Prof. V.K. Ramachandran delivering a lecture in Chennai on Monday. Photo. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The rumours of the death of peasantry as a social group is much exaggeration; it still exists and plays an important role in production as a whole, said V.K. Ramachandran, vice- Chairperson, Kerala State Planning Commission in a lecture … Read more
Government Railway Police has rescued a six- year old child in Andhra Pradesh after he went missing from the Central Railway Station 14 days ago. They also arrested a woman who allegedly abducted the child. Police said Shshitha Begam of Assam, along with her sons aged six and three, came to Chennai for a job … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: Reuters China said on Monday (January 27, 2025) that it is willing to repatriate confirmed Chinese nationals from the United States, as U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs and sanctions on some countries if they do not cooperate … Read more
The 10th National Oral History Conference on Coastal Histories that concluded here on Sunday urged new-age historians to be sensitive to the ‘voice of the voiceless’ as the discipline of history continued to transform as a tool for democratisation. Around 50 oral historians, representing the length and breadth of the coastal lines of India attended. … Read more
The GCDA office at Kadavanthra in Kochi. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) has requested the Seventh State Finance Commission to take steps to elevate it as a metropolitan development authority and also to vest the authority with powers to issue municipal bonds. The requests were placed at a meeting … Read more
The Congress recently announced the launch of ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’, a campaign to commemorate the 75th year of the Constitution. Hindutva ideologues have denigrated M.K. Gandhi while their antipathy towards Dr. B.R. Ambedkar became evident through the disparaging remarks made by Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament. In this light, this campaign … Read more
Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka at the IMF speaks during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) press conference in Colombo on November 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s new National Peoples Power (NPP) government, led by the charismatic President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, entered office in late 2024 at a turning point … Read more
A Reserve Bank of India. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Reserve Bank of India on Monday said it will purchase government securities worth ₹60,000 crore in three tranches and announced several other steps to inject liquidity into the banking system. As part of measures to manage liquidity conditions, the central bank also announced a USD/INR … Read more
Kapil Mishra interview: Delhi elections | Video Credit: The Hindu After remaining in the shadows for some time, BJP leader Kapil Mishra found himself back on the centre stage earlier this month when the party announced his name from north-east Delhi’s Karawal Nagar Assembly seat for the February 5 Assembly election. It is the … Read more
Karnail Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee from north Delhi’s Shakur Basti seat with ₹259 crore assets, is the richest of the 699 candidates fighting the February 5 Assembly election, according to a report released on Monday by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The report also stated that five candidates have assets of … Read more
BJP leader Ravi Kishan campaigning for a party candidate in the Capital on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Intensifying its campaign in the Capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party organised 26 public meetings on Monday. Star campaigners from the party hit the ground running, attacked AAP and appealed for power shift so that the city could leap ahead with a double-engine government. Rajasthan … Read more
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra. | Photo Credit: Reuters Flagging the rising digital frauds, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday urged banks to put in place robust and proactive systems to curb such misdoings as well as enhance their oversight of third-party service providers to mitigate the risks. Mr. Malhotra along with … Read more
At the forefront: Junior doctors, nurses, and students protest against the rape-murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: File Photo Several doctors in West Bengal have alleged that they are being targeted by authorities for speaking out against them during protests demanding justice for a postgraduate trainee doctor who was raped and … Read more
Delhi CM Atishi | Photo Credit: File Photo A war of words erupted between AAP in Delhi and the Haryana government on Monday (January 27, 2025) over the quality of water supplied to the Capital from the Yamuna River, which flows through Haryana. AAP alleged that the level of ammonia in the water is high … Read more
Mark Wood during the practice session ahead of the 3rd T20 Cricket match between India and England at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Monday January 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The England bowling attack has been told not to worry about leaking runs and rather just focus on taking wickets against an … Read more
