Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced a milk procurement price hike. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday announced a Rs 3-per-litre hike in the procurement price of milk from producers supplying milk to cooperative societies, taking the total procurement price from Rs 38 to Rs 41 per litre.“The govt has decided to increase…
The Madras High Court clarified a Union Home Ministry notification. CHENNAI: The Madras high court has clarified that the Union home ministry’s notification requiring ‘Vande Mataram‘ to be sung first at government functions does not prohibit the Tamil Thai Vazhthu from being sung before it.The court was hearing a PIL filed by Ananya Radhakrishnan, who…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only CHENNAI: Facing backlash from students’ organisations, the Directorate of Collegiate Education (DoCE) backtracked on its circular that called for action against college students taking part in protests organised by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and left-wing parties.In a circular, dated Aug 17, the DoCE had called upon the school…
The Chief Minister’s Cancer Care Mission will be upgraded at a cost of Rs 673.44 crore. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay, announced that the annual insurance cover under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme had been increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh and a 400-bed multispeciality hospital would be established…
Chennai: Lotte India, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Lotte Corporation, has clarified that there is no ban on its Choco Pie product following regulatory action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Durg, Chhattisgarh, over a specific batch of the snack.The company said the independent testing conducted by a third-party NABL-accredited laboratory found that…
Veerachetty Street has three small temples run entirely by women, including priests Chennai: Did you know that there was an area called Bhomma Kottaai in Pulianthope that was once a centre for making bronze statues? “They used to be displayed at Decaster Street when M G Ramachandran and Karunanidhi were in power,” says Nivedita Louis,…
Senthil Kumar, co-founder & chief business officer, Qube Cinema with Ashim Mathur, VP, marketing (Asia Pacific), Dolby Laboratories Chennai: Digital cinema technology company Qube Cinema plans to expand its EPIQ screens, its proprietary premium large-format (PLF) brand, to 30 screens in the country.It plans to roll out 30 EPIQ screens equipped with Dolby Vision and…
Chennai: Galaxy Health Insurance Company has partnered with Zoho to design and deploy a regulator-compliant, enterprise-grade insurance distribution platform.This would enable the standalone health insurer to move from IRDAI approval to live, large-scale operations within a compressed timeframe in collaboration with Zoho’s Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) team, a statement here on Tuesday said. The CRM-led…
Chennai: Chennai-based real estate developer GT Bharathi to develop a World Trade Center business in Chengalpattu, it announced on Tuesday that it has been granted a license by the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA).The company plans to develop WTC as the centrepiece of an integrated, IT-centric mixed-use township spread across approximately 150 acres, with a…
Chennai: Lotte India, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Lotte Corporation, has clarified that there is no ban on its Choco Pie product following regulatory action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Durg, Chhattisgarh, over a specific batch of the snack.The company said the independent testing conducted by a third-party NABL-accredited laboratory found that…
