The decision will help to prevent seats going vacant, says Mr. Ponmudy

Lanham : Hamilton Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]

University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press

Trying to bridge the gap between engineering classrooms and eventual workplaces is Lab Electronics, a company that manufactures educational electronics training devices and simulators

Sandra and Cheryl have a bagful of ideas for the most elegant wedding

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has left the International Space Station (ISS) and is on its way back to Earth. 

Elon Musk-led SpaceX recently launched the third test flight of its 400-foot-tall Starship rocket, along with the Heavy booster. 

Union Cabinet today approved the 'Chandrayaan-4' mission, aimed at developing and demonstrating the technologies required for landing Indian astronauts on the moon and ensuring their safe return to Earth. 

The Union Cabinet today approved the first step towards the Bharatiya Antariksh Station.

Theatre veteran K.S. Nagarajan, felicitated recently on his 100th birthday, talks about his long journey.

The Little Theatre’s The Garage Gang is a good mix of dance, improv and retelling of classic tales

Rangadhara’s emotionally charged play ‘Raktbeej’ connected with the audience and won applause.

A staging of ‘Rukmangadacharitham’ Kathakali in the capital city brought together seasoned artistes.

Bapi Bose’s adaptation of “Ashad Ka Ek Din” sees Rakesh Mohan’s Mallika finally winning liberty.

Vandichodai by Koothuppattarai was all about deep philosophy and questioning societal norms

The rarely staged first part of ‘Subhadraharanam’ was performed in Edappally by a group of competent artistes.

‘Meevente Memuntam’ enacted the tussle between youthful independence and experience of parents.

Mohan Agashe tells us what pushed him to back “Atsu”, which deals with the growing problem of elderly care.

Music is not a separate identity in Kathakali, says ace Kathakali musician Kalanilayam Rajeevan.

Visu’s play, enacted by Stage Creations, underlined greed and hypocrisy.

While traders expect the rupee to weaken below 84, interventions from RBI have kept the currency well-supported above the psychologically important level

Rupee settles at 83.9175 to the dollar, compared to its previous close of 83.8625

Rupee continues to hold steady within a well-defined range on active intervention by RBI, say forex traders

Meanwhile, the dollar index was up 0.07 per cent to 100.92 points.

The reserves perked up in the reporting week as foreign currency assets (FCA) and gold holdings were up by $2.057 billion and $726 million, respectively.

 In the week ending September 27, 2024, the reserves reached an all-time high of $704.885 billion.

The decline was primarily due to a decrease in foreign currency assets by $3.511 billion, now at $612.643 billion.

The rupee’s performance was also impacted by the volatile situation in the Middle East, which is expected to keep oil prices elevated and exert further pressure on the currency

India has made significant strides in reducing its carbon intensity, with a 33 per cent reduction between 2005 and 2019, as per a UN report

The reserves shrunk by $10.746 billion during the reporting week to stand at $690.43 billion as on October 11, 2024

The central bank has sold dollars on almost all days in the last two weeks, not allowing the rupee to fall and dampening volatility

Volatility is guaranteed as the week is packed with key events