Chaotic spot: Commuters struggle to cross the signal at the Sardar Patel Road-Gandhi Mandapam Road junction. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj For R. Roopesh who commutes every day from Adyar to T. Nagar through Kotturpuram, it is a nightmare to cross the signal at the Sardar Patel Road-Gandhi Mandapam Road junction. Be it severe … Read more
Systematic investment plans (SIPs) make the process of investing in equity funds easy. You must, however, rebalance investments through time horizon for a life goal. Rebalancing involves costs. In this article, we discuss a process to reduce such costs. Diverting SIP Rebalancing goal-based portfolios typically involves selling some units in equity funds and investing proceeds … Read more
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred financial influencer Asmitha Patel from capital markets for unregistered investment advisory services. It impounded ₹53.67 crore from her and five other entities and asked why a whopping ₹104.63 crore, collected as course fee, should not be … Read more
U.S.‘s F-35 stealth fighters, during Aero India 2025 – Airshow at IAF Yelahanka Airforce Station, in Bengaluru on February 11, 2025. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Early last week fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) of both Russia and U.S. were at Aero India in Bengaluru, positioned at each end of the static display at … Read more
Commendable work: Virgil D. Sami started Arunodhaya Centre for children working in factories. Within a year of its launch, many children were brought out of work and enrolled in a bridge school. “The image of the children coated in metal dust with yellow eyes, wearing only a trouser, is seared into my brain,” says Virgil … Read more
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