Young people will be hit hardest by successive governments’ failure to focus on financial and societal challenges caused by an ageing population, a House of Lords report has suggested. They will need to plan and prepare to work longer and save more from a much earlier age, the economic affairs committee said. The report also … Read more
The Campaign Against Hate Speech says the Bill in its present form raises several concerns that warrant careful review. A civil society organisation has urged the Karnataka government to subject the proposed Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025, to wider public consultation before it is tabled in the Legislative Council. It has … Read more
Lawyers stage a protest against the suspended advocate Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to throw a shoe at CJI BR Gavai, in New Delhi on Wednesday (October 8, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI Advocate Rakesh Kishore, 72, who threw a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai earlier this week, is largely unknown in … Read more
Functionaries of Lions Club District 318E covering Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasaragod and Wayanad districts and Mahe, which is part of the Union Territory of Puducherry, have handed over 200 cartridges of slow-acting insulin to Type 1 Diabetic Welfare Society Kerala for distribution among affected children. This was in response to a recent news report in The … Read more
GURUGRAM District Magistrate of Gurugram and Chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority Ajay Kumar on Thursday ordered evacuation of the flat owners in three towers of the Chintels Paradiso group housing society in Sector 109 here after the towers were declared unsafe in the structural audit report. The residents’ welfare association (RWA) of the … Read more
While Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) recently invited various sections of society to provide “all-inclusive and dynamic” developmental suggestions for incorporating them in the manifesto, a Mumbai-based non-profit organisation revealed that BJP has failed to fulfil their promises that they have claimed in the manifesto. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji While Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) … Read more
Despite largely being forgotten and undervalued, Muslim women have created their own space and established their rightful place in society, said Shamshad Hussain K.T., Professor, Tirur regional centre of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, here on Saturday. She said a large number of Muslim women had found their voice through periodicals and other publications in … Read more
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake over the electoral contest between his wife Sunetra and cousin Supriya Sule. File | Photo Credit: PTI Noting that society doesn’t like rifts in families, NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake, an apparent … Read more
The 385th Madras Day is just the occasion to celebrate the founding of a cultural city and its architectural landscape. It is a confluence of civilisations, manifested in its architectural evolution, over centuries. Madras, renamed Chennai in 1996, began its journey as a conglomeration of riverine village clusters located close to the ancient Mahabalipuram port. … Read more
Casa Feliz in Alibaug: received WA Awards in the category Architecture – Realised | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Even as I write this, the World Architecture Community Awards have introduced their next cycle — the 48th. The WA Awards have three categories in both Architecture and Interior Design — Realised (projects that are actually built), … Read more