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Madras HC verdict can boost jobs in foreign shipping
Until now lucrative jobs in foreign ships could only be routed through Indian Recruitment and Placement Services (RPS) agents recognized by the Directorate General of Shipping. This regulatory system was brought in place to prevent exploitation of seafarers and ensure that their wages,...
Smart e-scooters run over owners right to privacy
Battery-operated electric vehicles, a trail-blazer in the automotive industry amid rapid climate change, are catching the fancy of an increasing number of customers. Production of e-scooters has started in several states including Tamil Nadu. But news reports of accidents involving e-scooters...
Parking fees an untapped goldmine for civic bodies
Chennai’s swirling mass of two-wheelers and cars could technically make the Greater Chennai Corporation a wealthy civic body through parking fees, but the current realisation of revenues is only of the order of Rs.1.2 lakh a day, going up from a low Rs.80,000 after parking lots were “improved.”...
Opinion: Hijab is only a school uniform issue
As the Supreme Court hears petitions against the Karnataka High Court judgement on the row over wearing of hijab in schools and colleges, it is time to review the fundamentals of the case since it has a bearing on education and civic life across India. The Indian Constitution is based on the US...
Bharat Jodo yatra: What polarized Kanyakumari shows
Amit Shah’s jibe on Rahul Gandhi’s dress and the row over him meeting a radical Catholic priest in Kanyakumari indicate how the BJP will try to counter the Bharat Jodo yatra. Rahul Gandhi’s choice of Kanyakumari as the starting point for his yatra is symbolic in several ways. Kashmir to...
Kanam a sci-fi film that’s spiritual without being religious
Kanam should count as among the few of a genre widely popular in Hollywood and elsewhere, not in India. India should be the natural home of the spiritual film but is not. A spiritual film has no religious content. Nor is it to do with myths, religious epics and stories. The spiritual film is...
Here’s how Ponniyin Selvan will challenge Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam was a pioneer in making a south Indian film have a pan-India appeal. His Roja rode the nationalist surge earlier than most filmmakers. The challenge for him now is in making Ponniyin Selvan, quintessentially a Tamil story, pan-India. If Ponniyin Selvan were to go the Bahubali way,...
In Thoothukudi, a cop found hardcore criminals were just victims
Most journalists start as beat reporters, reporting on crime, politics, corporation and so on. They retire from a senior editorial position. V Sudarshan held top editorial positions in various newspapers and after retirement became a crime reporter. His book, Kutramum Karunaiyum, the Tamil...
Which ‘model’ can improve TN’s road safety record?The Eighth Column
The recently released data for road accidents across India present the shocking picture of Tamil Nadu topping all States in the rise of traffic accidents in 2021 over the previous year, going up from 46,443 to 57,090. Chennai is the mega city that fares the worst on accidents and road safety....
The first graduate in this tiny village is a woman
G. Sowmiya, 23, is the first graduate in Thamarai Oorani village in Ramanathapuram district. In a village notorious for refusing to send girls outside for higher education, what Sowmiya has done is indeed a breakthrough which has rubbed off on two or three more girls who, following suit, are...
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