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Thursday, June 11, 2026
TopicHousehold work

Topic: Household work

‘Nation-builders, not dependents’: Strong SC judgement endorses homemakers as economic contributors

Top court fixes a notional monthly income of Rs 30,000 to be taken as a benchmark in cases where homemakers have no direct and independent monetary earnings.

Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they just do more work

Using robust data to challenge these myths is important, especially given women continue to be bombarded with work, family and household tasks.

On Camera

India’s water future is being built on myths about its medieval past

Outside the Vijayanagara king Krishna Raya's new city of Nagalapur, Hospet, Paes counted 15,000 or 20,000 labourers, crowding “like ants, so that you could not see the ground on which they walked."

India moves to diversify pharma exports & cut US market dependence, eyes $130 billion target by 2030

Commerce ministry kicks off measures to insulate drug makers in wake of West Asia crisis. Renewed focus on Europe, Latin America, Africa among steps to grow ‘pharmacy of the world’.

All about US Corsair unmanned boat that rescued Apache helicopter crew in Hormuz

The unmanned boat was able to locate, retrieve and transport the 2 AH-64 Apache helicopter crew members after the crash.

Three destroyers of Brand India. It’s all in our cities

The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.