Kallakurichi liquor tragedy shows how deep the rot runs
The nexus between local politicians, law enforcement and illicit brewers makes mockery of prohibition laws in the State Even as this column is being written on Friday at 1 pm, the death toll in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy has risen to 49 with doctors saying that more persons are expected to leave...
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India faces a severe groundwater crisis
The groundwater clock is ticking towards day zero. India needs a combination of strategy and investment to safeguard and revitalise the same According to the India Water Portal, India uses 25 per cent of all groundwater extracted globally, ahead of the USA and China. Nearly 70 per cent of the water...
Benefits of integrating offline and online channels
As offline and online channels converge, businesses must adapt to ensure a seamless customer journey across all touchpoints Expertise in channel management-as indeed in other fields-can often be self-referential. The conversations on universal principles for the management of the offline channel typically have little or no intersection with those for the...
Pacifying farmers
Cabinet approves MSP for 14 Kharif season crops amid rising farmer unrest, but is it enough? In one of its first major decisions, the Modi Government has decided to assuage the farmers by increasing the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The Union Cabinet has approved the MSP for 14 Kharif season crops....
Forest fires are a grim environmental reality
The devastating wildfires highlight a pressing environmental crisis compounded by human negligence and systemic failures Raging wildlife fires in Uttarakhand have made headlines during the last month. These forest fires are a grim environmental reality and also a reflection of human faults in a society riddled with romanticism and unbridled freedom....
UGC set to revolutionise higher education in India
The University Grants Commission has introduced a transformative policy that is expected to align India with global educational practices The University Grants Commission (UGC) in its recent decision has allowed Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), which offer programs in regular mode, to admit students twice a year, from the coming academic year....
G7 Summit and the Global South
The Summit acknowledged the critical role of the Global South The recent G7 meeting held in picturesque Apulia, Italy, had several pointers on the recent geopolitical shifts and changing equations between some of the most powerful nations in the world. Yes, the meme-worthy, Pictures of Stares, Namaskars and Parachute Landings, kept...
The unseen burden of women’s unpaid labour
Globally, women spend significant time on unpaid care work, limiting their participation in the labour market and affecting economic stability In the early 60s when Canadian short story writer, Alice Munro, who died recently, earned some success, a newspaper ran a piece on her, which had a condescending headline the ‘housewife...
