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Southern Mail Newspaper
HOW DID INDIA'S NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED LONGEVITY?
Programmes by successive government such as the National Health Mission, Ayushman Bharat and Poshan Abhiyaan, alongiside a focus on education and development have helped the country reach a life expectancy of 72 years, up from 58.6 in 1990
3 min |
May 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PRAISES STRONG, UNWAVERINGLY POWERFUL LEADERSHIP OF INDIA, PAKISTAN FOR REACHING CEASEFIRE
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (May 11, 2025) praised the “strong and unwaveringly powerful” leadership of India and Pakistan for reaching a “ceasefire”, saying their legacy is greatly enhanced by their brave actions.
3 min |
May 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
IN REMAINS OF 2004 FLARE, SCIENTISTS FIND SECOND NATURAL SOURCE OF GOLD
Magnetars are neutron stars with extremely strong magnetic fields; sometimes they release large bursts of energy in flares
2 min |
May 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
HERITAGE FOODS CHAMPIONS 'THE POWER OF LEARNING OVER WINNING' IN HEARTFELT NEW CAMPAIGN
Heritage Foods, one of India's leading dairy companies, proudly unveils its latest 360-degree brand campaign, “The Power of Learning over Winning”—a heartfelt celebration of mothers and caregivers who shape lives with love, nourishment, and invaluable life lessons.
2 min |
May 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SPROUTING SUSTAINABLE, NUTRITION-SENSITIVE FOOD SYSTEMS
India's struggle with nutritional issues must lead to a transformation where nutrition becomes an integral part of agriculture and economic planning
3 min |
May 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
INDIA-PAKISTAN CEASEFIRE: MIGHT OF INDIAN FORCES WAS FELT IN RAWALPINDI WHERE PAK ARMY HQ IS LOCATED, SAYS RAJNATH ON OPERATION SINDOOR
No violation reported in Kashmir valley overnight; every future escalation will invite a decisive response, says Government
3 min |
May 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
ROHIT SHARMA | THE STYLIST WITH A BAT
Having led India to titles in the 2024 ICC Twenty20 World Cup and this year’s Champions Trophy, besides excelling for the Mumbai Indians, the cricketer’s legacy is set in stone
3 min |
May 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE TERROR TRIO OF PAKISTAN | HIZB-UL-MUJAHIDEEN, LET AND JEM
The terrorist organisations, driven by Islamist ideology and anti-India sentiment, have close ties with Pakistan’s military-security establishment, and have carried out multiple attacks inside India over the years
4 min |
May 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
70 KERALITE STUDENTS IN BORDER STATES REACH NEW DELHI: CMO
The Kerala government has set up control rooms with 24/7 helplines to provide assistance and support to Keralites in States bordering Pakistan, amidst the India-Pakistan conflict situation.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SPORTS DAY - CRESCENDO 2025 AT THE SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES, VMRF-DU, CHENNAI
Chennai: The Sports Day of the School of Allied Health Sciences, Vinayaka Mission’s Chennai Campus was organized by the Fine Arts Club and the Student Council
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May 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
WHY CASTE CENSUS WILL NOT FACILITATE COMPREHENSIVE REFORM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
What India needs is a nationwide, dynamic database that can provide granular insights required to meaningfully reform higher education
4 min |
May 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
IN GOA, A STAMPEDE AND SCREAMS BEFORE SUNRISE
Over a lakh devotees gathered for north Goa's annual Lairai jatra, a procession held in Shirgao village, leading to the Shree Lairai Devi temple. Then, there was a mishap on the steep hill; a rope barricade was broken, and chaos ensued. Within a few minutes, six were dead and over 80 injured in a stampede that now has the State administration and the temple committee arguing over who was at fault and who should govern the religious institution
8 min |
May 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
GREATER REGULARITY: ON THE NIPAH VIRUS
The case of a 42-year-old woman in Kerala testing positive for Nipah virus on May 8 makes it the third such instance being reported from the State's Malappuram district in the last two years.
2 min |
May 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SLAIN JAWAN MURALI NAYAK'S MORTAL REMAINS REACH HIS HAMLET IN A.P.'S SATHYA SAI DISTRICT, FUNERAL ON SUNDAY
Hundreds of people line up along the procession route and pay tribute to the martyr; Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, Ministers Nara Lokesh, Satya Kumar to attend final rites to be performed with military and State honours
1 min |
May 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
VOLKSWAGEN INDIA TO OPEN PRE-BOOKINGS FOR THE ICONIC GOLF GTI
Chennai: Volkswagen India is proud to announce that pre-bookings for the legendary Volkswagen Golf GTI will commence from the 5th of May 2025.
