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Southern Mail Newspaper
IS VOTER REGISTRATION BEING SUBJECT TO FRAUD?
Beginning with the Maharashtra Assembly elections last year, Opposition parties have made many allegations regarding manipulations in electoral rolls. The Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, and others have raised the matter both inside and outside Parliament. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has maintained that it is impossible to tamper with voter rolls. Two days ago, it issued instructions for holding Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar for the Assembly elections to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included, the name of no ineligible citizens are included, and to introduce complete transparency in the process of addition or deletion of electors in the electoral rolls. Is voter registration being subject to fraud? Praveen Chakravarty and Rangarajan R. discuss the question in a conversation moderated by Sreeparna Chakrabarty. Edited excerpts:
6 min |
June 28, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
CAN INDIA PUSH PAKISTAN INTO FATF'S ‘GREY LIST’?
Islamabad has been in the FATF Grey list thrice since 2008 before it was removed from the list in October 2022
5 min |
June 28, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
IS INDIA PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF GROUNDWATER?
Water-intensive agriculture and urban demand mean that India is using almost 60% of its groundwater every year.
10+ min |
June 29, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
PALANISWAMI SLAMS T.N. GOVERNMENT OVER SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL STAFF IN STATE-RUN HOSPITALS
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Tuesday (June 24, 2025) criticised the DMK government over the alleged shortage of medical staff at Government Pentland Hospital in Vellore.
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
AXIOM-4 MISSION WITH INDIA'S SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA, 3 OTHERS EMBARKS ON 28-HOUR JOURNEY TO ISS
Shubhanshu Shukla, in his first message from the mission, says, “This is not the start of my journey but the start of India's human space programme”
2 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
NUCLEAR SPECTRE: ON THE RISK OF AN ERA OF NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP
After a 12-day intense missile barrage and air attacks following Israel’s illegal aerial attacks on Iran, the two countries finally announced a ceasefire on Tuesday (June 24, 2025).
2 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
OPPO INDIA UNVEILS THE 'AAWARA LIFE' WITH RANBIR KAPOOR FOR THE RENO14 SERIES
Chennai: OPPO India launched its new brand campaign, 'Live the Aawara Life', for its much-awaited OPPO Reno14 Series with a teaser film starring Ranbir Kapoor.
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
TAMIL NADU INFOCUS: LOCKED UP WITH SEVEN INMATES, STALIN WAS BEATEN, HARASSED, AND FED KALI
During Emergency, the then 23-year-old M.K. Stalin spent several months imprisoned in the Madras Central Prison.
2 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE DEATH OF CHITTIBABU, WHO FORMED A 'HUMAN SHIELD' TO PROTECT STALIN IN JAIL
Chittibabu, who was imprisoned in the Madras Central Prison during Emergency, died of injuries from a brutal lathi assault after shielding a young M.K. Stalin inside a prison cell
2 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
NEW HEALTH SUB CENTRES TO COME UP IN T.N. WITH NO NEW STAFF POSTS, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
The State government, while giving administrative nod for establishing the HSCs (617 in rural and 25 in urban), has stated that creation of new posts will not be sanctioned and ANMs have to be redeployed to the HSCs as the posts of VHNs and ANMs carries identical scale of pay and are interchangeable
2 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
IDFC FIRST BANK INTRODUCES UPI SERVICES FOR NRI CUSTOMERS ACROSS 12 COUNTRIES
Chennai: IDFC FIRST Bank today announced that Non-Resident Indian (NRI) customers of the bank can now make UPI payments using their international mobile numbers.
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
AAKASH FELICITATES NEET UG 2025 TOPPERS FROM CHENNAI AT 'CHAMPIONS OF AAKASH' EVENT
Chennai: Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), a national leader in test preparatory services, honoured NEET UG 2025 toppers from Chennai at its “Champions of Aakash” event, celebrating the students' resilience and ‘Problem Solver’ spirit.
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
WHAT IS A PERCENTILE?
A percentage is a straightforward measure of how much a student scores out of the total possible marks. A percentile, on the other hand, is a relative measure
3 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SRM GLOBAL HOSPITALS TREATS RARE CASE OF DOUBLE UTERUS WITH CYSTS
Chennai: SRM Global Hospitals successfully treated a 48-year-old woman diagnosed with a rare condition involving two wombs—each containing large tumours—and two sizable ovarian cysts, through a minimally invasive hysterectomy, relieving her of severe abdominal pain.
