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While most machine enthusiasts are keen to know how appliances are made and their functionality, 33-year-old Deval Rajendra Verma is fascinated by discarded industrial scrap. The Indore-based product designer and metal artist has upcycled over 20 tonnes of scrap metal into artwork for the likes of One Plus India, Reliance Industries, DHL, the Indian Army, … Read more

India’s K.L. Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Australian players after the end of their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final match, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Tuesday (March 4, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? … Read more

In February this year, the Union Finance Minister introduced the Income-Tax Bill, 2025, in Parliament. If enacted, the legislation will replace the Income-Tax Act, 1961, and, according to the government, will simplify the law for both taxpayers and administrators alike. The current law, of 1961, the government claims, has become unwieldy and unclear not only … Read more

Online ‘vulgarity’ In the report, “SC seeks regulatory steps against ‘vulgarity’ online” (March 4), the counsel’s argument that his client — the YouTuber who is now in trouble — “had no sense of humour” and that “the prohibition would affect his livelihood and that of his 280 employees” is ludicrous. Self restraint must form a … Read more

A deed remembered: The inscription on the wall of the Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal temple kitchen records the donation by Revenue Board Sherishtadar Jayaram Chetty. | Photo Credit: V. Sriram I have come to the conclusion that there is a book waiting to be written on Saidapet. It was after all once a district headquarters and … Read more

India’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) ambitions took a significant leap forward when Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the country would launch an indigenous AI model and establish an AI Safety Institute (AISI) under the Safe and Trusted Pillar of the IndiaAI Mission. Rather than relying on rigid regulations that may quickly become outdated, governments worldwide … Read more

Change in stance: In this undated photograph, C. Rajagopalachari addressing students of Madras Christian College on the importance of the mother tongue and the place of Hindi as a common language of India. Principal Rev. Dr. Alfred George Hogg presided over the meeting. Years later, he fought against the imposition of Hindi on India. | … Read more

In the beginning of the 20th Century, a musical wave swept through Madras, and its ripples were felt in the United States and the United Kingdom. John Dorasawmi, a child prodigy who could play the violin and the piano, became a global phenomenon. The Advocate of India, the Anglo-Indian newspaper of Bombay, had called him … Read more

‘Enhanced cooperation in the aviation sector is just one example of how the UAE-India partnership can evolve to unlock new avenues of mutually beneficial growth and integration’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto During a recent tour of the Navi Mumbai International Airport in Maharashtra, I was left deeply impressed by the scale of India’s aviation … Read more

China has said it lowered its carbon intensity by 3.4% in 2024, missing its target of 3.9% Representative image. | Photo Credit: Chris LeBoutillier/Unsplash Carbon intensity is a useful way to measure how much carbon a particular sector is emitting and how it has increased or decreased over time. Usually, sectors have their own ways … Read more