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Before Chennai became a city of multinational firms, Global Capability Centres, semiconductor ambitions, aerospace and defence majors, automobile giants, footwear factories, startups and home grown firms, it was Madras — a city whose business story was already taking shape several centuries ago. From a colonial trading centre to a manufacturing hub and now a diversified…
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The Pattabhiram military siding railway station, which branches off from the Pattabhiram railway station, was developed for defence personnel and transporting defence goods. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Southern Railway will execute works for various passenger amenities, including the construction of a foot overbridge (FOB) at the Pattabiram Military Siding (PTMS) railway station. This…
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Dolly Parton. File. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. country music legend Dolly Parton, who grew up poor in Tennessee and became a household name with hits like “Jolene,” has died at the age of 80, her family said on Tuesday (August 25, 2026). “Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of…
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For much of the 20th century, a rocket tearing a white seam through the sky did for India roughly what football did for Argentina and Brazil. Nations shut out of the councils where economic and strategic weight was measured found, in a game of European origin, an arena where their poverty did not disqualify them….
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CHENNAI The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Tuesday met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to reiterate his request for taking action to curb the politics of “horse trading” in the State. He told reporters outside the Lok Bhavan in Chennai that he represented to the Governor that no action had been taken…
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Since judo started as a demonstration sport in 1986 in Edinburgh, it has had a chequered journey in the Commonwealth Games. A casual glance at how the sport has progressed in the Games will show how judo has been in and out of the programme over the years. After Edinburgh, from 1990 to 2014, it…
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Coimbatore Branch Office, in association with the Southern Region Water Treatment Equipment’s Manufacturers and Traders (SRWTEMT) Association, organised an awareness meet for the MSME sector on RO water treatment and dispensing systems here on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. The programme was aimed at creating awareness among MSMEs and manufacturers…
Artist Suse Lowenstein, whose son, Alex, was killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, looks at photos of the some of the victims at her studio in Montauk, N.Y., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. federal judge postponed on Monday (August 25, 2026) the trial of…
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FILE – Sri Lankan Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony Shrine after a blast in Colombo on April 21, 2019. | Photo Credit: AP The Colombo High Court has set September 22 as the date for the verdict on the main criminal case in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people,…
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hailed on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) the United States’ removal of his country from the state sponsors of terror list, a major sanctions relief step for a country aiming to boost post-war reconstruction. Also read | U.S. removes Syria from state sponsor of terrorism list “Today, Syria shakes off a dark…
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