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SAFEGUARDING THE WINDOWS TO THE SOUL
On cataract surgeries and the urgent need for access, brain and spine innovations, maternal health amidst rising heat, sickle cell care and more
4 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
DOLING IT OUT IN DROPS: ARE THE STATES BEING SQUEEZED OUT OF FUNDS BY THE CENTRE?
Is the Centre financially squeezing the States? The question arises as the Union government has been increasingly sharing less revenue with the States at a time when the ability of the States to generate revenue has weakened and their borrowing capacity curtailed.
10+ min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
WIDELY USED FUNGICIDE FOUND TO BE DRIVING C. TROPICALIS INFECTIONS
'Candida tropicalis', an important fungal pathogen in India and in many other parts of the world, has been found using chromosome alterations to resist common anti-fungal drugs such as fluconazole and voriconazole
4 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
UJJIVAN SMALL FINANCE BANK LAUNCHES 'UJJIVAN REWARDZ' FOR ITS RESIDENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT HOLDERS
Coimbatore: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited (Ujjivan SFB) announced the launch of Ujjivan Rewardz, a multi-tier system designed to reward the customers on their various digital transactions.
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
BENGALURU STREET VENDORS STAGE PROTEST DECRYING DEPUTY CM'S STATEMENT
Street vendors and members of the Karnataka Pragathipara Beedhi Vyapara Sangha (affiliated to AICCTU) staging a protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
BRIDGING THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN CLINICAL PERCEPTION AND LIVED EXPERIENCE: THE NEED FOR A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO VITILIGO
While medical therapies are essential, they address only part of the picture. For vitiligo patients, real healing also means support for the emotional and social challenges that come with the condition
4 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
MEENAKSHI MISSION HOSPITAL ORGANIZES ORTHOPAEDIC UPDATE 2025
Orthopaedic update 2025 was conducted at Meenakshi Mission Hospital on 22nd of June 2025.
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
TAMIL NADU INFOCUS : WHEN A PRISONER WAS MADE TO 'RUN LIKE A HORSE'
In his autobiography Ungalil Oruvan, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin described the Madras Central Prison during the Emergency as a “torture camp” that echoed with wails
2 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE CHICKEN FESTIVAL IS HERE: BARBEQUE NATION'S KUKKAD CARNIVAL
Barbeque Nation, known for its wide variety of buffet spreads, announced the launch of “Kukkad Carnival” — an innovative food festival offering an exclusive Chicken Menu from June 10th to 10th July across India.
1 min |
June 26, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
FIGHTING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE WITH INSECT-BASED LIVESTOCK FEED
Studies have shown that the use of insect-based feed can be more cost-effective because it provides better digestible proteins than fishmealor soybean-based feeds
4 min |
June 24, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
RATES AND THE RIGHT DEBT FUND
Debt mutual funds generate higher returns during falling interest rate regime and vice versa
2 min |
June 24, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
GET READY FOR TRIPLE THE TROUBLE - OGGY IS BACK ON SONY YAY!
Chennai: Guess who's back to chill and fail spectacularly at it? Yup, it's Oggy! And this time, the madness is turning up a notch (or three).
1 min |
June 24, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
VISAKHAPATNAM BREAKS 2 GUINNESS RECORDS ON INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY
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1 min |
June 24, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
JEKYLL & HYDE DEBUTS IN CHENNAI WITH A WORLD CLASS OUTLET. A BOLD NEW CHAPTER IN URBAN NIGHTLIFE
Chennai: Chennai's nightlife scene has taken an electrifying leap forward with the exclusive preview of Jekyll and Hyde, a premium restoclub redefining after-hours experiences for the city's professionals and trendsetters. Nestled within Keppel One Paramount on Mount Poonamallee Road, Porur, this Is Tamil Nadu's first-of-its-kind venue set inside an IT Park-making it a strategic and innovative move in transforming everyday workspaces into vibrant social destinations.
1 min |
June 24, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
WORLD SOLAR DAY: FROM PLOUGHS TO PANELS, CULTIVATING A SOLAR-POWERED FUTURE
With benefits for food and energy production, agriphotovoltaics promise a dual harvest as well as prosperity for India's smallholder farmers
4 min |
June 24, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
REVOLUTIONISING SPINE CARE THROUGH PRECISE DIAGNOSTICS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
Minimally invasive spine surgery has transformed the landscape of spinal care.
4 min |