Kanchipuram Saree Weavers in Distress as Gold Prices Surge
Lakshan Karthik &Tanishka DubeyChennai, 23, August, 2024 The Kanchipuram silk saree industry is facing significant challenges due to rising gold…
Soaring Vegetable Prices Eat into Chennai Messes’ Profits
Messes replaced tomatoes with substitutes to curb rising costs and widen profit margins. Photo: Roopa Kantamneni Roopa Kantamneni | August…
Bausch Health to Explore Potential Sale of Its Eye-Care Unit: Bloomberg
TIRUNELVELI, April 29, 2021: Bausch Health Cos. is exploring a potential sale of its eye-care business, Bloomberg reported, quoting unnamed…
Top European Soccer Teams Form Breakaway League: New York Times
A dozen of the world’s richest and most storied soccer clubs on Sunday announced that they had formed a breakaway…
Online Learning Teeters On Benefits As Child Mental Health Deteriorates
Microphones on mute, videos switched off and their attention in the skies–this is how most children, including 14-year-old Lalith Gautam,…
Korean Food Bowls Over Urban India, Language Classes See Uptick
A BTS Calendar to greet you at the entrance? Check. K-pop songs playing in the background, as coffee’s aroma wafts…
How Gaming Arcades Of Chennai Are Bouncing Back To Life
Morbid chants of “Die, die, die!” would sound like home in a dark arena lit up by pops of light…
Lockdown Ire Leaves Art Industry Dire
Embroidered handbags with laces and small glass mirrors, and mannequins donning leheriya and bandhej gather dust. These bright tie and…
Chennai’s Martial Arts Centres Eye End To Pandemic Blues
It was evening and the hall was dimly lit. Posters of sparring Asian boxers adorned the walls. A punching bag,…
A Year of Pandemic: The Plight of Rajasthan’s Folk Musicians
This is what live musical performances have been like since it reopened in December after the lockdown—without the usual checklists—in…