‘Diversity’ and ‘progress’ were the mantra at the NDA thanksgiving meeting attended by leaders of political parties in the alliance from all over the country including Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss and DMDK treasurer Premalatha Vijayakanth among others from Tamilnadu.
5-year-old Logitha swims along Chennai shore, covers 5 km
Five-year-old Logitha Sarakshi, from Mylapore, Chennai, swam on the open seas along the Chennai shore, covering a distance of five kilometres this morning.
Online birth, death certificates to have digital signature
Following the launch of an online portal for downloading birth and death certificates, the Directorate of Public Heath and Preventive Medicine is piloting digital signature feature to issue the documents at just a click.
Chinese airline seeks compensation from Boeing
China Eastern Airlines has filed a claim seeking compensation from Boeing over the grounding and delayed delivery of 737 MAX aircraft following two deadly crashes, an airline spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
Countdown starts: Fate of Modi, Rahul to be decided tomorrow
Hence, the fate of 822 candidates in LS elections and 406 in by-poll to 22 Assembly seats in Tamilnadu would be known when the counting begins at 8 am tomorrow morning and initial trends were likely to be known in the afternoon.
US changed its mind overnight on trade deal: China’s ambassador
China’s ambassador to the United States said in a Tuesday interview, that Washington repeatedly “changed its mind overnight” and sunk deals that could have ended the two countries’ trade war.
Activist Sadhana distributes nests for homing sparrows
It has been almost 10 years now since Sadhana Rajkumar started distributing nest boxes to encourage sparrows to start living in the city once again. The birds, once considered extinct in the city, are now back here and all the credit goes to this Besant Nagar resident who was so keen on bringing these little birds back home.
World Cup 2019: Australia is my favourite, says Gilchrist
Australian great Adam Gilchrist Tuesday picked his country as favourite to win the World Cup and wondered if home side England and South Africa have it in them to prevail in the knockouts.
World Cup 2019: Pressure will be from first second, says Kohli
High quality rivals competing in a Round Robin format has made the upcoming World Cup the most challenging for India skipper Virat Kohli, who says maintaining intensity from the first ball will be key to his side’s fortunes in the showpiece event, starting 30 May.

