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Since 2020, Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) schemes have become an important electoral strategy in India, particularly to attract women voters. Some examples of such schemes include the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam in Tamil Nadu, the Lakhsmir Bhandar in West Bengal, and Gruha Lakshmi Yojana in Karnataka. Yet, despite increasing the amount of cash before the…
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“There is a need to provide holistic education to students. Along with domain knowledge, students must be strengthened mentally, physically, culturally, spiritually, socially and emotionally,” said John Ebenezer, Bengaluru-based orthopaedic surgeon said in Dharwad on Sunday. “Students are coming under increasing mental stress because of technology and are also becoming addicted to various substances. Therefore,…
The Kochi Metro Officers Association (KMOA) has written to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan seeking the appointment of a serving IAS officer with experience in infrastructure projects as the managing director (MD) of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL). The association said such an appointment would ensure effective coordination between KMRL and the State and Central governments,…
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Addressing virtually the inauguration of the Swaminarayan temple in Paris, PM Modi hoped that the grand temple in Paris will stand for centuries as a symbol of cooperation and opportunity between both the nations. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (September 6, 2026) said India-France relations have reached new heights and…
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Addressing virtually the inauguration of the Swaminarayan temple in Paris, PM Modi hoped that the grand temple in Paris will stand for centuries as a symbol of cooperation and opportunity between both the nations. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (September 6, 2026) said India-France relations have reached new heights and…
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The challenge in measuring the unemployment rate using the Current Weekly Status (CWS) approach — where a person’s activity status is determined based on the preceding seven days — is to assess not only whether people are employed, but also the nature of their jobs, the frequency and regularity of their payments, and the overall…
Students and resaccompany personnel of Rapid Action Force and Fire Department during the rescue operation. | Photo Credit: PTI Student volunteers from nearby colleges were among the first to reach the site of the five-storey building collapse in Satya Niketan on Sunday afternoon, clearing debris and helping make way for rescue machinery, according to locals. “The NSUI students were…
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Smriti Mandhana danced down the track. She launched into Ruchitha Venkatesh, and sent the hapless off-spinner over wide long-off. The six took her past fellow-Indian Mithali Raj, making her the leading scorer of runs in international women’s cricket. It was only fitting that her record-breaking stroke, in India’s Asia Cup match against Hong Kong China…
S. Sivagami and S. Raja. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 26-year-old woman and her lover were arrested by Alangayam police near Vaniyambadi town for killing her two children over the fear the boys could be a hindrance for their illegal relationship. The arrested person was identified as S. Sivagami, 26, a resident of Velichanur…
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Sabita Radhakrishna, TV anchor, textile researcher, designer, and cookbook author. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ After 56 years in Madras, now Chennai, I would not trade it for any other city in the world, irrespective of the weather! In the seventies, after experiencing life in other cities, I found that Madras had all the…