On April 11, the BJP ensured a smooth transition in its State leadership in Tamil Nadu. Nainar Nagenthran, a three-time MLA from Tirunelveli who also served as a Minister in Jayalalithaa’s Cabinet, was unanimously elected as the State unit president of the party. The next day, he took over the reins from K. Annamalai, a … Read more
Debashree Mukherjee, India’s Secretary of Water Resources, on Thursday (April 24, 2025) wrote to her Pakistani counterpart, Syed Ali Murtaza, that India was keeping the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance with “immediate effect” following the terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians. In response, the Pakistan Prime Minister’s office condemned the move … Read more
After an eventful tenure of M. Jagadesh Kumar, the incoming UGC chairman has a few immediate pending issues that he or she needs to focus on. | Photo: Official X handle of UGC The University Grants Commission (UGC), as the name suggests, was initially conceived to provide grants to higher education institutions in 1953. It evolved … Read more
Every week, Imran Ali* travels over 30 kilometres to a dialysis centre, a routine that has kept him alive for nearly three years. Each session costs around ₹3,500, and when combined with medication and travel, his monthly medical expenses soar to ₹70,000–₹80,000. For Imran and his family, it’s a relentless cycle of financial and emotional … Read more
While the total number of active Indian students in the U.S. dropped by 27.9% for the academic year 2024-25, the number of undergraduate students dropped by only 13.5%, indicating that this segment of the Indian student population was holding up. Education consultants The Hindu spoke to indicated that this was likely because of expenses going … Read more
For those of an older vintage who fell in love with cricket and its time-honoured traditions long before T20 became an all-pervasive part of the game, a six was a rare spectacle. An occasional occurrence that retained a tinge of novelty each time. For the ball to sail into the stands, a batter had to … Read more
The Humanities teach us to look at the world aesthetically and appreciate even “the meanest flower that blows”. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto There has been some bad news for the Humanities. A year ago, the University of Kent, the U.K., confirmed that it would phase out Art History, Anthropology, Health and Social Care, Journalism, … Read more
Viswanathan Anand became Asia’s third Grandmaster in 1988. Eugene Torre, the first from the continent to get that most important title for chess players, did it in 1974. He was also the first Asian to play at the Candidates, the qualifying event for the World Championship. He featured in 23 Olympiads for Philippines. He was … Read more
The Science Quiz: Entities that lie at the edge of physics 1 / 6 | Name the man in the picture. The mass of a subatomic particle named for him is very close to a figure that, if that had been the actual mass, could have destroyed the universe as we know it. Credit: Bengt … Read more
Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The recent signs of reconciliation between Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray and his estranged cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray have sent ripples through Maharashtra’s political landscape, drawing cautious optimism from allies and opponents alike—except for one key leader: Shiv Sena … Read more