TN’s Language War: Should Rupee be ‘₹’ or ‘ரூ’
Even as the row over two- and three-language policy continues unabated, the TN government has added fresh fuel to the blaze by unveiling a logo for the state budget to…
Food Corporation of India and Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation award tender at 107 per cent market value: Arappor Iyakkam
Central and State agencies accused of misappropriating Rs. 992 crore A transport tender awarded by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) and Food Corporation of India for transport and…
New study connecting rainfall and CO2 increase suggests shift in biodiversity hotspots including the Western Ghats
The unprecedented global increase in greenhouse gases can decrease rainfall in the equatorial region with associated shift and vegetation, and replace India’s biodiversity hotspots consisting of evergreen forests in the Western…
Thousands of technical courses including 174 in Tamil translated into vernacular languages by NPTEL
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a joint venture of the IITs and IISc and funded by Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, has translated to Tamil…
Sharp spike in number of C-section deliveries between 2016 and 2021, claims an IIT Madras study
Researchers at the IIT Madras have discovered a sharp uptick in the number of caesarean section (C-section) deliveries that took place across the country between 2016 and 2021. The prevalence…
DRI sleuths recover Methamphetamine worth several crores from Kodungaiyur garbage dump
In a major development, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Chennai Zone has seized 36 kgs of Methamphetamine drug worth around Rs. 180 crores at Madurai Railway Station…
First consignment of neera flagged off to USA
Coco Nectar, the ready-to-drink Neera produced by Global Coconut Farmers Producer Company Limited (GCFPCL) Tirupur, Tamil Nadu was flagged off from Kochi Port to USA by Dr. K. B. Hebbar,…