On the International White Cane Day, people with visual impairment explained the ideal way to help them in navigating on roads. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: VISHNU PRATHAP Empathetic individuals who want to help people with visual impairment in crossing or navigating on roads often hold their cane to … Read more
Data related to electoral bonds made public last week by the Election Commission of India (ECI) has turned the spotlight on not just some of the well known companies in the Telugu-speaking States but also many lesser known entities and individuals. While these presumably low profile firms and individuals may not be as popular as … Read more
More than 300 vultures were recorded in the recently completed synchronous vulture survey in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) encompassing parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, according to data from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department. According to the data, the Mudumalai-Sathyamangalam-Bandipur-Wayanad complex of the NBR accounted for over 82% of the vultures recorded during … Read more
The Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has condemned the lodging of a criminal case by the Mumbai police against 13 persons — all members of the minority community — in connection with a prayer gathering to commemorate children killed in Palestine on the occasion of Children’s Day. In a statement … Read more
New Delhi: A newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) model could estimate one’s age from their chest X-ray, new research published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal said. The model can also signal chronic diseases such as hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from the difference between estimated and chronological age, the research from Osaka Metropolitan … Read more
The statement of one individual cannot be considered the stand of the Christian community, CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan said here on Monday while reacting to Thalassery Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany’s comment that rubber growers would back the BJP in Kerala if it raises the floor price of rubber. Mr. Govindan, participating in a meet-the-press … Read more
Kamal Haasan | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B As we celebrate the International Mother Language Day (February 21) to recognise the diversity of languages, it is important to recognise that language is a tool to express culture, history and shared experiences. It should not be used as a tool of oppression or hegemony of a … Read more
When Pradeep, a diploma holder, married his then girlfriend, a B.Sc. Botony graduate, it was a union of love, duly registered. In time, their families accepted the couple, both from the same Dalit community. But opposition came from an unexpected quarter. The Manayakarar (community head) of the Scheduled Caste village with over 200 households in Thogarapalli … Read more
Karnataka High Court had concluded that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam Karnataka High Court had concluded that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam Though the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on students’ right to wear hijab in school, both judges on the Bench seemed to … Read more
Mumbai: The ₹18,300-crore public offer of One97 Communications, the parent company of , saw circumspect investor response on day 1, with 18% of the issue bid. India’s biggest public offer received bids for 8.742 million shares against the total issue size of 48.4 million shares. The retail quota was subscribed 78%, whereas the quota reserved … Read more