Chennai: The recent ammonia gas leak tragedy has drawn attention to whether factories are adequately equipped to prevent and respond to emergencies. Safety experts say hazardous industries are monitored through a range of safety measures, including on-site safety officers, worker health checks, safety audits and equipment inspections.One of the biggest concerns, auditors say, is the…
Sunil Jhunjhunwala, MD & co-founder of TechnoSport, and the company’s CEO Puspen Maity Erode: Branded activewear manufacturer TechnoSport is planning to expand its capacity to 40 tonnes, or roughly 1.5 lakh garment units a day, over the next six months. Supported by the Centre’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for textiles, the company operates an integrated…
S Keerthana, State minister for industries, investment promotion and commerce Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ambitions to become India’s pre-eminent automotive manufacturing state are steadily extending beyond Chennai. Apollo Tyres, one of the country’s largest tyre makers, is exploring the establishment of a new greenfield manufacturing facility in the State, in addition to its existing unit at…
Chennai: The name tattooed on Sumanthu Juang’s left hand reads “Seema”. For hours on Monday, the 21-year-old sat outside an intensive care unit of Sri Venkateswaraa Medcity, waiting for news of his wife, who lay unconscious inside on ventilator support.“Will she recover?” he asked, in Hindi. Seema was among 18 workers — two men and…
Chennai: Several Tasmac elite shops across the city continue to overcharge customers demanding an extra ₹10 per bottle of liquor despite govt warning against such practices.Bills shared by customers show that an outlet in Kasturba Nagar in Adyar charged ₹10 extra for two imported beer bottles which cost ₹480 each. While the total cost must…
Chennai: Chennai police registered 38 cases and rounded up 77 persons during a week-long anti-narcotics crackdown conducted across the city between June 14 and June 20. The operation was carried out by the special teams headed by assistant commissioners and inspectors, under the supervision of deputy commissioners of police (DCP) across 12 police districts, intensified…
Chennai: When the smell hit, Swati (name changed) knew something was wrong. She had just finished a 12-hour night shift at a seafood processing factory near Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district and had stepped outside around 11am on Sunday, when the ammonia leak happened.She could smell it even though she was standing outside the building, and…
Women violence and abused concept. Stop violence against women, human trafficking.The concept of sexual harassment against women and rape. human rights abuses. international women’s day. Karaikal: A local court in Karaikal on Friday sentenced a 26-year-old woman to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping a 17-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her in 2019. The…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu, where sticky summer nights increasingly deny relief even after sunset, has emerged as one of India’s biggest heat-and-humidity hotspots, a trend now quietly reshaping electricity demand and intensifying urban heat stress.A report released by Climate Trends, ‘From Heatwave to Grid Wave’, ranked Tamil Nadu second in the country for “compound hot-humid days”,…
Chennai: Thousands of Indian doctors continue to wait — with completed internships and idle stethoscopes — as the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences is yet to open registrations for NEET PG 2026, the national entrance test for postgraduate medical admissions.The delay, nearly two months behind last year’s April 17 start, leaves the exam…
