Chennai: From white-faced common coots to the long-toed grey-headed swamphens and snake-necked oriental darters, native birds of Pallikaranai marshland have been sighted in large numbers ahead of this year’s migratory bird season.As many as 3,091 common coots, typically identified by their lobed toes and white patches on their face, were sighted in the month of…
Chennai: The commissionerate of transport and road safety has stopped issuing new permits for private buses and is mulling more ways to reduce congestion due to the huge number of private long-distance services operating from the city.As about 1,800 private buses operate from Koyambedu — 1,200 towards southern districts and 600 to neighbouring states —…
Chennai: For 20-year-old R Vaishnavi, getting to college is a daily struggle. The second-year BSc Physics student at a private college in Morai travels nearly 40km from Pattabiram, but has no direct bus to college. She depends on share-autos or her father for the daily commute, adding to travel time and costs.Vaishnavi is among thousands…
Kavya and Dushyanth adopted Indie dogs Ghost and Pogo last year At the IAdopt pet adoption event held recently in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, nearly 25 Indie dogs and cats were adopted by Chennai residents. More importantly, say organizers, for the first time, they didn’t face superficial inquiries as much as before such as, “Do you have…
Chennai: As the school education department plans to introduce daily physical education (PE) classes for students, PE teacher associations have asked for better playgrounds before implementing the scheme.Recently, school education minister Rajmohan announced the ‘Odi Vilaiyadu’ initiative, promising one school period a day for sports, arts and co-curricular activities.PE teacher associations welcomed the move, with…
In June, C Vijayabaskar (Viralimalai constituency) became the fifth legislator to resign and join TVK K ChandruElection Commission of India (ECI) recently made a submission before Madras high court, which was hearing a public interest litigation seeking to prevent byelections necessitated by the resignation of AIADMK MLAs. The petitioner apparently pleaded before court that if…
Stephen S C Hsu, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) in Chennai The Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Chennai (TECC), established in 2012, serves as Taiwan’s de facto diplomatic and consular mission, with jurisdiction over five South Indian states, three Union Territories and Sri Lanka. Stephen S C Hsu, who assumed…
For nearly a century, Coimbatore has built its reputation on pumps that move water. Now, the city’s pump industry is looking to move up the value chain — from agricultural and domestic pumps to advanced industrial, smart, slurry and sewage pumping systems for global markets. Coimbatore’s pump-making legacy dates back to 1926, when the city…
This surge in consumption has attracted major legacy players in recent months It is hard to miss microdramas these days. Many of us might come across them during a suburban rail commute or while taking an escalator. We might even occasionally get ourselves hooked on these cheesy stories. These 60-120 seconds short-form stories are structurally…
Chief secretary M Saikumar Chennai: Ahead of the northeast monsoon, chief secretary M Saikumar has directed civic and other govt departments to complete all monsoon preparedness work in the city by the end of Sept.During an inspection of ongoing stormwater drain construction, canal improvement and water hyacinth removal work in Adyar, Perungudi and Sholinganallur zones,…
