Month: August 2026

Madras High Court orders release of ₹185 crore for eradicating seemai karuvelam

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Madras High Court orders release of ₹185 crore for eradicating seemai karuvelam

Seemai karuvelam trees are being removed from Panamarathupatti lake in Salem district. File | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan The Madras High Court has ordered release of ₹185 crore from District Mineral Foundation Trust (DMFT) funds, maintained by 37 out of 38 districts except The Nilgiris, for the purpose of commencing the court-initiated operation titled…

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Nepal flash flood: At least 50 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu stranded as landslips disrupt route

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Nepal flash flood: At least 50 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu stranded as landslips disrupt route

Helicopter footage shows flash flooding in the valleys in Rasuwa, Nepal, on August 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters About 50 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were stranded in Nepal on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), after an early morning flash flood triggered landslips in their route. Officials of the Tamil Nadu government have initiated action towards their…

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Father, son die after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning well in Sowcarpet

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Father, son die after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning well in Sowcarpet

Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A 55-year-old man and his 25-year-old son died in Chennai after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a well at a house in Sowcarpet on Wednesday (August 26, 2026). The deceased were identified as Ravi (55), and his son Ayyanar (25), natives of Tiruvannamalai who…

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Meet Rithika Sri, the first transgender umpire from Tamil Nadu

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Meet Rithika Sri, the first transgender umpire from Tamil Nadu

Rithika Sri is a transwoman from Salem who has been umpiring in the Salem and Coimbatore circuit since 2021. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association recently called out for applicants to appear for the State Panel Umpire exams. For the first time, the application form allowed a person to select ‘Other’…

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Sports

Duleep Trophy: North Zone beat West Zone by 52 runs to reach semifinal

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Duleep Trophy: North Zone beat West Zone by 52 runs to reach semifinal

North Zone’s Abid Mushtaq, celebrates the wicket of West Zone’s Tanush Kotian, during the Duleep Trophy 2026 Quarter-Final 2, North Zone vs West Zone, played at BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) grounds, in Bengaluru on August 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar  It took North Zone all of 28 minutes to wrap up…

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Gross FDI hit 15-year high of $30.7 billion in April-June 2026

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Gross FDI hit 15-year high of .7 billion in April-June 2026

According to the RBI, Singapore, the Netherlands, the U.S., and Canada accounted for around 74% of the inflows. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters India attracted a total of $30.7 billion as gross foreign direct investment (FDI) in the April-June 2026 quarter, the highest level in at least 15 years. This strong inward flow overshadowed outflows,…

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India rejects ‘politically motivated, highly malicious references’ in remarks by UNCERD

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India rejects ‘politically motivated, highly malicious references’ in remarks by UNCERD

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File | Photo Credit: PTI India on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) rejected observations made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD), calling them “politically motivated” and “highly malicious”. The response, from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, comes after the…

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India rejects ‘politically motivated, highly malicious references’ in remarks by UNCERD

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India rejects ‘politically motivated, highly malicious references’ in remarks by UNCERD

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File | Photo Credit: PTI India on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) rejected observations made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD), calling them “politically motivated” and “highly malicious”. The response, from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, comes after the…

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Budget 2026: Nirmala Sitharaman extends tax exemption on capital goods used to make lithium-ion cells for battery storage

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Budget 2026: Nirmala Sitharaman extends tax exemption on capital goods used to make lithium-ion cells for battery storage

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Eschewing big-ticket announcements, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (February 1, 2026) resorted to a series of customs duty exemptions in the Union Budget to encourage domestic manufacturers of clean-energy components, including lithium-ion batteries and solar cells. The basic customs duty on sodium antimonate,…

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