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PIX: President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna awards

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar......

All you need to know about Bharat Ratna MS Swaminathan

Agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan's research as a plant geneticist addressed the issue of food insecurity and helped small farmers augment their income by enhancing productivity. IMAGE: In his......

Social media lends helping hand in reaching aid to Chennai flood-hit

Submerged in water, with no access to power and transport, it was various social media platforms that came to people's aid in the rain-hit city since Monday. IMAGE: People use a boat to shift to a......

Dr Swaminathan changed India's destiny from begging bowl to food basket

"As I was working on agriculture, my family wanted me to take over the management of our plantations. But my aim was to master the art of developing new varieties, that is genetics and breeding. As......

Dr M S Swaminathan, who made India self-sufficient in food, passes away

M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who bet on sustainable farming passed away in Chennai on Thursday. He was 98 and is survived by three......

How old private banks are reinventing themselves

Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they’ve now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn’t worth the......

Gujarat has cleanest railway stations, Bihar dirtiest

Out of the 40 different cleanliness parameters passengers rated stench at stations as their top concern, followed by lack of dustbins and unclean platforms The cleanest railway stations in the......

Buses off roads in TN for the second day

About 200 employees were detained across the state in connection with incidents related to strike Commuters were hit hard for the as a number of state run buses remained off the roads across Tamil......

How Equitas turns poor people into successful entrepreneurs

Pushpal Shinde now earns some Rs 50,000 a month by selling washing powders under the brand SARA. Image: Empowering women to run own business. Photograph, courtesy: Business Standard    ......

L&T to buy 10% in City Union Bank

Engineering major Larsen & Toubro will pick up nearly a 10 per cent stake in the Kumbakonam-based City Union Bank for Rs 45 crore. The company will subscribe to the preferential allotment of 2.66......

Review: Naan Than Bala disappoints

Vivek’s Naan Than Bala directed by Kannan is a highly melodramatic tale of friendship between a righteous temple priest and a hardcore killer, says  S Saraswathi. Actor......

'The sun is the villain in Surya Versus Surya!'

'My character in Surya Versus Surya cannot come out in daylight.' Actor Nikhil Siddhartha talks about his latest film. With back-to-back hits in Swamy Ra Ra and Karthikeya, Nikhil Siddhartha is......

Review: Ramanujan is a must watch

Director Gnana Rajasekaran’s Ramanujan is a well researched, well-written and brilliantly directed film dedicated to India’s mathematical prodigy, Ramanujan, whose genius hung like......

First Look: Siddharth's Theeya Velai Seiyyanam Kumaru

Theeya Velai Seiyyanam Kumaru is the title of the new film directed by Sundar C for UTV Motion Pictures. The long title means 'Work like fire, Kumaru' and Kumaru is none other than Siddharth.......

Review: Kalakalappu fails to impress

Pavithra Srinivasan says Kalakalappu fails to capitalise on either its cast or plot, and delivers only a few gags. Director Sundar C is known for delivering movies in several genres, but it's......

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