With the onset of winter in the Capital, the lack of accurate and updated data on the homeless population poses a challenge for authorities involved in rehabilitation work. The last official survey conducted in 2014 by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board — the nodal agency for improving the quality of the life of slum dwellers — estimated 16,760 homeless …
Festival season, when sale of kitchen equipment peak, does not offer hope for wet grinder manufacturers in Coimbatore. R. Soundarakumar, president of the Coimbatore Wet Grinders and Accessories Manufacturers’ Association, told The Hindu on Tuesday, September 26 that the demand used to peak from Dasara and go on till Pongal. ‘Consumers now buy idli/dosa batter from shops’ There is no …
45-year-old Mohammed Kazem left for Kabul in Afghanistan a year ago, just before the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed in India. “Our life is very uncertain and we are not sure how safe we are after Taliban have taken over the capital,” said Mr. Kazem, in a phone conversation with The Hindu from Kabul. ‘No way of continuing research’ “We are …
The palatial red-white façade of the Charbagh railway station towers above Manfur Nishad and his two young sons. While the migrants said they were charged for the train journey, ranging from ₹600 to ₹800 each — they carried tickets displaying a fare of ₹555 — Mr. Nishad and his 12 colleagues managed with some monetary help from a senior policeman …
