“Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen/Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.”Every time Class 12 student Tashvi Berry opened her English literature book to study American poet Adrienne Rich’s 12-line metaphor-drenched rage against patriarchy, these famous opening lines made absolutely no sense.For the 17-year-old with learning disabilities, who had the poem for her…
Greater Chennai Corporation Chennai: With property tax collection at only 80% last financial year, Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has written to the Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI), seeking directions to banks and financial institutions to factor in pending property tax dues while recovering loans from borrowers.It has also…
Amid criticism surrounding the portrayal of intimacy in Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, actor-producer Yash has come out in strong support of filmmaker Geetu Mohandas, crediting her for bringing a distinct “female gaze” to the action genre.Speaking to content creator Sabeen Faheem on the sidelines of CinemaCon, Yash underlined how rare it is to…
Kolkata: Private hospitals in Bengal that have acquired land from the govt at a nominal cost for building the health facility will have to keep 15% of their beds for free treatment of poor patients. This was among the slew of announcements Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari made on Saturday to improve patient care services in…
Rain batters Bengaluru on Thursday evening Bengaluru: Bengaluru came to a near standstill Thursday evening as fierce pre-monsoon thundershowers, accompanied by hail and gusty winds, lashed large parts of the city, flooding roads, uprooting trees, disrupting Metro services, and leaving thousands of commuters stranded in massive traffic snarls.The bright, sunny day turned gloomy by evening…
Baby food (AI representational) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has confirmed that there is no new regulation mandating zero added sugar in infant foods.TOI’s queries on media reports that FSSAI had constituted a committee to assess whether added sugar ought to be allowed in infant food products did not elicit any…
A nostalgic moment resurfaced when Marc Robinson shared a vintage photograph from his modelling days, featuring a young Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif. The image, also including Sophie Choudry and Tarun Arora, captured an early phase of their careers, long before they rose to become leading stars in the Hindi film industry.The throwback photo captured…
Ahmedabad: The deadline for submitting online applications for admissions to private schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act has been extended by six days, officials said on Friday. The last date, earlier set for April 17, has now been pushed to April 23 in view of difficulties faced by parents in securing necessary documents…
Scientists found shock scars inside South Africa’s oldest giant crater, and the hidden rock clues reveal a violent ancient collision. Image credit – UNESCO The popular mental image of an enormous impact crater is an obvious circular depression seen from space. However, the Vredefort crater in South Africa dispels this conception entirely. This location is…
Enumerators conduct door to door survey at DLF 4 Enumerators conduct door to door survey at DLF 4 Enumerators conduct door to door survey at DLF 4 Enumerators conduct door to door survey at DLF 4 Enumerators conduct door to door survey at DLF 4 Gurgaon: Fifteen days into the census exercise, house-listing work has…
