A warning from WWII Nilgiris on the paradoxical relationship between forests and food
Nilgiris farmers were both food producers and soil depleters. As the former, they were feted. As the latter, they were ...
The Indian Express2d
The paradox of power: Why women leaders don’t always mean gender equality
Angela Merkel, who steered Germany through multiple crises during her 16-year chancellorship, and Indira Gandhi, who led India through war, famine, and economic upheaval ... the former chief minister ...
The Hindu2d
Remembering former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s Madras connect
He had gone there to sign the peace treaty with Pakistan. And as is a habit with me, I began mulling over Shastri’s Madras connections. We would probably remember him best, particularly these ...
Indiatimes5d
'Do child's medical exam only in case of penetrative assault': Madras high court to doctors
Madras high court ruled that medical exams of minor victims in sexual assault cases should only be conducted in instances of penetrative sexual assault. The court criticized unnecessary ...
Indiatimes4d
Madras HC urges crackdown on bogus community certificates to preserve reservation integrity
The Madras High Court has called for immediate action to prevent the issuance of bogus community certificates, which undermine caste-based reservations. The court emphasized the need for criminal ...
The New York Times3d
U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Violence and Famine in Darfur
Fatehiyya Mohamed Adam is a Sudanese refugee who first fled war in 2023 and then lost everything after an accidental fire ripped through this refugee camp along the Chad-Sudan border. HIAS, a ...
The Hindu2d
Madras High Court dismisses Seeman’s plea to club FIRs booked for speech against Periyar
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) dismissed a petition filed by Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator S. Seeman, 58, to club around 50 First Information Reports (FIRs ...
The Free Press Journal4d
'Hyperloop Project Being Developed At IIT Madras Will Become World's Longest,' Says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Chennai: The ambitious Hyperloop project under development at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras will feature the longest Hyperloop tube in Asia, measuring 410 meters, and is set to become ...
The Irish Times6d
Rot: A History of the Irish Famine by Padraic X Scanlan - Interesting and new takes, and much to debate
Dorian died in poverty in the Bogside in 1914. He would have been forgotten but that, in 1890, he composed a lengthy account of the Famine’s transformation of his homeplace. In powerful prose ...
The Sun9h
Jamie Laing ultramarathon LIVE: Day 4 of 150-mile run begins after star admits ‘I thought I was going to quit’
JAMIE Laing is starting his fourth ultra marathon in five days to raise money for Comic Relief. The Radio 1 presenter will be running from Kegworth to Matlock today as he continues the gruelling ...
Mint4d
Sobhita Dhulipala and Naga Chaitanya share glimpses from race track; netizens show support for Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Now, the spotlight is on the couple's photos from their time at the Madras International Circuit in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. While many fans were in complete awe of the photos, several others took ...
India.com5d
Bengaluru to Chennai in Just 30 minutes, India’s FIRST Hyperloop project to get rocket like speed due to…, top speed to be…
It’s been months now that the IIT Madras has been researching this technology and has now developed a prototype. Reports suggest that the Modi government has extended its full support to this ...