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Recently, the Supreme Court said that all candidates with disabilities can take scribes to write their exams without meeting the benchmark disabilities criteria. Benchmark disability means a person with 40 percent of a specified disability as per the certificate issued by a government authority. Through a few previous judgments as well the court has upheld the … Read more

The announcement by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, in December, of a target of establishing two lakh Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) within five years reflects the government’s commitment to reinvigorating India’s cooperative movement. The inauguration of 10,000 newly established Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies alongside reforms in bylaws and structural frameworks, signifies … Read more

The story so far: To try and put Indian systems of medicine on the world map and provide them with a uniform, standardised language, the Union government, in October 2023, had asked for Ayurveda and related systems of traditional medicine to be included in the 11th revision of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification … Read more

Time measurements and calendars have often been refined over the years. | Photo Credit: Alexey Savchenko/Unsplash A: A tropical year is the time (365.242199 days) the earth takes to revolve around the sun once. By having just 365 days in a calendar year, 0.242199 days are lost each year. To correct this error, Julius Caesar … Read more

After RGGGH started to perform cadaveric liver transplants, the number of patients has also increased. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images From nil liver transplants two years ago, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH), Tamil Nadu’s largest government hospital, has gone on to perform 15 deceased donor liver transplants so … Read more

Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often share stories of baboons raiding a kitchen and stealing all the food. And stories appear in the media about the torture and killing of baboons. Recently the hashtag #JusticeForRaygun has been widely shared on social media. A young male baboon named Raygun was being tracked as … Read more

Max was a fun-loving Labrador retriever who enjoyed going for car rides and greeting clients at his owner’s office. But around age 16, Max suddenly started having accidents in the house and stopped sleeping well at night. He became irritable and seemed not to understand the words and commands he had long known. Max was showing symptoms … Read more

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I’m starting to think so. Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century abstract artist and art theorist obsessed with simplicity and essence of form. Even people who have never heard of Mondrian will likely recognize his … Read more

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The longlist of the International Booker Prize 2025, which considers long-form fiction or collection of short stories translated into English, will be announced later this evening. We will bring you the longlist of 12 or 13 books in the next edition, but there’s a buzz around previous … Read more

Avian Influenza primarily affects birds and is often transmitted through wild migratory species. With recent outbreaks reported in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh, the Central government has urged all states to enhance surveillance and biosecurity protocols at poultry farms | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL With concerns over avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, … Read more