Dennis Woodside, CEO & president, Freshworks Chennai: Freshworks continues to witness interest from enterprise customers as AI adoption and platform modernisation tilt the balance in its favour, according to its chief executive Dennis Woodside.The tech investment cycle, rapidly accelerated by the AI adoption mandate, acts as a catalyst for driving IT and customer support companies…
Chennai: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday welcomed chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s statement that Tamil Nadu govt would cooperate with Union govt on administrative matters though BJP is TVK’s ideological enemy.“As a Union minister, I welcome the announcement of TVK govt that it will cooperate with Union govt,’’ Nirmala told reporters in Kancheepuram…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider Union govt’s proposed disinvestment of up to 3% stakes of NLC India Ltd. In a letter to the PM, Vijay said any further dilution of Union govt’s stake would undermine the public sector undertaking’s strategic character and weaken long-term public…
Chennai: The death toll in the car accident near Poonamallee rose to two after a 27-year-old police constable succumbed to injuries at a government hospital on Thursday.The deceased, Arur Kumar ,27, along with Tamil Selvan ,32, and Saravanakumar ,28, all natives of Melur in Madurai district, were serving in the Armed Reserve Police in Chennai.The…
Jai Bhim premiered on OTT and became a cultural phenomenon. Its social message, performances and critical acclaim gave it a reach far beyond Tamil-speaking audiences Tamil cinema has always prided itself on survival. It survived censorship battles, political transitions, piracy, television, and the migration of audiences from single-screen theatres to multiplexes. But nothing disrupted the…
Chennai: Three more workers succumbed to complications caused by an ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur district, taking the death toll to 13, all of them women. On Thursday, three women died at two govt hospitals—Stanley Medical College Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH).Of the total 83 affected…
Duraimurugan withdraws plea seeking transfer of trial in corruption case Chennai: Madras high court has dismissed as withdrawn a plea moved by former DMK minister Duraimurugan seeking transfer of a disproportionate assets case against him from the Chennai special court for cases against MPs and MLAs to a special court in Vellore.On Thursday, when the…
Chennai: Two men lured a 14-year-old girl from her backyard and sexually abused her on the terrace of a neighbouring house in the early hours of Wednesday, at Kalpakkam near Mahabalipuram.At around 3am, the teen went to the backyard of her house when a man took her to the terrace of a nearby building under…
ED launched a state-wide search in 21 places in Chennai, Trichy, Madurai and Coimbatore as part of its money laundering probe into the discrepancies in the lecturers recruitment examination for govt polytechnic colleges conducted by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) in 2017. CHENNAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has seized copies of OMR…
Chennai: Equitas Small Finance Bank will raise a cumulative Rs 1,750 crore through Non-Convertible Debt Securities and Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP).The board of the city-based Small Finance Bank gave its nod for the purpose on Wednesday. In a regulatory filing, it said, the board approved the proposal to seek the approval through enabling resolutions at…
