US-based Bridge Green’s critical mineral recovery plant at Gummidipoondi Last July, the Indian automotive industry slowed down production and even faced the threat of halting due to China’s rare earth export controls. The incident and the previous COVID lockdown underlined how rare earths are ubiquitous in the modern economy even if the final product contains…
S B Mohanty, chairman and managing director of IREL IREL (India)’s proposed mining and processing sites under a joint venture with TAMIN in Tuticorin will produce Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr) oxide, supplying for domestic NdFeB permanent magnets manufacturing programme, said S B Mohanty, chairman and MD of IREL (India), a central PSU under the Department of Atomic…
Chennai: Senior TVK ministers on Sunday defended chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s approach in Cauvery row stating that Tamil Nadu govt would never let Karnataka build Mekedatu dam.A day after DMK president M K Stalin said Vijay should reconsider his plan to visit Bengaluru to hold talks on Cauvery, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna said TVK…
Chennai: Every year, roads in Goodwill Nagar and nearby areas in Tambaram face waterlogging after a few hours of rain. Several other low-lying areas within Tambaram City Municipal Corporation limits also experience flooding during heavy rain. With the northeast monsoon just months away, the civic body has proposed a ₹111.08-crore stormwater drain (SWD) project to…
Of the 4,048 liquor shops in the state (after the govt closed 717 shops), 2,638 have a bar attached Chennai: Tamil Nadu will soon have stand-alone Tasmac bars.The state govt has amended the Tamil Nadu Liquor Retail Vending (in Shops and Bars) Rules, 2003, paving way for new operators to run Tasmac bars, ending the…
Chennai: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is planning to promote the lesser-known yet significant ancient rock-cut temple in Mahendravadi near Arakkonam, some 90km from Chennai.ASI will create parking facilities and an information centre near the rock monument, which is among the earliest stone temples in Tamil Nadu. It was built by Pallava King Mahendra…
RTI appeals pile up as info panel’s disposal rate slumps Chennai: The number of pending RTI petitions and appeals by the Tamil Nadu Information Commission has shrunk in the last six months compared to last year, despite the panel working with its full complement of nine commissioners.According to the latest data available, the commission said…
Puzhal police arrest four for abduction of drug offender outside prison Chennai: Four men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 32-year-old man involved in a narcotics case shortly after his release on bail from Puzhal Central Prison this Saturday. The victim, Satish Kumar of Island Grounds, was intercepted by a group outside the jail premises.He…
Typhoon warning grounds two Cathay Pacific flights between Chennai and Hong Kong Chennai: Two Cathay Pacific flights operating between Chennai and Hong Kong were cancelled after Hong Kong issued weather warnings over typhoon Noul, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers, including those with onward international connections.The Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong landed…
TVS XL 100 – The Workhorse among TVS’s mopeds Remember the iconic TVS Moped ad campaigns such as Namma Oru Vandi, Oh! What a Way to Get Carried Away, and Built Extra Tough? Through the 1980s and 1990s, the TVS moped was the quintessential family workhorse. Since its introduction in 1979 under the leadership of…
