As Cyclone Mandous approaches, Chennai experiences heavy rain and strong winds

Due to severe weather today, 16 flights were canceled at Chennai airport before of the landfall.

Officials reported the storm made landfall about midnight in Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu, between Puducherry and Sriharikota, with wind speeds of 70 km/h. Heavy rain fell alon...

India plans to increase hiring during the July-September period: TeamLease

In India, entry-level and junior positions are expected to have the highest proportion of new employees.

The cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, and Hyderabad are projected to have the most job growth.

The highest hiring intentions are displayed by large enterprises, ...

Tamil Nadu issues red alert in 20 districts across state

Chennai has been battling heavy rains over the past few days. The South Indian city has received 46% excess rainfall this season. The government has issued red-alert in 20 districts across Tamil Nadu.

Highlights

• Chennai is experiencing heavy rainfall f...

Ford India to announce settlement package for employees, still in process

Highlights

• Ford India to shut two of its manufacturing facilities in the country
• The company has invested about USD 2.5 billion in two plants in India

Earlier this month, Ford India had announced its decision to shut two of its manuf...

Ford Motor Co to stop production in India at two plants

Highlights

• Ford Motor Co has decided to stop the production of its vehicles in India
• The company is planning to shut the Chennai and Sanand facilities by the end of 2021

US auto major Ford Motor Co has recently announced that th...

CONSTRUCTION OF INDIA’S FIRST GREENFIELD EXPRESSWAY TO BEGIN SOON

HIGHLIGHTS

• Connecting Chennai and Bengaluru, the construction of first Greenfield Expressway is going to start soon.
• Initially plans were to have eight lanes in this expressway.
• Now the expressway plan has been downgraded to four lanes as t...

UK RETURN PASSENGER IN CHENNAI TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19; NEW STRAIN NOT COFIRMED

Highlights –

• UK return passenger in Chennai tests positive for COVID-19; new strain not confirmed.
• UK announced that a news variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been found referred to as B.1.1.7.
• Central Govt. of India and Tamil Nadu govt. ...

ANOTHER BLOW TO CSK, SURESH RAINA PULLS OUT OF IPL 2020

Highlights

• According to CSK CEO KS Viswanathan, Suresh Raina has returned home citing personal reasons

• Suresh Raina has been an integral part of the Chennai Super Kings and top scorer in the IPL

• The first match of IPL is scheduled on September 19...

INDIA’S PLI TEMPTS APPLE: MOVES PRODUCTION LINES TO INDIA FROM CHINA

Highlights:

•    Apple have started assembling iPhone 11s in India

•    Government of India’s incentive will save Apple 22% on imports

iPhone maker Apple has moved some of its business to India. The business in Indian sha...

TAMIL NADU REPORTS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE OF 5,849 CASES, RECORD 518 DEATHS IN 24 HOURS

Highlights

• According to the report made by Death Reconciliation Committee in Greater Chennai Corporation, those additional 444 deaths were because of co-morbidities and other terminal illnesses

• Tamil Nadu has 186,492 cases of COVID-19, while 3,144 people have los...

TAMIL NADU'S FAILED COVID-19 RESPONSE BEHIND CHENNAI'S CRIPPLING ECONOMY

Highlights

• The Unlock 1 guidelines issued by the Central Government allowed reopening of majority of businesses including salons and restaurants

• The 17-day complete lockdown imposed by the Tamil Nadu state government has dented most of the businesses in Chennai

TAMIL NADU IS THE SECOND INDIAN STATE TO REPORT MORE THAN 1 LAKH COVID-19 CASES

Highlights

• The state of Tamil Nadu has 102,721 cases of coronavirus and had previously imposed strict lockdown in five districts including Chennai

• Till Friday, Tamil Nadu has conducted total 1.27 million tests with the help of its 91 facilities

• T...

INDIA's COVID-19 TALLY CROSSES 3 LAKH, RECORD 11,458 NEW CASES REPORTED IN LAST 24 HOURS

• Current Total Cases: 308,993

• Total Deaths : 8,884

• Cumulative recoveries : 154,330

• Top five states that has the maximum number of cases : 

Maharashtra: Cases 101,141, number of deaths 3,717. New deaths 127

Tamil Nad...

COVID19 POSITIVE PERSON ON INDIGO CHENNAI- COIMBATORE FLIGHT

Highlights:

• The detected positive person is now quarantined in a Coimbatore hospital
• This is the first case on a domestic flight
• Indigo flight crew grounded for 14 days  

India resumed its domestic flight operations on Monday. By Tues...

MS Dhoni is fit and he's wanted by Indian team: Suresh Raina

CHENNAI: Suresh Raina has been suspended from playing any active cricket since the end of IPL 2019 because of a left knee injury. As a result, Raina underwent a knee surgery-his second-in August, but the left-hander of the Chennai Super Kings is once again fully fit and plans to work his way back...

Is the film of Vijay’s, Master inspired by Korean film Silenced?

Currently, Actor Vijay is shooting Lokesh Kanagaraj's next master film. In the first week of January, the actor will start the following series, at a famous Chennai studio. The next timeline will continue through to the third January weeks.

There are numerous reports that the film i...

Chennai Engineer claims he helped NASA in spotting Vikram Lander Debris

Vikram lunar lander, launched by India, unfortunately, crashed while approaching moon, in the month of September. NASA recently claimed that the lander has been found and gave credits to one amateur space enthusiast. NASA announced on Monday by releasing an image which was clicked by its Lunar Re...

Aye Finance said that the Dutch FMO investment bank deposited ?125 Crore in its debt

FMO announced that Aye Finance will work closely to enhance women entrepreneurs ' services in the country via a Gender Finance system. The transaction was carried out by Chennai-based Northern Arc Capital, an existing Aye Finance investor, in which Aye raised non-convertible debentures.

Chennai boy wins World Deaf Tennis Championship

The recently established prizewinner at the World Deaf Tennis Championship, Prithvi Sekhar, is glad to be back home in Chennai. The 26-year-old was on a visit to Antalya in Turkey for over seven days, participating in the World Deaf Tennis Championship 2019, where he won the title by overcoming t...

High expectations on the incoming president of BCCI Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly likely could be Indian cricket's favorite. There have been exceptional players throughout the years, he was even down the batting order in his own team that he captained, yet Ganguly holds particular respect.

Nicknamed 'Prince of Calcutta' as he came from a we...