Private sleeper bus traveling from Chennai to Madurai caught fire on the highway. CHENNAI: A private sleeper bus traveling from Chennai to Madurai caught fire on the national highway near Perambalur in the early hours of Saturday. All 23 passengers on board escaped unhurt after evacuating the vehicle minutes before the flames fully engulfed the…
Chennai: Public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna on Friday directed all civic and infrastructure agencies to complete pending northeast monsoon preparedness works before the onset of rain. Stormwater drains, canal restoration, road relaying, and flood mitigation measures should be expedited to prevent waterlogging across the city and its suburbs, he said.Chairing a review meeting at…
Chennai: R Vidya, parent of a Class IX student from Vellammal Bodhi Campus, no longer waits for her son to update her about his performance in unit tests or assignments. An app provided by the school directly notifies the parents about the ward’s performance while offering an assessment of strong and weak points, and insights…
Illustration depicting a cyber slavery and overseas employment fraud racket, showing trafficked workers coerced into online scam operations under surveillance in a guarded facility. Chennai: A man, Jai alias Babu, of Theni district, key accused in a cyber slavery and overseas employment fraud racket, was arrested at Bengaluru International Airport after arriving from Malaysia, said…
Chennai: The higher education department has appointed district-level facilitation officers to help students access education loans from banks. These officers will guide the students and help them get collateral-free education loans to enrol in engineering, polytechnic and arts and science colleges, higher education minister P Viswanathan said on Friday.College faculty members were appointed as facilitation…
Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, confers degrees on graduating students during the 63rd Convocation of IIT Madras in Chennai on Friday. IIT Madras Director Prof. V. Kamakoti is also seen. Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, confers degrees on graduating…
Chennai: Health minister K G Arunraj on Friday ordered action against the contractor responsible for poorly maintained toilets in the super-speciality block of Kilpauk Medical College Hospital and directed Public Works Department to fix leaking water pipes in the old maternity block immediately.During an inspection of the hospital, the minister also reviewed facilities at the…
Manoj Kumar, executive director of SEBI Chennai: Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday said it has extensively deployed artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, with the technology generating a growing number of actionable alerts. These alerts have helped uncover patterns indicating instances of front-running in the portfolio management services (PMS) industry.“Recently, we…
Beyond tariff differentials, the industry struggles to compete on cost due to fragmented supply chain and higher input costs Chennai: With a slate of crucial free trade agreements (FTAs) operationalised, the textile industry is upbeat on export opportunities. The UK deal, which kicks in on Wednesday, eliminates tariffs of up to 12% and brings parity…
Chennai: Nine students from Tamil Nadu featured in the top 100 list by scoring between 705 and 692 marks in the NEET re-exam this year. Last year, six students from the state featured in the list.Experts predict that the cut-off for medical admissions may increase by 25 to 40 marks for different categories this year,…
