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Supreme Court ruling on dowry: Empowers women or opens the doors to harassment of men?
A recent Supreme Court judgment has brought back into force the provisions of Section 498 (A) of the Indian Penal Code that authorizes the police to take action directly against dowry-harassment complaints. Last year, however, another Supreme Court had ushered in changes. “The family welfare...
Dear farmers: For those city-bred professionals who have taken to farming, it’s time to turn your back on green revolution
My dear farming friends, following my last week interaction on organic farming and my request for suggestions, I have received several mails and WhatsApp messages. What was heartening about the mails and the messages was that they were sent by educated, city-bred, highly qualified folks who...
On his 140th birthday, we ask if Periyar was a miser or just wise by being thrifty
In 1931, Periyar had planned to make a trip to Europe from Puducherry via Sri Lanka. He wanted to find out how political and social set-ups in those western countries were contributing to changes in the social, political and economic fields. But just a few days before he was set to sail, he...
Adieu! Tree whisperer. You left the world a better place
Rare are those individuals who are committed to selfless work. Such people have a strong conviction that the purpose of their birth is to give back to society so that the world is a better place when they depart. One such person was Maram Thangasamy who died on Sunday, September 16. He left the...
LTTE erred by going against India: Rajiv case convicts, circa 2011
Vellore: Santhan and Murugan, members of LTTE, the Sri Lankan militant organization, believed that the LTTE erred in going against the Indian Government and proceeding against Indian leaders. Had that not happened, the Sri Lankan Tamils would not have faced the present setback, they said adding...
One-third of Indian coast faces sea erosion, but nature replenishes sand in much of it
An inspection of 6,031 km out of a total length of 7,517 km of the eastern and western coastal areas of our country in the course of the past 26 years has led to a grim discovery - as much as 33% of the coastal areas have been affected by erosion due to storms, cyclones, sea waves and human...
Here’s how the farmer can get a good paddy harvest using just 250 gm of seeds per acre
Alangudi Perumal, a farmer from Alangudi near Kuthalam block of Kumbakonam, has come up with an innovative method of rice transplantation. His method has the objective of using fewer seeds and is based on five core principles: selection of quality seeds, preparation of nursery seed bed,...
Cut subsidies, stop giveaways to other states and bring down petrol prices: Expert tells TN govt
With crude oil prices on an upward trend, it appears petrol and diesel prices are set to go up unless the Centre changes its tax policy. So far the Union government has indicated it has no intention of doing that. To provide relief to its residents, the Andhra government has provided a tax...
After engineering colleges, dental colleges now hit by crisis; 30% of seats vacant
Students in Tamil Nadu are fast losing interest in dental courses, just as it happened in the case of engineering colleges. When counseling ended this year, 30% of BDS seats were lying vacant in self-financing dental colleges. The application form for joining in both MBBS and BDS is the same...
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