Arun Jain, founder & chairperson, Intellect Design Arena Chennai: Intellect Design Arena has set its sights on Rs 5,000 crore in revenue over the next three years, driven by a range of newly built AI solutions and targeting new customer segments, including global capability centres and fintech companies, according to the company’s founder and chairperson,…
Sunil Gupta, co-founder, QNu Labs Chennai: Deep-tech startup QNu Labs has raised over Rs 350 crore, including Rs 200 crore in a Series A1 venture funding round led by the National Quantum Mission and venture capital firm Speciale Invest, and Rs 150 crore in convertible debt approved under the research, development and innovation (RDI) fund….
Chennai: 2026 ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Cheetah Index notes that next generation of high-growth businesses is evolving beyond traditional consumer-internet models into areas such as clean mobility, AI, aerospace and defence. Mobilty names mentioned in the report are Blue Energy Motors, MATTER, PMI Electro Mobility, River Mobility, along with Aerospace and Defence names like…
Chennai: To monitor air quality in real time without spending crores on expensive equipment, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has decided to install 80 digital low-cost monitors across the state. The bulk of these monitors will be installed in cities.These monitors will be different from the continuous ambient air quality monitoring (CAAQM) system…
Common selection mechanism Shanmughasundaram.JChennai: The Tamil Nadu govt has proposed to empower the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to recruit staff for 25 corporations, 145 municipalities and 479 town panchayats across the state, bringing appointments to urban local bodies under a common selection mechanism.A Bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (Additional…
Credit to renewable energy has seen a robust growth this year, too Chennai: Bank lending to India’s renewable energy sector has surged over the past two years, growing faster than credit to other priority-sector categories, according to RBI data.Outstanding credit to renewable energy projects under the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) framework rose from Rs 6,825…
Calls for standardised list TNNChennai: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging Union govt to scrap the “open column” method for recording caste details in the upcoming Census and instead provide a pre-loaded, standardised list of officially notified castes.The resolution has been passed days after former chief minister M K Stalin demanded…
CHENNAI: AIADMK deputy general secretary K P Munusamy met state BJP leader Nainar Nagenthran at the BJP headquarters here on Tuesday night to hand over a letter from party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, seeking the party’s support for the upcoming bypolls in the Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies scheduled for Oct 6.The two constituencies are…
Chennai: Retired judge Justice B Gokuldas commission constituted by the previous DMK govt, has held police, prohibition enforcement and revenue officials responsible for the June 2024 Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, which claimed 70 lives and left 161 people with partial or permanent disabilities.The 478-page report, tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, alleged “wilful negligence”, “utter dereliction…
MADURAI: Subash Chandra Kapoor, a convicted mastermind of multiple idol thefts in India, may soon fly back to Germany, from where he was extradited 14 years ago.Madras high court on Tuesday directed Union govt to take custody of Kapoor from the Trichy central prison and proceed in accordance with law for returning him to Germany.Kapoor,…
