The mental and emotional toll on caregivers is often overlooked and the handouts are an important step in promoting their well-being, which is essential for holistic kidney care, experts said | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement To support the mental health of caregivers of people with kidney disease, the Tamilnad Kidney Research (TANKER) Foundation, in collaboration... Read More

The signboard of Rajachar Street in T. Nagar put up by Chennai Corporation at the intersection with Hanumanthan Road | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The regulars at Madras Musings are having a field day discussing the latest name change announcements of the government. Is it necessary, ask many. Some argue that it is all an eyewash with no change at ground... Read More

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) in Chennai. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras is partnering with GATES, a B2B engagement and growth platform for the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) industry, to organise GATES India ICT Channel Summit 2025 between November 5 and 7. The summit is likely... Read More

Workers pump out rainwater at Mount-Poonamallee Road in Porur on October 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj A real-time flood forecast and spatial decision support system (RTFF & SDSS) has become completely operational for Chennai.  Billed as a comprehensive urban flood management system and the first of its kind in the country, the... Read More

Crews in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) rescued 80 miners who became trapped after a mine partially collapsed. No one was injured or killed, according to the Civil Defence Agency. The miners became trapped when a portion of a zinc and copper mine in the Cerros of Maimón collapsed, a statement from... Read More

While humans have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years, some scientists think this history could go back millions of years. According to the drunken monkey hypothesis, humans’ taste and indeed preference for alcohol may have evolutionary roots, shaped by our primate ancestors consuming small doses of alcohol found inside ripe fruit. Our bodies may... Read More

Among all His manifestations, Perumal’s descent on earth as Krishna is the most celebrated one. As Krishna, He destroyed evil (personified by numerous asuras) from the very beginning, many times. Among all His deeds and sports, it is His act of lifting the Govardhan hill, holding it aloft like an umbrella and protecting everyone, culminating... Read More

A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday (October 21, 2025) in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said. The explosion occurred in the Bida area of Niger State after the truck fell and as local residents rushed to the scene to scoop up spilling fuel, police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said in a... Read More

The DMK and AIADMK have long used cinema and film stars as tools for political propaganda in Tamil Nadu. However, the two major parties have been less receptive to attempts by influential actors to carve out their own independent political paths. Their approach has primarily focused on maintaining the entrenched ‘duopoly’ in Dravidian politics, ensuring... Read More

Red Cross vehicles escort a truck transporting the bodies of Palestinians who had been held in Israel during the war, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s military says Hamas has handed over the remains of two more hostages... Read More