The top 10 innovations in advancing sustainability, circular economy, and climate resilience, participating in the Ideas to Impact Grand Demo Day, would receive seed grant of Rs. 1 lakh each and incubation support at IIT Madras. A press release stated that 38 eco innovations developed by young innovators from educational institutions across India showcased their... Read More

Chennai Corporation staff visiting homes to collect old sofas and waste materials on Saturday. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU On Saturday, a team of conservancy workers from the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) visited an apartment on Ganpat Raj Nagar in Virugambakkam to collect furniture scrap in bulk. They collected a large quantity of old sofas and... Read More

Dr. Agarwals Institute of Optometry (DAIO), the academic and research wing of Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospital Group, in collaboration with Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET), inaugurated ISVTEC 2025, an international conference on intelligent systems and vision technology in eye care on Friday. According to a press release, the event is a unique platform... Read More

Students increasingly rely less on convention texts, and opt to study using PDFs. | Photo Credit: SREEJITH R. KUMAR The autumnal sunlight, filtering through the window curtain, woke me up from my midday nap that I have got used to in my post-retirement days. Suddenly, my attention got riveted to the scroll on the TV... Read More

Benazir Bhutto “planned to collaborate with the U.S. against the mujahideen if she returned to power. Her return was designed at the behest of the Americans as they had given her a plan against the Mujahideen-e-Islam,” Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud wrote in his 2017 book about the assassination of the former Pakistan Prime Minister in... Read More

Illustrations: Sreejith R. Kumar A streak of vermillion bisects Chirag Paswan’s forehead. From his wrist till halfway to his elbow, sacred threads cover his arm and multiple rings with various stones, each for distinct astrological reasons, adorn his hand. Neatly styled dark hair, immaculately trimmed beard, white kurta, and blue jeans complete the look. This... Read More

How many times have we opened a video on WhatsApp, and after 30 seconds, checked how long it is, even if it is engaging? How many videos have we half-watched and closed? It is well known that our attention spans are shrinking to less than a minute. That’s the time we give to anyone who... Read More

Deep down, people don’t entirely hate standing in queues.  | Photo Credit: abhisheklegit No one in India wakes up on a fine morning hoping to stand in a queue. And yet, for reasons that one might not like to confess in public, there is something oddly comforting about that long, winding line. It tests patience... Read More

One evening, my mother was watching a television serial on Doordarshan, a channel she has followed for decades. I casually suggested that she watch the same programme on YouTube in higher quality, without advertisements, since I have a premium subscription. To my surprise, she declined firmly. Her reasoning was simple: “If we watch on YouTube,... Read More

The revival of a tree becomes a lesson in hope, persistence, and the importance of valuing nature over convenience. | Photo Credit: Getty Images It was one of those heavy monsoon nights. Suddenly, a loud thud echoed across our colony. At first, I thought it must be a flowerpot that had toppled from a rooftop.... Read More