BJP Tamil Nadu president Nainar Nagendran has said that a strong National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will be formed in Tamil Nadu after Pongal, expressing confidence that the alliance will emerge as a formidable force ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. He made the remarks while addressing party workers during his campaign tour in Krishnagiri district. Nagendran, who is undertaking the statewide “Tamilagam Thalai Nimir Tamilan” outreach programme, spoke at a public meeting in the Roundana area. Marking his 42nd district visit under the campaign, he highlighted what he called the achievements of the NDA at the national level and said…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday called on countries to strengthen access to affordable and science-based care to people facing infertility. The WHO defines infertility as the failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Estimated to affect 1 in 6 people of reproductive age at some point in their lives, infertility can cause significant distress, stigma, and financial hardship, affecting people’s mental and psychosocial well-being. In its first-ever global guideline for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infertility, the global health body urged for safer, fairer, and more affordable fertility care. The…
Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world. A new report by the United Nations Development Programme notes most of the gains from AI are likely to be reaped by wealthy nations unless steps are taken to use its power to help close gaps in access to basic needs, as well as such advanced know-how. The report released Tuesday likens the situation to the “Great Divergence” of the industrial revolution, when many Western countries saw rapid modernisation while others fell behind. Questions over…
A surprising link between constipation and kidney decline led researchers to test lubiprostone, revealing that it can protect kidney function. The results point toward gut-based, mitochondria-boosting therapies as a promising new avenue for CKD care. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects people across the globe and often progresses to the point where patients rely on routine dialysis to survive. Although the condition is widespread and serious, there are still no approved medications that can actively restore kidney function. A team led by Professor Takaaki Abe at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine has uncovered an unexpected approach by repurposing a…
According to the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), the youth unemployment rate has dropped from 17.8% in 2017–18 to 10.2% in 2023–24, underscoring a promising economic shift. The government is pushing multiple initiatives — such as skill-development programs, vocational training schemes, and job-matching portals — to harness the so-called “demographic dividend.” With more young people entering the workforce and joblessness decreasing, India now stands at a crucial moment to turn its youth bulge into a driver of growth and prosperity.
Growing mistrust of tap water has helped turn bottled water into a global staple, even in countries where public supplies are among the most rigorously tested. Marketing has positioned bottled water as purer, healthier and more convenient, but the scientific evidence tells a different story. This perception of purity is central to bottled water’s appeal, yet studies show the product often brings its own set of risks for both health and the environment. A 2025 study suggested that bottled water may not be as safe as many people assume. Tests on water sold in refillable jugs and plastic bottles found…
Hidden in plain sight in the Congress manifesto 2024 is this bombshell, rather a boomerang. Under the head ‘Economy’, there is a declaration in bold print: ‘TIME FOR A RE-SET’. It adds: ‘After 33 years, the time is ripe for a reset of economic policy’. Needless to say, and as the document itself alludes to, the 33 years goes back to 1991 when then PM Narasimha Rao and FM Manmohan Singh unleashed a wave of economic reforms that changed the country’s fate and fortunes for ever and for good. And this is what the Congress wants to ‘reset’ – rethink…
The phrase ‘Hindu mythology’ is a misnomer, invented by muddled or motivated minds. The fact that modern archaelogical tools or anthropological studies are inadequate to reach out to those distant times do not make the characters or events in Hindu ‘History’ just myths. Harappa was a myth till it was discovered early last century. Is it not reality and part of official history today? Western historians often ignored or rejected, to their colonial convenience and Indian culture’s detriment, local legends and folk tales for ‘lack of evidence’. The mode of transfer of Hindu tradition down generations has always been the…
Left, Right, Centre, Left of Centre, Far Right, Liberal, Conservative and several such sundry stuff: These ideological labels that litter the lexicon are a legacy of the Western academic mindset that believes in categorisation. In my view, no person or party can really be sorted or slotted so simply because ideas and ideals are always in a state of flux. So, in the Indian context, BJP is right, er, Right, while Communists have left, pardon, are Left and the Congress, left the Centre, I mean is Left of Centre. No matter, it is taken as a political fixture that the…
I don’t want to talk about MGR as a CM, a subject that deserves a thorough and ‘critical’ study. Rather, today’s topic is what made MGR the CM: songs. Well, his pre-CM life was certainly not a song given the struggles he had to go through for survival, battling hunger and humiliation in his early days. In fact, he had to face life or death situations even after becoming a superstar. Though he formally entered cinema at the age of 19, he became a popular hero only in his mid-30s, acting in bit roles in the intervening period. Sivaji Ganesan,…