Like it or not, it’s clear: every year, India must face down intense heat waves and erratic but also often intense bursts of rainfall. In a bid to find as many ways out of the consequences — or at least their ability to surprise governments — as possible, the country has turned to artificial intelligence … Read more
Washington, April 22: The United States President, Mr. Gerald Ford, denied last night that the U.S. had exerted “any kind of direct pressure” on the South Vietnamese President, Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu, to resign. In a televised conversation with three network correspondents, some hours after Mr. Thieu stepped down in Saigon, Mr. Ford maintained that … Read more
(In the weekly Health Matters newsletter, Ramya Kannan writes about getting to good health, and staying there. You can subscribe here to get the newsletter in your inbox.) This is not old wine in new bottle, this is mulled wine you forgot to throw spices into, but that glass is frothing with all the overheating that is happening this summer. There is May … Read more
(This story is part of The Hindu on Books newsletter that comes to you with book reviews, reading recommendations, interviews with authors and more. Subscribe here.) Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. Today is Earth Day, and Sunil Rajagopal, a birder and writer based in Chennai, has handpicked ten of his favourite reads, old … Read more
Ootacamund, April 22: It is understood that the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries this year were a failure on the whole by reason of the fact that the great majority of oysters dived and brought out were immature, but from the Ceylon Government’s point of view they were not a financial failure, on account of keen competition … Read more
Jaisalmer is arid and parched. Desert brush dot the sands that seem to stretch endlessly. In the city, the barrenness is equally pronounced, which makes the first glance of Fort Rajwada even more impressive. The gates loom large and majestic and the driveway curves past green lawns to stop at ornate double doors, intricately carved … Read more
Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has ostensibly reduced the gravity of cases of sexual intercourse registered on the false promise of marriage by reducing punishment, compared to the offence of rape defined under Section 63 BNS (or Section 375 of the IPC). | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Cases of rape registered on the … Read more
I first see Kilimanjaro from the flight into Tanzania — a stunning sight as it looms above the clouds encircling it. An iconic visual. As we enter through the little town of Moshe in Tanzania from the Kilimanjaro International Airport, I mentally prepare myself for the trek ahead. At the age of 72, I had … Read more
Members of various brahmin organisations stage a demonstration in Mysuru condemning the incident in which a few students were asked to remove their ‘sacred threads’ at CET exam centres in Shivamogga and Bidar. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Recently in Karnataka, there were two instances of students from the Brahmin community facing hurdles at exam … Read more
Venkataraghavan, the consummate professional, turns 80