Sai's Take: Why the EC is outvoted on EVMs

'Hopefully, the new majority government will give the country a fool-proof electoral system,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy. It is instructive to recall that soon after the 2004 Lok Sabha election,......

Madras HC asks advocates to return to work

Rejecting pleas by the agitating advocates to immediately hear their petition regarding alleged police excesses in the court premises on February 19, the Madras high court has asked them to return......

Citizens swarm Chennai's beaches for Operation Cleanup

Over 5,000 volunteers from 120 corporates, NGOs, schools, colleges, running groups, social organisations and individuals participated in the massive Chennai Coastal Cleanup drive held on June 7......

Modi sarkar will have to work on the quality of jobs, says CEA, Krishnamurthy Subramanian

'Debating the rate of unemployment rate misses the point entirely.''The key aspect is meaningful employment.''The way that can be done is skilling, which takes time and investment.''The process of......

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by......

Employment in India registered V-shaped recovery post-pandemic: Former CEA

Employment in India saw a V-shaped recovery after being adversely impacted between April and June 2020 during the Covid lockdown and during April-June 2021, when the second wave struck, said......

CEA Subramanian asks NSC to make junked consumer spending report public

The findings of the report showed consumer spending falling for the first time in over four decades in 2017-18. Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian has asked the National Statistical......

Srikanth, Subramanian knocked out of Thailand Masters

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth lost in straight games. Photograph: Claus Fisker/Reuters Former world no.1 shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian crashed out of the Thailand Masters......

Indian challenge at Thailand Masters badminton ends

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth was beaten by sixth seed Zheng Xing Wang of China in the men's singles quarter-finals at the Thailand Masters Super 300 badminton tournament on Friday. Photograph: Kidambi......

FM lauds India's historic win in Australia during budget speech

India's spectacular Australia triumph represents country's unsuppressed thirst to succeed: Finance minister Sitharaman IMAGE: The Indian team celebrates with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after......