching from the 2011 High Court blast to the evening of Nov 10, 2025, was not merely a lapse in time but a…
Imagine this: You’re at your dresser, recording a reel. While you’re rehearsing, you notice something unsettling. Your teeth look dull, almost yellow, as compared to your last reel appearance. What you are seeing could be a sign of enamel wear. Enamel, the invisible shield that protects our teeth, is naturally white. However, as it thins…
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) issued a warning against alleged irregularities in the ongoing revision of West Bengal’s electoral rolls, vowing legal action and a mass movement if names of genuine voters are found deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.At a closed-door virtual meeting attended by…
In 1983, Md Aftab Alam was hired as a regular college lecturer – on paper. Forty-two years later, he’s still waiting for his first salary. The appointment letter, issued by Sanjay Gandhi Mahila College in Gaya, promised pay and service conditions on a par with university faculty. What followed was four decades of unpaid teaching,…
NEW DELHI: The armed forces should go beyond the traditional concepts of war, remaining alert and ready to also deal with ‘invisible challenges’ emanating from unconventional threats such as information, ideological, ecological and biological warfare, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.Addressing the ongoing combined commanders’ conference in Kolkata, Singh stressed the need for a…