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Southern Mail Newspaper
DROP THE PIECEMEAL WAYS TO SOCIAL SECURITY FOR WORKERS
As India strives to make its workforce ‘future ready’, robust social protection systems that can withstand workforce and sectoral changes need to be in place
2 min |
April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
EMPLOYMENT LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME: RAHUL GANDHI SLAMS PM MODI; SAYS ‘ANOTHER JUMLA’
Rahul Gandhi said jobs can't be created by focussing only on large corporates, promoting cronies over fair-play businesses, prioritising assembly over production, and disregarding India's indigenous skills
1 min |
April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE OLD CITY CHANGETH, YIELDING PLACE TO NEW
Srinagar’s horizontal skyline is changing to vertical, with new land laws and fresh aspirations. With many in the city alarmed that this will change the nature of the city from historic and craft-driven to chaotic, several residents are enjoying the benefits of condominium-living, finds Peerzada Ashi
8 min |
April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
HOW THE POLICE VIEW CUSTODIAL TORTURE IN INDIA
The data reveals an acceptance of coercive tactics ranging from verbal abuse and threats to slapping and third-degree methods even for minor offences
3 min |
April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
Aakash EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED LAUNCHES AAKASH INVICTUS – THE ULTIMATE GAME-CHANGER JEE PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR ASPIRING ENGINEERS
Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), the national leader in test preparatory services, proudly announces the launch of Aakash Invictus, a groundbreaking and first-of-its-kind Advanced program for JEE preparation designed for the best and brightest engineering aspirants.
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April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
'DISCOVER TRAVEL ACADEMY’ INDIA'S FIRST ACADEMY FOR TRAVEL ENTREPRENEURS CELEBRATES ITS INAUGURAL CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Chenni: Discover Travel Academy (DTA), a Chennai based travel educational institution, also India's first academy for Travel entrepreneurs, committed to developing the next generation of travel professionals and entrepreneurs, witnessed the graduation of their inaugural batch of \"Become a Travel Entrepreneur\" mentorship program.
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April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
NOT WAIVING LOANS OF WAYANAD LANDSLIDES VICTIMS A BETRAYAL: PRIYANKA GANDHI
'Wayanad landslide victims have lost everything — homes, land, livelihoods. Yet, the government refuses to offer even a loan waiver. Instead, they get mere loan rescheduling and restructuring. This is not a relief. This is a betrayal,' she said in a Facebook post
1 min |
April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
T.N. LIKELY TO MOVE SC AGAINST CENTRE'S STAND ON ITS ANTI-NEET BILL
A meeting of representatives of legislature parties, chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday, unanimously adopted a resolution that the Tamil Nadu government continue its legal struggle to get the State exempted from the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical courses.
2 min |
April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
ACTIVIST PETITIONS GOVERNOR FOR PROSECUTION OF SIDDARAMAIAH FOR MINING LEASE ‘VIOLATION”; CM DENIES CHARGE
In what might bring fresh trouble to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a petition has been submitted to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot seeking sanction for prosecution for a decision taken in his earlier tenure to provide “deemed extension” for C category mines to eight mining companies in alleged violation of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 2015.
2 min |
April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ELEPHANTS
A recent case of poaching has sparked concerns about trade in wildlife products
3 min |
April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
WILL THE NEW GARBAGE TAX GIVE A PUSH TO WET WASTE COMPOSTING?
Right now, at the ward-level, barring a few bio-methanisation plants and lane composters, decentralised composting is insignificant compared to the huge amount of waste generated
5 min |
April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE RISE OF SEXUAL WELLNESS IN INDIA—AND TAMIL NADU'S GROWING ROLE
Chennai: Did you know that India’s sexual wellness industry is not only thriving, but rapidly expanding? States like Tamil Nadu have been emerging as unexpected growth hubs. Once considered taboo, the conversation around pleasure, intimacy, and wellness is now finding resonance in everyday households, including those in Chennai, Coimbatore, and even towns like Kanchipuram and Tiruchirapalli.So what exactly is sexual wellness—and why is this the moment to take it seriously?Sexual Health vs. Sexual Wellness: Understanding the Difference
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April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SENTHILBALAJI'S BROTHER ASHOK KUMAR APPEARS BEFORE PRINCIPAL SESSIONS COURT
Ashok Kumar and 12 others appeared before the court after it issued summonses. The court directed them to file sureties of *2 lakh each before April 20 and adjourned the case for further hearing to April 25
1 min |
April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
CLASS VIII GIRL ON MENSTRUATION MADE TO SIT OUTSIDE CLASSROOM FOR EXAM IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL NEAR COIMBATORE
The school correspondent has issued a suspension order to the school principal under Section 17 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
2 min |
April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
A REGIONAL REVIVAL: ON THE BIMSTEC SUMMIT
Last week’s Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit — the sixth — which brought the leaders of seven neighbouring countries to Bangkok at a time of global turbulence, was an opportunity to reignite the regional grouping after years of stasis.
