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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2025 for public comments and suggestions. This move comes in response to the Supreme Court’s directive in January 2025, which mandated the formulation of new regulations within six weeks to address caste-based discrimination and prevent student suicides in … Read more

Experts say soon blue-collar jobs like carpentry, electrical work, and plumbing, would be respected and pay more than white-collar jobs. | Photo: iStock/ Getty Images In school classrooms across Tamil Nadu, the poetic verses of the Gandhian poet Ramalinga Pillai still continue to resonate. Known as Namakkal Kavignar, his lines: “kaithozhilil ondrai katrukol, kavalai unakkillai … Read more

Science is about visualising realities through various mediums. Students, especially the visually impaired, interact with the world by creating sounds using various objects. Scientists and researchers are working to use this inclination of students to experiment with sounds as a way of making Science learning more accessible. Especially with the advancements in AR and VR … Read more

Holi is a festival that brings people together in a celebration of colours, marking the arrival of spring and fostering a sense of community. Traditionally, the colours used during Holi were made from natural sources like flowers, turmeric, neem and other herbs, which were gentle on the skin and carried certain health benefits. However, in … Read more

When was the last time you thought about getting vaccinated as an adult? For most people, the answer is either “never” or “not after the COVID-19 shot and boosters”. While childhood immunisation is a well-established practice in India, adult vaccination remains a largely ignored and misunderstood area among both the general public and healthcare providers. … Read more

Good sleep varies from person to person and is influenced by factors such as lifestyle, age, and gender. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images World Sleep Day is being celebrated this year on March 14, with the theme ‘Make Sleep Health a Priority’. This global initiative highlights the significance of … Read more

For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The computer mouse has become an essential part of personal computing, allowing users to interact graphically, that is, with the aid of their eyes, with virtual objects. While scrolling through a website, editing a video or playing a videogame, a mouse works like an extension of the … Read more

In the 17th-century, a German alchemist named Hennig Brandt was on a quest to find the “philosopher’s stone”, a mysterious object that could turn any ordinary metal into gold. When he realised the golden colour of urine, he believed it contained tiny particles of the precious metal. Brand then collected urine from himself, his family, … Read more

Right opposite the complex which houses three single screens in Majestic — Santhosh, Narthaki, and Sapna — a shopping mall is under construction. The mall is set to have a multiplex, perhaps a perfect reflection of the changing times. Once called the ‘Broadway of cinema, ’ the Majestic area in Bengaluru is a pale shadow of its glorious past. … Read more

While visiting the city in the last week of February, Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu said that the Chennai airport would not be privatised. “This [existing] airport is close to our heart. We want to better the services by ourselves,” he said. This led to a barrage of comments on X (formerly Twitter) … Read more