A woman checks her wedding dress at a bridal shop in Luliang, in northern China’s Shanxi province on February 11. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: There has been a major decline in the number of couples who are registering to marry in China. As per the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, in … Read more
Good pitch: The Ford assembled its cars at 200 Mount Road, to the left of what is now Gove Building. Last week’s story of American automobiles in Madras left me with a feeling that something had remained unsaid. But try as I might, I could not put my finger on it. And is often the … Read more
Unregulated autorickshaw stands have cropped up at many locations of Chennai, encroaching upon public space and carriageways, in the midst of ever-increasing vehicle population in the city. Over 54,37,270 vehicles ply on the Chennai roads, resulting in congestion and causing delay in commute. More than one lakh autorickshaws operate in the city. More than 115 … Read more
New Delhi, Feb. 18: The Finance Minister, Mr. C. Subramaniam, told the Rajya Sabha to-day that the Government was awaiting the report of the expert committees to take suitable measures to control the banking operations of non-banking companies. Mr. Subramaniam said the Government wanted to prohibit the non-banking institutions from receiving deposits from the public. … Read more
A debate about the age of Saturn’s resplendent rings has been raging for a few decades now, with no end in sight. A new study by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo and the Paris Institute of Planetary Physics has fresh spin to offer now that could recast the conversation. Saturn’s rings are an … 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. The longlist of the second edition of the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction was announced last week, and it is dominated by British … 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.) Among the more pressing concerns today, given the changing global health environment and the withdrawal of a major funding source – the United States- are those about emerging pathogens. Only a very short … Read more
Shanghai, Feb. 18: A strike which began in a Japanese cotton mill here last week has spread to thirteen other mills and thirty thousand operatives are now involved. The strikers attacked the mills and damaged the machinery and injured half a dozen Japanese. The situation is now quieter. The trouble is partly due to the … Read more
Ranveer Allahbadia. Photo: Special Arrangement There is a moral panic over a show called India’s Got Latent. Much of the furore centres around some crude remarks made by a YouTuber, Ranveer Allahbadia. His remarks have been condemned by Chief Ministers, a Parliamentary Standing Committee, and even the Supreme Court. On India’s Got Latent, which was … Read more
CEC appointment Riding roughshod over the other pillars of democracy has been the practice of the government of the day. As the face off between the executive and the judiciary is well known, the manner of the appointment of the new Chief Election Commissioner of India is likely to invite the ire of the top … Read more