Indian schoolchildren play a cricket match on a dusty school मैदान, with a bowler delivering the ball as classmates watch from the sidelines in a typical school sports scene in India. Chennai: From kho-kho and kabbadi, to volleyball, football and badminton, state board students are spending their after-school hours training to participate in zonal level…
Chennai: Anna University has decided to make a 30-hour career guidance training mandatory for final-year students across its four campuses from this academic year (2026-27). This training, focusing on problem-solving skills, real-world technical assessments, coding skills and resume writing, is expected to help students in campus placements, job interviews and in their career choices.“Each department…
Ravichandran PurushothamanI grew up on a farm, where you learn to never waste what you spent months cultivating. The sun is free. Diesel is not. That lesson came back in April, when Rajasthan—India’s largest solar state with 41 GW of capacity—was forced to switch off its own sunshine. In March alone, 8,300MW of renewable power…
The PM Mitra Park in Virudhunagar The textile industry cannot catch a break. It has been caught in the crossfire of a trade war, followed by a conflict in West Asia that drove up fuel and commodity prices. Then came a cotton shortage, prompting the govt to grant yet another last-minute extension of duty-free imports….
It was just under 2 lakh last year Chennai: India’s electric passenger vehicle (EPV) market is expected to maintain strong growth momentum in 2026, with annual sales likely to exceed 3 lakh units for the first time, compared with just under 2 lakh last year. So far in 2026, registrations are closing in on the…
Ravichandran PurushothamanI grew up on a farm, where you learn to never waste what you spent months cultivating. The sun is free. Diesel is not. That lesson came back in April, when Rajasthan—India’s largest solar state with 41 GW of capacity—was forced to switch off its own sunshine. In March alone, 8,300MW of renewable power…
It was just under 2 lakh last year Chennai: India’s electric passenger vehicle (EPV) market is expected to maintain strong growth momentum in 2026, with annual sales likely to exceed 3 lakh units for the first time, compared with just under 2 lakh last year. So far in 2026, registrations are closing in on the…
The 44-year-old Chennai-headquartered Meenakshi India is a manufacturer and exporter of apparel to leading brands in the US and Europe, with a production facility in Salem. The company, with more than 1,200 employees, is recognised as a star export house by GoI. In an interview, CMD Ashutosh Goenka spoke about growth, expansion, and the road…
Aerohub & MLCP at Chennai Airport Chennai: For passengers arriving at Chennai airport, booking a cab is often only the beginning of the ordeal. They must wheel their luggage to the multi-level car park at the West Aerohub building, which is about 800m away, and navigate multiple levels to reach the booked vehicle. There, many…
Waste is burnt at Kolathuvanchery water body near Iyyappanthangal Metro station in Kancheepuram Chennai: Tonnes of plastic, meat waste and household refuse are being dumped and burnt at the Kolathuvanchery water body near Iyyappanthangal Metro station, exposing thousands of residents to toxic smoke and causing health issues.Kolathuvanchery, a village panchayat near Iyyappanthangal in Kancheepuram district,…
