Tallest cupcake tower built, gets Guinness tag

Preethi Kitchen Appliances with Food Consulate entered the Guinness Book of World Records for building 41.8 feet tower with 18,818 cupcakes at Forum Vijaya Mall here recently. With this, they had broken the previous record held by a South African organisation for 35-feet tower.

Floor space index rule relaxed; Revision sets off debate

The State Cabinet recently relaxed several restrictions in the newly-proposed FSI (floor space index) rules owing to the flak it had received following the revision. It has to be noted that the maximum FSI area has been increased to 1.75.

Junior Super Kings tournament: Splendid show by Kamaleshwaran

Kamaleshwaran (4/14) scalped four wickets as St Bede’s AIHSS (Chennai) defeated Plato’s Academy (Tirupur) by nine wickets in the final phase of the Muthoot Group Junior Super Kings Inter-School T20 tournament held at the ICL Cricket Ground in Tirunelveli.

Cable TV connections to be shut tomorrow

Tamilaga Cable TV Operators Association has announced complete shutdown of cable TV tomorrow to protest against Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI’s) new regulatory framework for television channels.

Mata Amritanandamayi in Chennai, to offer darshan for two days

Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi Devi will arrive Chennai today as part of her 10-day tour of Tamilnadu. She will take part in the 29th anniversary celebrations of the Brahmasthanam Temple and offer darshan to her devotees 24 and 25 January at the Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Virugambakkam.

3D printing: Engineers develop new piezoelectric material

Piezoelectric materials are little engineering marvels that can be found in everything from our phones to electric stoves due to their ability to generate an electric charge in response to applied mechanical stress. However, they have their limitations.