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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.
2 min |
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.
6 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
POLICYBAZAAR LAUNCHES NRI-FOCUSED INSURANCE SOLUTIONS
Chennai: Policybazaar, one of India's largest online insurance platforms, has launched through its insurance partners a comprehensive suite of initiatives tailored to the needs of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and their families residing in India.
1 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
STROKES OF JUSTICE: ON 'OPERATION SINDOOR' AND AFTER
India carried out precision military strikes across nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir early on Wednesday (May 7, 2025).
2 min |
May 09, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
HERITAGE AS CLIMATE STRATEGY: HOW INDIA'S
Breathing new life into old or historic buildings can help rejuvenate derelict neighbourhoods
4 min |
May 04, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SIGNIFY AND SELCO FOUNDATION COLLABORATE TO SOLARIZE 10 24X7 PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES IN KARNATAKA
Chennai: Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has successfully solarized 10 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in Karnataka under its flagship CSR initiative, 'Swasthya Kiran', in collaboration with SELCO Foundation.
1 min |
May 04, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
KARNATAKA GEARS UP TO PUT PRESSURE ON CENTRE TO ISSUE NOTIFICATION ON KRISHNA WATER DISPUTE TRIBUNAL-II AWARD
As the crucial meeting of irrigation Ministers of the four States that make up the Krishna river basin comprising Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana has been scheduled for May 7 in New Delhi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah chaired a high-level meeting on Saturday to finalise the State’s stand on the matter and urge the Centre to issue a gazette notification on the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II award to ensure protection of the State’ share of water.
1 min |
May 05, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
FIRE AND SMOKE: ON FIRE-SAFETY NORMS AND BUILDINGS IN INDIA
Fourteen people, two of them children, were killed and 13 injured in a hotel fire in the Mechua market area of Burrabazar in central Kolkata on Tuesday (April 29, 2025).
1 min |
May 04, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
THE CHATTER IN MOSCOW'S RED SQUARE
Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's overtures to Moscow, people there still feel that the American administration cannot be trusted. Kallol Bhattacherjee finds that even as global geopolitics is changing, and there are uncertainties in their lives, Moscovites continue to believe that the war with Ukraine is a war against NATO expansionism, and that Ukraine's eastern Russian-speaking territory is rightfully theirs
9 min |
May 04, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
SUSTAINING HAPPINESS
In our pursuit of happiness, we often chase grand achievements — career success, financial security, or material comforts — allowing the outside world to define us.
4 min |
May 05, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
IAF CHIEF MEETS PM MODI
Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi met the Prime Minister on Saturday Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh on Sunday (May 4, 2025) met Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the backdrop of increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack.
3 min |
May 05, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
LACQUERED MEMORIES OF TIMELESS TOYS
Etikoppaka toys were poetry, no rigid lines, no boundaries, just a seamless blend of hues
2 min |
May 05, 2025
Southern Mail Newspaper
NOT JUST HEAT, APRIL SHOWERS ALSO REDUCED ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN KARNATAKA
The electricity demand this summer season was expected to go beyond 18,500 MW-19,000 MW, but in April, peak demand was 17,330 MW
1 min |