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Madison Square, Fifth Avenue, Go To Jail, Grand Boulevard. Do these words and places ring any bells? Most of us would have stumbled upon them while playing the popular board game Monopoly. Imagine being a woman in the United States way before they got voting rights who worked hard to create a unique game to … Read more
As India braces for another intense summer, the country’s power grid is once again under strain. With temperatures soaring past 45°C in many regions, millions of households and businesses are switching on their air conditioners (ACs) for relief. But while ACs provide essential comfort and protection, they are fast becoming the single largest driver of … Read more
A woman returning home after washing clothes. File image used for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu While an increasing number of urban women are entering paid employment, the share of them who do unpaid household work, such as cooking, shopping, and caring for children and the elderly, has also grown. This means that the … Read more
From April 1, 2025, it is mandatory for all taxpayers, irrespective of turnover, to use Two-Factor Authentication system for e-invoice and e-way bill generation. | Photo Credit: Vaishali R Venkat The Story so far: The GST Council of India approved and rolled out the ‘e-invoicing’ or ‘electronic invoicing’ eco-system in a phased manner for reporting … Read more
The Hon. Dewan Bahadur T.N. Sivagnanam Pillai, the Minister for Development, and Lt.-Col D.G. Rai, I.M.S., who take keen interest in boating and sea bathing had for some time been thinking of starting a sea bathing club and a boat club in Madras, to which all classes and all communities, irrespective of caste, creed, or … Read more
Lasers emerging from the new laser system on Unit Telescope 4 of ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile’s Antofagasta Region, in the Atacama Desert. In a new breakthrough, a team of physicists from the U.S. has successfully demonstrated a new way to detect radioactive materials using carbon-dioxide lasers — from a distance. The potential applications … Read more
Madras, March 31: The Indian Navy yesterday seized two Taiwanese fishing trawlers in Indian territorial waters off the Krishnapatnam coast about 100 km. north of Madras. The trawlers, Kwang Jann III and V, now lying in Madras, have been handed over to the police. The crew members, all Chinese, were being interrogated by the Immigration … Read more
In this image provided by DIPR, BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal speaks during the Budget session of the State Assembly, in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: DIPR In 2012, Ministers in the then BJP government in Karnataka, Laxman Savadi and C.C. Patil, were forced to resign from the Cabinet after they were caught on camera purportedly … Read more
A Buddhist monk walks near Maharmyatmuni pagoda in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Mandalay, central Myanmar, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw) | Photo Credit: Thein Zaw (This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe … Read more
What is adulteration, and what is its impact on our daily lives?