Transport Minister of Puducherry Chandra Priyanka said the purpose of earmarking Saturdays as Pink Licence Day is to ensure expeditious availability of the licences to women and girls.
In the middle of the eco-friendly habitat, residents have woken up to a shock of the construction of a Crownway road which threatens to damage the ambience of Auroville - a quaint experiment of Human Unity.
Glimpses into the art world, we peek into a sculptor’s workshop in Pondicherry, a fundraiser and an auction
Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi pulled up Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) management over alleged illegal stadium construction
Narayanasamy had condemned the police action against Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadras as a clear 'exposure of the Jungle Raj and Hitler Raj in UP.'
Sasikumar Bora from Assam was a student of first year at the university.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.