Tamil Nadu’s leader Udhayanidhi Stalin stated the state is not against any language CHENNAI: A day after Supreme Court asked Tamil Nadu govt to change its “mindset” against Hindi and observed that the state could not function like a separate country, Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday said Tamil Nadu was not against any…
CHENNAI: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), in collaboration with Sindhu Central University (SCU), have established a high-altitude atmospheric observatory at SCU’s campus in Khaltse, Ladakh, at an elevation of 3,450m, to study air chemistry and climate processes in the Himalayan region.The observatory uses a Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)…
Five baby orangutans rescued from a forest in Baleshwar, Odisha, should be repatriated CHENNAI: Five baby orangutans rescued from a forest in Baleshwar, Odisha, should be repatriated to Indonesia in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), wildlife experts have said.Primate researcher Willie Smits, founder of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation…
Kanimozhi Rajathi Karunanidhi CHENNAI: DMK has started working on the formation of a prospective third front by trying to wean away some of the INDIA bloc constituents.DMK deputy general secretary and MP Kanimozhi Rajathi Karunanidhi met Trinamool Congress chief and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Thursday….
While the hills of Tiruvannamalai are considered sacred, several are vulnerable to landslides A nwardeen I grew up among the hills of Tiruvannamalai, and while their majesty never ceased to amaze him as child, their increasing vulnerability to landslides began to worry him. Which is why Anwardeen, now director of the Green Tamil Nadu Mission…
Cooum check-dams act as pollution traps. (pic for story) Chennai: Check dams across the Cooum basin could serve as strategic points to monitor and tackle pollution, a study into one of its tributaries has found.Researchers said the structures trapped organic matter, nutrients, salts and plastics, while diatoms (algae) shifted from types that thrive in cleaner…
Pachaiyappa’s College in Chennai Photo B A Raju Chennai: S Jayachandran was unanimously elected president of the newly constituted Pachaiyappa’s Trust Board after elections were held on September 6 and votes counted on September 7.The nine trustees were elected from four constituencies — University of Madras Senate members, Pachaiyappa’s Trust College Council, approved teachers and…
Chennai: The Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers Organisations and Govt Employees Organisations (JACTTO-GEO) has opposed prescribing an 18-year service rule for giving interim pension to retired govt employees under Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS).Tamil Nadu govt has been giving interim pension for the past two months to those who retired after Jan…
N Sridhar, CEO, Greenbase Chennai: Greenbase, Hiranandani group-backed industrial and warehouse infrastructure venture, plans to develop about five million sqft industrial and logistics park in the outskirts of Chennai with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. The company said it has completed land acquisition and is developing a 215-acre parcel in key industrial corridors near…
Chennai: Gem Granites owner R Veeramani, 84, was taken into the three-day custody by the Central Crime Branch’s Anti-Vice Squad on Thursday for questioning in connection with a case of rape of a minor girl. Citing his age and health condition, an Egmore magistrate directed police to question him within the court premises.Veeramani was among…
