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Ekanapuram villagers in Kancheepuram district staging a protest near a lake against the proposed Parandur greenfield airport project on May 21, 2023 | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led Tamil Nadu government, fulfilling one of its poll promises, has officially announced that the proposed greenfield airport project planned as Chennai’s second…
Nearly three decades after the idea to build a second airport for Chennai was first mooted, the Tamil Nadu government finds itself at the drawing board again, hunting for a fresh site, after the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government cancelled the Parandur airport project. Cheyyur and Gummidipoondi were among the 11 locations originally considered when…
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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A police officer in South Carolina’s capital city died, and a second was injured Saturday in a shooting at a park, the Columbia police chief said. The suspect also died, said Columbia Police Department Chief W H “Skip” Holbrook. Mr. Holbrook said at a news conference…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday (August 29, 2026) after nearly three weeks of tension in the area, drawing rare condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier in August, a group of settlers…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral part of healthcare and is here to stay, but the skills, judgement and critical thinking of medical practitioners will remain central to patient care, experts said at a webinar on “The Future Doctor: Balancing Clinical Experience with Technology” organised by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, in association…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). File | Photo Credit: AP The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been without off-site power for more than a week and is currently relying on emergency diesel generators, the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Saturday (August 29, 2026). The plant, which needs power to keep its six…
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat speaks at ‘One World, One Humanity’ faith leaders’ conference in New York, USA, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday (August 29, 2026) said that Hindutva does not envisage a Bharat (name he uses for India) without Muslims,…
Vikram Sood, former secretary, Research and Analysis Wing and C. Balasubramanian, senior advisor, Deccan Centre for International Affairs, seen in conversation at an event in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH Former secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing Vikram Sood, on Saturday, said the External intelligence agency and the Intelligence Bureau have…
Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy and Dortmund’s Marcel Sabitzer react after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Goals from Serhou Guirassy and Giannis Konstantelias steered Borussia Dortmund to a 2-0 victory over Hamburg in their Bundesliga season-opener on Saturday (August 29,…
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Graduating students taking a selfie ahead of the convocation ceremony at NIT-C on August 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world, but technology can deliver its true potential only when guided by human intelligence, creativity, and judgment, Santhosh Kumar, president and managing director of Texas Instruments, has said….