2 min |
April 10, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
READING OVID AND HIS IDEAS OF EMPIRE FROM THE SUBCONTINENT
To first-year undergraduate students, Ovid was the primer to literature’s paradox. Writing, they learnt, did not merely uphold authority; it exposed its fragility. Writers, we realised, were not necessarily heroes. And for this reason, reading was never just reading. It was a relentless force
4 min |
April 10, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
T.N. CM STALIN, GOVERNOR R.N. RAVI, AND POLITICAL LEADERS PAY TRIBUTE TO KUMARI ANANTHAN
Earlier in the day, Mr. Stalin, in a state-ment, had expressed grief over the demise of Ananthan. \"Mr. Kumari Ananthan sur-rendered himself to the Congress. His demise is a big loss to the Tamil communi-ty,\" he had said
2 min |
April 10, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE MAGIC OF A MIRROR: HOW IS IT ABLE TO SHOW YOUR REFLECTION?
Materials that behave differently on the surface and inside, such as a metal outside and an insulator inside, are called topological materials. Such materials were discovered in the second half of the 20th century and some of its discoverers won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2016
4 min |
April 10, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SMOKING OUT QUACKS ON WORLD HEALTH DAY
On the quack who performed cardiac surgeries in M.P. resulting in seven deaths; recommendations for policies on World Health Day; Trump's cuts, layoffs and tariffs, and more
5 min |
April 10, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE BREAST CANCER CRISIS IN INDIA AND THE NEED FOR AI INTEGRATION IN EARLY DETECTION
A holistic approach—strengthening grassroots healthcare, raising awareness, and integrating AI screening—can be transformative in reducing India’s breast cancer burden, enhancing the overall quality of cancer care and saving countless lives.
4 min |
April 10, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA - A DECADE OF TRANSFORMATION
On April 8, 2015, Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), a flagship scheme aimed at providing financial support to micro-entrepreneurs and small business-es across India. Under the Micro Units Development and Refinancing Agency (MUDRA), this initiative was designed to \"fund the unfunded\" by offering col-lateral-free loans to non-corporate, non-farm micro and small enterprises.
4 min |
April 10, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
3RD INDIA ITME AWARDS 2025: CALL TO APPLY FOR TEXTILES INDUSTRY TO WIN THE AWARD
Chennai: India ITME Society - A colossal pillar in establishing the Indian Textile and Textile Engineering industry into the international market and bringing in technological excellence from across the globe to the Indian and Asian markets is thrilled to announce the opening of the 3rd edition of India ITME Awards.
1 min |
April 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
"POLITICS IS A LIFE SCIENCE" - SEEMAN EMPHASIZES AT THE STATE-LEVEL 'SOL TAMIZHA SOL' DEBATE COMPETITION!
Chennai: The culmination of the 'Sol Tamizha Sol' program, organized by the Tamil Perayam, was successfully hosted at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology's Kattankulathur campus. This final competition marked the decisive stage of the elocution event. The 'Sol Tamizha Sol' program fostered a platform to recognize eloquence of university and college students for the past three months across Tamil Nadu in all districts. The districts were divided into 9 zones, and more than 2000 students participated in the competition and spoke on various topics. A grand finale was held among the 8 students who participated in this program and advanced to the final round.
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April 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
WHAT WILL THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP BE LIKE IN 2028?
While telemedicine may take centre stage in the near futute, recommending cutting-edge, technologically-advanced treatment alone, in a teleconsult, is insufficient: a patient's goals and requirements also need to be factored in
3 min |
April 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
INCONCLUSIVE CHAPTER: ON TAMIL NADU AND NEET
Tamil Nadu should prepare its students for clearing NEET
1 min |
April 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION: CAN BETTER DESIGN IN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE HELP COMBAT THIS GROWING PROBLEM?
Indoor air pollution in India is a serious concern, with outdoor pollutants entering poorly insulated buildings and, activities in the buildings and the materials of the buildings themselves, all posing potential hazards
6 min |
April 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
COIMBATORE DOCTORS AT VGM HOSPITAL SUCCESSFULLY REMOVE INDIA’S LARGEST AND WORLD’S THIRD LARGEST BOWEL POLYP WITHOUT MAJOR SURGERY
Coimbatore: VGM Hospital proudly announces a groundbreaking achievement in gastrointestinal endoscopy: the successful endoscopic remov-al of an 8 cm polyp from the transverse colon of a 29-year-old female patient.
2 min |
April 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
KARNATAKA 2ND PUC RESULTS 2025 ANNOUNCED, PASS PERCENTAGE SEES A DIP COMPARED TO LAST YEAR
Officials used Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled CCTV cameras in the examination hall and webcasting of the entire process to check malpractices
2 min |
April 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
PAWAN KALYAN'S SON INJURED IN FIRE ACCIDENT IN SINGAPORE
Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan cancels Vizag schedule, but goes to a tribal hamlet before leaving for Singapore to meet his son, who was injured in a fire accident.
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April 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
TN GOVERNMENT VS GOVERNOR: SC INVOKES POWERS TO DECLARE 10 PENDING BILLS EFFECTIVELY APPROVED
Top court holds Governor’s action of sending 10 Bills to President as ‘erroneous in law’.
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