Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announces that a new pension scheme titled Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS) will be implemented to provide benefits equivalent to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). Salient features of the TAPS are as follows: Government employees and

1/Yesterday, an assistant election officer in West Bengal tendered his regination to the ECI amidst SIR. His complaint? ECI's recent algorithm was faulty, and it was a ploy to disenfranchise a large section of voters. the reporters' collective has been tracking ECI's dubious software a 🧵

CENSOR BOARD is OUTDATED Not in the context of just Actor Vijay Fans ‘s #JanaNayagan ‘s censor issues but in an overall manner, it is truly foolish to think that the censor board is still relevant today It has long outlived it’s purpose, but it’s being kept alive out of laziness

I couldn't visit the park as my booking was on a day when the cyclone hit Chennai in early December. I wrote to CRRT asking for either an alternate date or refund. Absolutely no response till date.

Time for India to abolish the Governor post. Governors cost the public over ₹700 crore annually & live in the biggest palaces of any state. They serve NO function that cannot be handled by existing institutions. End this colonial nonsense. My take:

India is a land of smiles. When I walk through the streets as a foreigner unfamiliar to locals, people call me with smile, “Where are you from?” or “Have some chai.” Communication through language is limited, but that's not a problem. We exchange smiles, shake hands, and connect

This is the saddest thing I have read in a very long time. As a doctor, speaking with families about death and seeing people die is a routine for me. We like to believe that people who die, are off to a place where things are better. It's a nice thought. But reality is that

Good morning! I was interviewed by Dr. Paul Smith, the Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Doctor to discuss my role as a critic of alternative medicine in India, my efforts against pseudoscience and unscientific practices, and my involvement in the recent retraction of a

I recently visited “Mohammad Deepak” in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand. My conscience urged me to support him, as he has emerged as a true beacon of hope at a time when hate and division are spreading even into unexpected corners of society. Deepak may not have fully realized the profound

Found this public policy nugget at the Chennai Rail Museum quite interesting. Indian Railways expanded quickly across the sub-continent due to private participation backed by government guarantees.

#ShortRead: The hounding of the entire top leadership of the Aam Aadmi Party, including Arvind Kejriwal, by the ED and the CBI is a textbook illustration of how political persecution becomes durable only when the judiciary, by action or its acquiescence ENABLES it. Investigative

This would be a good opportunity for those who are in Development Communication position or who aspire to contribute to that in Impact organisations.

Hey WordPress.com, why has my blog been taken down? And sans intimation? (And what terms of service did I violate? All I do here is aggregate links to my journalism) PS: Folks, their contact form is not accepting my complaint either. Could you amplify this message please?

We are reading about how the war in west Asia has caused LPG shortage and forced hotels to trim their menus. But there are some less obvious ramifications of the war which are equally serious and about to unfold. 🧵

Kerala pays the highest additional honorarium among all States to Mid-Day Meal workers - minimum Rs. 11,000 per month as additional honorarium as per Centre’s own answer, which has in fact already been revised upward twice thereafter by the State. Meanwhile, the Centre’s

#News: An extremely important hearing took place today before the Delhi High Court. A single-judge bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav heard arguments in my case seeking disclosure of information regarding corruption and misconduct complaints against former Acting Chief

The EC has used laughable excuses to obfuscate electoral data and evade scrutiny. Kudos to Alt News for ripping off the barriers of captcha, image formats and watermarks to reveal the true extent of targeted disenfranchisement of Muslims in Bengal altnews.in/bengal-sir-the…

ప్యాకెట్ కొనుక్కుని, ఇంటికి తీసుకెళ్ళి, దాన్ని తెరిచి, మేము చెక్ చేసుకున్నాక, అందులో కల్తీ ఉందని తేలితే, దాన్ని మేము వెనక్కు తీసుకెళ్తే, ఆ షాప్ వాడు మమ్మల్ని పిచ్చోళ్ళను చూసినట్లు చూస్తే, ఆ తర్వాత మేము మీ దగ్గరకు ఫిర్యాదు చేయడానికి వస్తే, ఆ తర్వాత మీరు మా మీద దయ చూపించి, వారి మీద

The same traffic police has shifted the bus stop at Image Hospital four times since I first started coming to Madhapur in 2010. They sure leave no stone unturned in making it extremely difficult for bus users.