FC Barcelona’s Raphinha celebrates after Fermin Lopez scored their fifth goal. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Barcelona snapped their four-match winless streak in LaLiga with an emphatic 7-1 victory over Valencia on Sunday, with Fermin Lopez scoring an impressive double and adding two assists. Barcelona sit third in the standings with 42 points, three behind second-placed … Read more
Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan secured 12 and 15 Nett to become the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 champions in the SBI Sail India Senior Nationals at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. The winners: ILCA 7: Vishnu Saravanan (AYN, 12 Nett); ILCA 6: Nethra Kumanan (TNSA, 15). iQFOIL: Men: Aditya Sangwan (AYN, 14); Women: Ishwariya Ganesh … Read more
Juventus’ Danilo Da Silva celebrates after scoring the goal of 0-1 during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli FC and Juventus FC at the Castellani Stadium, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, in Empoli, Italy. | Photo Credit: AP Brazilian defender Danilo has left Juventus after five and a half years, the Serie A club said … Read more
New Delhi, Jan. 27: A Bill regulating the provisions relating to metric weights and measures would soon be considered by Parliament, the Minister of State for Industry and Civil Supplies, Mr. A.C. George, said here to-day. Mr. George, who was inaugurating a conference of the developing countries on metrication and legal metrology, stressed the need … Read more
Sergey Makarov Aleksandrovich. | Photo Credit: World Athletics India’s top javelin throwers, including Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and national record holder Annu Rani, will train with Russian legend Sergey Makarov Aleksandrovich, who in his new role as India’s javelin coach will oversee the preparations for this year’s World Athletics Championships. The 51-year-old Makarov, a decorated … Read more
Jannik Sinner of Italy poses with Norman Brookes Challenge Cup the morning after defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Of all the praise bestowed on Jannik Sinner after he won his second consecutive Australian … Read more
Delhi, Jan. 27: Messrs Phillip and Duff, who were appointed to enquire into the attitude of Oriya speaking population of Madras Presidency towards amalgamation with other Oriya speaking tracts, have submitted their report in which they state that there is a genuine long-standing and deep-seated desire on the part of educated Oriya speaking tracts of … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Trump Justice Department said on Monday (January 27, 2025) that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team is the latest sign of … Read more
There was a 57 at the MCG, and a 41 in the New Year Test, but otherwise it had been a dry few months for Usman Khawaja. He’d not only averaged just 20.44 across 10 innings in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, he’d only crossed fifty twice in Tests in 2024. But he’d had a message … Read more
No other composer is celebrated to the extent that Tyagaraja is nor is any other composer’s aradhana observed across the world by generations of musicians as well as other ordinary people seeking the way to God. Tyagaraja is the guide who shows everyone the path to attain God is through faith in Rama and by … Read more
England U19s 299 (Farhan 90, Home 63, Mokoena 5-61, Daniels 4-49) and 336 for 9 dec (Rew 71, Home 60*, Vaughan 44, Fonseka 43, Mason 5-111) drew with South Africa U19s 319 (Rowles 90, Bulbulia 88, Farhan 4-78) and 295 for 9 (Bulbulia 114, Farhan 5-103) Farhan Ahmed was the star again with a five-wicket … Read more
The assistance provided under the Rythu Bharosa scheme covers 9,48,333 acres. NAGARA GOPAL | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL HYDERABAD Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Monday said that ₹569 crore has been credited to the bank accounts of 4,41,911 landholding farmers in 577 villages across 563 mandals in 32 districts. The assistance, provided under the … Read more
The Bengal Nagpur Railway had been tasked by the British Indian government with developing rail networks in eastern and central India. In 1900, when its workers were digging in Jharsuguda, now a district in Odisha, they stumbled upon large coal deposits. Nine years later, Jharsuguda’s first coal mine was established and a century later the … Read more
Chief Minister A.Revanth Reddy speaking at the ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhana’ rally in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, on Monday. Calling Rahul Gandhi’s ongoing Samvidhan Bachao rallies a war between the believers of “Gandhi and Godse”, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said that the AICC leader embodies Mahatma Gandhi’s values, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Read more
Telangana Health Minister and Andole MLA C.Damodar Raja Narasimha at the Singur Project in Sangareddy on Monday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Telangana Health Minister and Andole MLA C. Damodar Raja Narasimha issued directions on developing Singur project in Sangareddy as a tourist project. Provision of cottages, developing roads and other infrastructure to attract tourists … Read more