1 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE CIVIL SERVICES?
The story so far: On the occasion of Civil Services Day (April 21), Cabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan IAS, spoke about the importance of civil services in maintaining and strengthening democracy, the need for lateral entrants and greater transparency.
2 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
APOLLO PROTON CANCER CENTRE PIONEERS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT WITH TOTAL MARROW AND LYMPHOID IRRADIATION THERAPY
Chennai: Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC), Chennai, has reaffirmed its leadership in comprehensive cancer care with the launch of a dedicated Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) unit, inaugurated on World Thalassaemia Day.
1 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
OPERATION SINDOOR: PAKISTAN'S RETALIATORY ATTACK THWARTED, SAYS DEFENCE MINISTRY
The Ministry of Defence said, \"It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised
2 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
MGM HEALTHCARE PERFORMS LANDMARK RENAL RE-TRANSPLANT ON 12-YEAR-OLD BORN WITHOUT ABDOMINAL VEINS
Chennai: In a landmark surgical achievement, a multidisciplinary transplant team at MGM Healthcare successfully performed a complex renal re-transplant on a 12-year-old child from Lucknow, born with a rare vascular condition—classified as a V4 venous anomaly—that involved the absence of major abdominal veins and vein networks from birth.
1 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
CLASS 12 BOARD EXAM RESULTS: TAMIL NADU RECORDS 95.03 PASS PERCENTAGE
The pass percentage this year has surpassed last year's 94.56% by a small margin
1 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
LANXESS RECOGNIZED FOR LEADERSHIP IN CLIMATE AND WATER PROTECTION BY CDP
Chennai: The climate protection initiative CDP has honored LANXESS for its outstanding commitment to the fight against climate change. In its current assessment, CDP has given the specialty chemicals company the top grade of “A” in the “Climate” category. This puts LANXESS in the top 2 percent of the more than 24,700 companies evaluated by CDP.
1 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
FROM MILLETS TO MISTRUST, A HARVEST GONE SOUR
For over 40 years, the Deccan Development Society helped transform lives in Telangana’s Zaheerabad mandal, turning fallow lands fertile and empowering Dalit women through sanghams, savings and seeds.
8 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
INDIA'S CIVIL DEFENCE EXERCISES
Along with Operation Sindoor, India is conducting civil defence exercises from May 7.
6 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
CLIMATE CHANGE IS DISRUPTING THE HUMAN GUT IN A NEW PATH TO ILLNESS
Climate-induced changes in the yield and nutritional quality of various foods could tip the balance of gut microbiota towards strains associated with malnutrition
5 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH AND CORE IDENTITY QUESTIONS
Pakistan's invocation of the two-nation theory must lead it to craft an honest self-examination 'Gen. Munir's speech needs to be understood not merely as a reaffirmation of a discredited ideology, but as an act of forgetting- a deliberate ment of South Asian history's inconvenient lessons'
4 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
MEENAKSHI HOSPITAL, THANJAVUR PERFORMS DELTA REGION'S FIRST SCOLIOSIS SURGERY WITH RETT SYNDROME
In a significant medical achievement for the delta region of Tamil Nadu, Meenakshi Hospital, Thanjavur, has successfully performed scoliosis surgery on a 12-year-old girl with Rett syndrome.
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May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
ALERT SOUNDED IN SENSITIVE AREAS, KARNATAKA FOLLOWING CENTRAL GUIDELINES, SAYS CM SIDDARAMAIAH
The Karnataka CM said that all guidelines issued by the Centre were being complied with and security has been beefed up at vital installations like dams, as part of the enhanced security protocols.
1 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE ROAD TO REGULATORY REFORM
The prevailing attitude of regulators towards business remains one of distrust. This bureaucratic attitude needs to be transformed into one of trust
3 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
XIAOMI INDIA LAUNCHES XIAOMI QLED FX PRO AND 4K FX SERIES WITH FIRE TV BUILT-IN
Chennai: Xiaomi India, a global technology leader, continues to elevate the home entertainment experience with the launch of the Xiaomi QLED TV FX Pro and Xiaomi 4K TV FX series with Fire TV built-in.
1 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INDIA-U.K. FREE TRADE AGREEMENT?
India and the U.K. have met several times to negotiate modalities of the deal since the initial conversation in January 2022.
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