While deep-tech funding surged to $2.96 bn in 2025, a gap in the Series B and C stages remains a major financial constraint Chennai: Secondary sales remain a key exit avenue for India’s deep-tech ecosystem, even as capital flows and public listings of deep-tech companies have continued to rise over the past decade.According to the…
The 3.2 km Anna Salai flyover, being built at a cost of Rs 621 crore, is progressing at snail’s pace with girders too not being placed between multiple pillars from the Nandanam-Teynampet side. Officials said 50 out of 88 deck slabs were placed on the finished girders in the non-metro stretches of the flyover, but…
A representative image shows the Madras High Court building with a judge’s gavel in the foreground, symbolizing legal proceedings and judiciary decisions in Chennai, India. Chennai: Madras high court has upheld the three-year sentence imposed on four people, including the son of deceased former DMK minister P M Senguttuvan, in a disproportionate assets case.Senguttuvan served…
Chennai: A small number of long-toed stints, tiny waders known for one of the longest migratory journeys in the avian world, were spotted at the Pallikaranai Marshland by birdwatchers.The bird, which breeds in Siberia and travels thousands of kilometres to reach the wetland, had left Pallikaranai at the end of May before returning by mid-July,…
Anna University Anna University (College of of Engineering Guindy) . Photo B A Raju Chennai: As many as 43,132 (46%) of 93,116 students invited to take part in the second round of general counselling skipped the counselling this year. Experts attributed the high absence rate to students joining preferred courses under management quota and deemed…
Puhazh Gandhi PEvery monsoon in South India revives India’s oldest interstate river dispute — the Mullaperiyar. Kerala seeks decommissioning of the 130-year-old masonry dam, citing the safety of nearly a crore people living downstream; Tamil Nadu maintains it remains structurally sound after repeated court-directed strengthening, and that its water sustains agriculture and drinking water for…
The National Commission on Population Report has estimated that TN population will grow to 7.7 crore by 2026 and 7.8 crore by 2036 from 7.2 crore in the 2011 Census. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will launch the Chief Minister’s Elderly Health Insurance Scheme, a programme that will provide free, cashless medical treatment to nearly 38 lakh…
Chennai: For nearly three months, residents of Thirumullaivoyal have been navigating slushy roads after stormwater drain and road-relaying works left several internal stretches dug up and unfinished. With frequent spells of rain over the past two weeks, these roads have made daily commute difficult, increasing the risk of accidents.In localities such as Manikandan Nagar, Manikandapuram,…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government led by chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday highlighted its achievements during the first 100 days in office, describing the period as a transformative phase in the state’s political landscape.Releasing an official video and a comprehensive set of infographics, the Chief Minister’s…
Murdered Coimbatore college student Amudhan CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu assembly witnessed heated debate on Monday after a special call-attention motion on the murder of Amudhan, a 19-year-old engineering student in Coimbatore, turned into a political showdown, with the opposition walking out of the House.Moving the motion, leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin blamed the police for…
