Chennai
Capital of and megacity in Tamil Nadu, India
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Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, it is the largest cultural, economic and educational centre of south India.
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BJP workers from Chennai to perform special pooja in Varanasi on PM Modi's birthdayIndiaTimes - Published | |
Revealed: Know all about the MYSTERY behind Odisha's rare 'Black Tigers'The only other black tigers apart from Similipal exist at the Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar, Ranchi Zoo, Chennai's Zoological Park.DNA - Published | |
Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel Vigraha commissioned in ChennaiIndiaTimes - Published | |
Earthquake today: Low intensity tremors felt across ChennaiThe quake happened in the sea at about 200 km from Chennai coast. The depth was 10 km. The quake measured 5.1 on the Ritcher scale.DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes | |
Chennai man spends 109 days on life support, recovers without lung transplantThough ECMO is traditionally used as an intermittent arrangement until lung transplantation, doctors here made it a life-saving procedure.DNA - Published | |
Mumbai, Chennai & 10 other cities to see sea levels rise in 30 yrs: NasaIndian coastal areas will face a sea level rise of 0.1 metre to 0.3 metre in the next two to three decades due to global warming, with Bhavnagar in Gujarat facing a rise of 0.22 metres that may..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Commodore KP Gopal Rao, who led team that sank three Pak ships and bombed Karachi in 1971, dies in ChennaiIndiaTimes - Published | |
UAE flight news: Etihad Airways begins operations in 7 cities including Chennai and Delhi - Travel guidelines herePassengers are expected to carry a negative RT-PCR report with them which cannot be older than 48 hours of their departureDNA - Published | |
Improvement in proper mask-wearing etiquette in Chennai, ICMR-NIE study revealsThe improvement is noticeable, especially when comparing the results of surveys that have been conducted throughout the pandemic.DNA - Published | |
Mekedatu issue: Tamil Nadu BJP will stand by state govt, Annamalai says“We are very clear about our stand on the Mekedatu issue, and we do not want to do politics over it,” he said in Trichy en route to Chennai where he will assume office on Friday.IndiaTimes - Published | |
Chennai: Russian child on ventilator for 3 years recovers after receiving bilateral lung transplantIn mid-December 2020 a team of 20-doctors successfully performed the transplant procedure on a 4-yr-old under the leadership of Dr K.R. Balakrishnan.DNA - Published | |
308 air warriors inducted into air force at passing out parade in Chennai’s TambaramIndiaTimes - Published | Madras high court dismisses plea seeking Centre to educate Tamil Nadu people to respect IndiaThe court observed that the prayer sought for was thoroughly misconceived.IndiaTimes - Published |
Tamil Nadu cannot form panel to go into impact of NEET without leave of SC: Madras high courtIndiaTimes - Published | Tamil Nadu lockdown: Restrictions extended for 7 more days, relaxations announced in ChennaiOnly takeaway services will be allowed in the restaurants. Theatres and play centres will not be allowed.DNA - Published |
More relaxations in Tamil Nadu from Monday; malls, temples, stores to open in ChennaiBased on caseload, the government has grouped the districts into hotspots, moderate and low incidence districts.DNA - Published | Chennai local train news: Services for select categories to resume today, know details hereThose found entering the trains or station premises without wearing a mask would be imposed with a fine of Rs 500, the Railways have warned.DNA - Published |
Anybody can do Yoga: Differently abled persons join the International Yoga Day movementThe Dhiman Trust, which works for the challenged community, organized a Yoga workshop for the differently-abled in Chennai city.DNA - Published | Chennai: Criminals trick SBI ATM machines to steal cash without tamperingIt is said that more than Rs.10 lakhs have been fraudulently withdrawn from such machines in Chennai.DNA - Published |
Tamil Nadu lockdown extended till June 28 with more relaxations - Know what's allowedState capital Chennai and 26 other districts have been provided relaxations as part of the easing of lockdown amid the receding second Covid wave.DNA - Published | Tamil Nadu lockdown: Govt announces more relaxations; travel curbs lifted in ChennaiIn the four districts of Chennai region, people are permitted to travel in taxis and autos without e-registration.IndiaTimes - Published |
Four Chennai zoo lions infected with Delta variant of COVID-19, reveals genome sequencingThe Arignar Anna Zoological Park, which is locally known as Vandalur Zoo housed 15 lions, of which two (lion and lioness) passed away due to Covid-19.DNA - Published | Minor oil spill 450 kms off Chennai, monitoring situation closely, assets on standby, says ICGICG Pollution response team at Chennai has been alerted and kept on standby. ICG ships & aircraft deployed at sea are also put on alert in pollution.DNA - Published |
All 28 semi-wild elephants at MTR test Negative for COVID-19, says OfficialThe precautionary testing for captive elephants was done after nine of 11 lions tested positive at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, near Chennai.DNA - Published | Semi-wild elephants undergo COVID-19 testing in Tamil Nadu after 9 lions test positive in zooEarlier, a lioness among the pack of 11 captive lions had also succumbed to the virus at the zoo in Vandalur, near Chennai.DNA - Published |
Lion dies of suspected coronavirus infection in Chennai’s Vandalur zoo; nine others test positiveSamples from the lions were collected and sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, which confirmed coronavirus infection.IndiaTimes - Published | Chennai: Get jabbed at this fishing hamlet and win anything from gold coins to bikesA group of NGOs are going the extra mile to help battle vaccine hesitancy and ensure that the entire population of a fishing hamlet gets vaccinated.DNA - Published |
"Nothing can stop you from achieving", says wife of Late Major who joined Indian ArmyNitika had undergone the 11-month grueling, multi-disciplinary training regimen for a period of 11-months from June 2020 at the OTA in Chennai.DNA - Published | Wife of soldier killed in Pulwama joins Army; Lt Gen Joshi puts stars on her shouldersFollowing in the footsteps of her husband Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who laid down his life in Pulwama, Nitika Kaul on Saturday donned the Army uniform with commander of the Army's northern..IndiaTimes - Published |
Chennai school suspends teacher after students post allegations of sexual misconduct on social mediaStudents had shared chats of alleged misconduct and described the way the faculty had dealt with girls during conventional and even offline classes.DNA - Published | Chennai blast terror suspect arrestedIndiaTimes - Published |
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Chennai: Air Customs seize 1.35 kg gold from flight and airport washroomAccording to officials, a heavy white circular disk was found concealed below wash basin, in the washroom situated in the front of the aircraft.DNA - Published | Chennai: Air customs seize 6kg gold worth Rs 2.9 crore from Air India flightChennai Air Customs on Saturday said it had seized six kg gold concealed in an Air India flight from Dubai.DNA - Published |
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Isro revises launch schedule of GISAT-1 after 'minor issue' with satelliteGISAT-1 was originally planned to be launched from Sriharikota spaceport, about 100 kms north of Chennai, on March five last year but was postponed a day before the blast-off due to technical reasons.IndiaTimes - Published | Tamil Nadu assembly elections: BJP sticks to conversion and cow in fight for Tamil landFighting for a foothold in the Dravidian heartland, the BJP went the whole hog on its Hindutva identity without compunction by promising “strict anti-conversion law”, “criminalising religious..IndiaTimes - Published |
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