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In May 1795, English magistrates met at the Pelican Inn in Speenhamland, Berkshire. With food prices rising and the French Revolution unsettling the English establishment, they decided to top up agricultural wages from parish funds, linking payouts to bread prices and family size. Hungarian economic historian Karl Polanyi later saw this as an early assertion…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Rahman is scheduled to leave for New York on September 21 to attend the 81st session of the UN General Assembly and stay there until September 26. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh on Sunday (September 13, 2026) said it wants to “reset” its relationship with India and build a new bilateral engagement…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Rahman is scheduled to leave for New York on September 21 to attend the 81st session of the UN General Assembly and stay there until September 26. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh on Sunday (September 13, 2026) said it wants to “reset” its relationship with India and build a new bilateral engagement…
Magnus Carlsen relinquished his crown four years ago. But he continues to rule the chess world. He drew the biggest applause at the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, which concluded in Bengaluru on Sunday. On a fine evening at the Lalit Ashok, the World No. 1 from Norway spoke on a variety of topics. Excerpts:…
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Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president B. Manickam Tagore releasing Glimpses of World History book at Sathya Moorthy Bhavan in Chennai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Manickam Tagore launched the pre-booking of the photo book on Indira Gandhi, A History Through Photographs, compiled by senior Congress leader and…
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The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Sunday released its manifesto for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, with student housing among its key focus areas. The recent collapse of a building housing a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Satya Niketan had highlighted the shortage of safe and affordable living spaces for university students….
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Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the Delhi government was following a zero-tolerance policy towards the illegal liquor trade. The Excise Department of the Delhi government on Sunday announced that it arrested 730 people and registered 725 FIRs over the last five months, seizing 2.20 lakh bottles of illegal liquor and 197 vehicles in a…
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The Mattancherry jetty, where ferry services remain stalled pending dredging. | Photo Credit: File Photo Thousands of commuters and tourists have been hit hard as Kerala State Water Transport Department (SWTD) ferries are unable to call at the Mattancherry jetty—one of the oldest ferry terminals in the State and one with immense tourism potential—owing to the inordinate…
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Two persons were taken into custody after a four-member gang allegedly barged into rooms occupied by migrant workers at Kuttikkattoor in Kozhikode and attempted to rob them at knifepoint late on Saturday night (September 13, 2026). The two were identified as Adarsh of Kuttikkattoor and Ajas of Poovattuparamba. The other two suspects fled the scene….
J. Amalorpavanathan, vascular surgeon; former member, State Planning Commission | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If you connect Chennai Central, Egmore, and The Hindu office on a city map, it would form a triangle, and it was in this triangle, in Chintadripet, that I was born and spent my formative years. My earliest memories are of…
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