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Heavy demand: Jannathul Firdous, a home-baker, conducts Bento cake workshops. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam It is undeniable that the younger population of Chennai has wrapped the Pinterest aesthetic around them in full force. From the drip of their outfits to cafe-hopping, the aesthetic consumption has seeped into their core. And this is when … Read more

Risks on the roads: Many of the storm water drain manholes are damaged at places like Devakiammal Street. They pose a threat to passers-by. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN Vanagaram is a fast-growing residential area on the city’s periphery. It has emerged as one of the real estate hotspots. While its proximity to commercial hubs … Read more

“Last year, we lost two of our men to poachers,” Samrat Gowda, deputy director of the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha, said. “Every time we come across them, the poachers are armed with a loaded gun.” But such encounters have become much less common of late. As part of an early alert system called TrailGuard … Read more

The Union Budget 2025 has once again brought the debate between the old and new tax regimes into focus. While the government continues to promote the new tax regime with simplified tax slabs and lower rates, the old tax regime remains attractive for many taxpayers due to extensive exemptions and deductions. With no changes made … Read more

(This article is part of the Gender Agenda newsletter. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Sunday, subscribe here.) Welcome to The Hindu’s newsletter that puts gender front and centre. Here, we’ll reflect on the world, cleaning up our glasses smudged from cultural conditioning. Through words, visuals, and voices we will see clearly how gender … Read more

The special discussion in Parliament on the 75th anniversary of the Indian Constitution has long passed. While several salient aspects of the Constitution and policy directions adopted by previous governments were highlighted, one heard very little on a vital aspect of governance in India. The 73rd amendment to the Constitution, passed in 1992, is one … Read more

Bonn, Feb. 16: The U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and the West German Foreign Minister, Mr. Hans-Dietrich Genscher, stressed their identity of views on the situation in the Mediterranean, Cyprus, Israel and the conference on security and co-operation in Europe following their meeting to-day at Gymnich Castle near Bonn. Dr. Kissinger, who spoke … Read more

Madras, Feb. 17: The New Sailing Club, which has been shifted from the Boat Basin to the South Quay of the Madras Harbour, was opened by his Excellency Viscount Goschen yesterday evening. After cruising in the harbour from the anchor steps for a little while, His Excellency opened the Sailing Club. There was a large … Read more

‘Recent bilateral engagement between the two sides demonstrates Dhaka’s intent to diversify its foreign policy trajectory in the subcontinent’ | Photo Credit: AFP The bitter legacy of the 1971 liberation war, where Bangladesh split from Pakistan, has long steered the nature of ties between Dhaka and Islamabad. However, recent bilateral engagement between the two sides … Read more

Rat hole mining at the West Jaintia hills, Meghalaya. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar On January 29, the Gauhati High Court took suo motu cognisance of the mining tragedy in Umrangso, Assam. The January 6 mine flooding in Umrangso, which trapped nine labourers and killed at least four, was yet another preventable tragedy in … Read more