After the Kamatchiamman Temple land grabbing case in Puducherry region, the incident of Sri Parvatheeswarar Swamy Devasthanam land forgery case has emerged in Karaikal region, says MP and PCC chief V. Vaithilingam.

Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms and trivializations take over the discourse? Can we use words like “fascism,” for example, with fidelity to the meaning of that word in world history? The […]

Were you to google “Carl Jung and Nazism”—and I’m not suggesting that you do—you would find yourself hip-deep in the charges that Jung was an anti-Semite and a Nazi sympathizer. Many sites condemn or exonerate him; many others celebrate him as a blood and soil Aryan hero. It can be nauseatingly difficult at times to […]

Image by José-Manuel Benito, via Wikimedia Commons Some refer to the written Chinese language as ideographic: that is, structured according to a system in which each symbol represents a particular idea or concept, whether abstract or concrete. That’s true of certain Chinese characters, but only a small minority. Most of them are actually logographs, each […]

F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, far and away the most influential early vampire movie, came out 102 years ago. For about ten of those years, Robert Eggers has been trying to remake it. He wouldn’t be the first: Werner Herzog cast Klaus Kinski as the blood-sucking aristocrat at the center of his own version in 1979, and, though […]

Image by J. F. Horrabin, via Wikimedia Commons Bertrand Russell saw the history of civilization as being shaped by an unfortunate oscillation between two opposing evils: tyranny and anarchy, each of which contains the seed of the other. The best course for steering clear of either one, Russell maintained, is liberalism. “The doctrine of liberalism […]

100% recycling extends the useful life of glass, fights the problem of household trash, supports recyclers and transforms bottles into modern drinking glasses.

Næstved has launched Ressource City – where one company’s waste is another company’s raw materials. A Swedish and a German company have joined the project too.

'The mother-daughter relationship is a unique one.' 'There is love, there is anger, taken for grantedness, so many different things.'

Bollywood is in work mode!

We take a look at Mandira Bedi's vacation diary.

Akshay Kumar launched the trailer of his new period film Prithviraj with a lot of fanfare.

'Every time I make a film, I hope it will last at least 10 years. Otherwise, I have made a bad product.'

Whatever the fate of his movie may be at the box office, Akshay Kumar sure knows how to entertain his audiences.

Ankita Singh has always dreamt of a career in singing, but her family was against it.

'I get scared. I feel insecure. I lose confidence many times in the day. But that is why I keep going because the weaker you are, the stronger you get'

Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra gave everyone a preview of their wedding in the most unconventional way.

'There are so many advantages when you have somebody like a Paresh Rawal or a Swaroop Sampat as your parents.'

Sara, and her co-star Vicky Kaushal, could not stop grinning throughout the success party of their film, as they blew balloons, sang, cut cake and pulled each other's leg.

'The collective shame and anger needs to be channelled now in a unified voice for just one thing -- swift justice.'

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, Ayushmann Khurrana and Ananya Panday unveiled the trailer for Dream Girl 2.

Amazing Songs from Vishal Bharadwaj's movies!

Some pretty candid confessions from Emraan Hashmi at the trailer launch of his new Web series, Showtime.

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People Cautioned against self medication

The government’s proposal has drawn sharp criticism from medical associations

The RNTCP currently treats patients without knowing their resistance profile: JMM

The experience of many patients leave little doubt that Tamil Nadu’s public healthcare system is a lifeline to vast numbers among the poorer sections of its population.

Rural areas are still underserved by healthcare systems despite better funding.

Skewed presence of Neglected Tropical Diseases in poorer sections leads to under-investment in research.

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to send him a bipartisan bill designed to boost the country’s computer chips industry