New research reveals that the Moon contains far more water than previously thought, surprising scientists and reshaping future lunar exploration plans!

While concerns have been raised repeatedly about the health of the astronauts stuck in space, recent photos have stirred the discussion. Williams appears gaunt, which experts say might indicate nutritional deficiencies 

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

The actor said seeing the London stage production made her feel connected to her wizard alter ego Hermione Granger once again.

Margi premiered its Kathakali version of Don Quixote, ‘Kihothe’, in Thiruvananthapuram. The performance and text captured the essence of the novel while sticking to the format of Kathakali.

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.

Puppet theatre is much more than the doll with strings says Anurupa Roy as she and her team from Katkatha prepare for their production, The Mahabharata

The idea of a performance like Blank Page, directed by Sunil Shanbhag, came out of Tamaasha Theatre troupe’s exercises where poetry is employed to understand multiplicity of meaning

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

The four plays staged at “Hriday Manch-2016” were comic expositions exuding local flavour and style, writes Diwan Singh Bajeli

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.

An unabridged version of ‘Kuchelavritham’ was staged in Palakkad, to the delight of rasikas.

Fifty years of Stage Creations’ existence will be marked with the play ‘Dowri Kalyana Vaibogamey’. Malathi Rangarajan attends a rehearsal.

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.

Unarvu, the senior citizen’s forum, makes its debut in theatre

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

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.07 per cent higher at 100.78

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.

RBI changed its stance to ‘neutral’ on Wednesday, spurring bets that the country is on the path to cut interest rates 

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

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

A short-lived correction looks likely in the near term

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

Trump’s policies on trade have tended to strengthen the US dollar in the past

Metals stay mixed and precious metals turn weak as the dollar strengthens