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Southern Mail Newspaper
ACCOR AND INTERGLOBE FORGE A NEW LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP TO REDEFINE HOSPITALITY IN INDIA.
Chennai: In a groundbreaking move set to transform India’s hospitality landscape, Accor, a global hospitality leader, and InterGlobe, India’s foremost travel conglomerate, announced the strengthening of their partnership to create India’s fastest-growing Hospitality Enterprise - offering an unmatched network, a portfolio of brands and distribution across all market segments.
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
HISTORIC VISIT OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT JFS ANKUR JHUNJHUNWALA TO TAMIL NADU
Chennai: JCI India National President JFS Ankur Jhunjhunwala made a historic visit to Tamil Nadu with an official tour from April 8-11, landing at Chennai on April 8 for attending events in the state on April 9 and 10.First, on April 9, he met JCI members (Area D, Zone 16) in Chennai and interacted with them along with stakeholders across various districts, fostering growth and progress within the organization.
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
MANN+HUMMEL CUTS COSTS AND BOOSTS EFFICIENCY WITH ELGI’S COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM - SAVING OVER $160,000 AND 2 MILLION KWH ANNUALLY
Mann+Hummel, one of the global leaders in providing filtration systems, has successfully overhauled its compressed air system in partnership with Pattons Inc., USA, a subsidiary of Elgi Equipments Limited (BSE: 522074 | NSE: EL-GIEQUIP).
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
IN THE AGE OF AGE-TECH: HOW BENGALURU’S ELDERLY ARE GETTING EMPOWERED
With social structures changing and families shrinking, many senior citizens are nagged by questions on how to productively use the silver years without feeling isolated or burdening others. Shilpa Elizabeth looks at age-tech, a new and emerging sector that harnesses technology to seek some answers
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
CASTE CENSUS: LINGAYATS AND VOKKALIGAS MAY ADOPT WAIT-AND-WATCH APPROACH POST CABINET DISCUSSION
Though Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the past had announced that the caste ceusus would be discussed in the Cabinet, it did not materialise allegedly owing to pressure from his Cabinet colleagues from the dominant communities
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
DEFENCE MINISTER APPLAUDS DSSC FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK IN PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TRI-SERVICE LEADERS.
Defence Minister observed that it is a matter of immense pride and privilege for him to be here to address a gathering of vibrant and dynamic young military leaders of the armed forces of India and friendly nations, who stand at a confluence of knowledge, awareness and leadership skills, ready to contribute to the security and development of our great countries. He congratulated each one of you for having successfully completed the course. He said as he gaze through the hall, bound to see the pride of the armed forces of India and other nations, a generation of military leaders that will endure a period of accelerated change, that will be accompanied by unique and disruptive challenges, and He added that he could also see the future strategic military leaders who will have the onerous task of ensuring the National Security of our respective countries. Each one of you sitting here is destined to participate in the national efforts towards building a prosperous future for our people. A great responsibility awaits you he said.
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
KERALITE YOUTHS CAUGHT IN A CYBER SNARE
Seven Keralites were among the 283 Indians who were recently rescued from the custody of cyber fraudsters in Myanmar and brought back to the country. Dinesh Kallungal, M.P. Praveen and Sam Paul A. catch up with the youths on their return to Kerala to unravel the murky world of human trafficking and cybercrime
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SONALIKA ACHIEVES HIGHEST EVER 1,53,764 ANNUAL OVERALL TRACTOR SALES AND 14.8% MARKET SHARE IN FY25
International Tractors Limited, the owners of leading tractor and agri mechanisation brands - Sonalika and Solis - has ended the Financial Year 2025 on an all-time high 1,53,764 overall annual tractor sales and 14.8% overall market share.
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
T.N. MINISTER PONMUDY STRIPPED OF DMK TOP POST AFTER MISOGYNIST REMARKS
DMK deputy general secretary and MP Kanimozhi had condemned certain controversial remarks made by senior party leader and Minister K. Ponmudy in a public forum
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
‘LAND-HOLDING FARMERS DOING NON-FARMING ACTIVITIES IMPROVE LABOUR EFFICIENCY’
Study by National Law School of In-dia University and IIT-Madras researchers finds farmers’ move affects farm operations positively
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April 12, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
FREYR ENERGY PARTNERS WITH SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC TO ACCELERATE INDIA'S CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION
Chennai: Schneider Electric, and Freyr Energy Services Pvt Ltd, a lead-ing rooftop solar company in India, have partnered together to accelerate the adoption of smart, energy-efficient, and sustainable solutions for homeowners across the country.
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April 12, 2025
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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April 11, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ELEPHANTS
A recent case of poaching has sparked concerns about trade in wildlife products
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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