https://ift.tt/Vcv1QW7 book fair that began in 1977 and survived a devastating fire and floods

In 1976, K.V. Mathew of B.I. Publications formed a body of booksellers and publishers. The next year, he conducted the first edition of the Madras Book Fair through Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI). Ever since, Chennai Book Fair, as it is called, is a much-anticipated event, though the venue has changed over the years

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https://ift.tt/l8QxduF police personnel deployed to ensure peaceful year-end celebrations in Mangaluru

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https://ift.tt/lTRCxEp symposium on ‘pharma accidents’ gets under way in Visakhapatnam

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https://ift.tt/ATRYQP4 clears name of Rajat Verma as DBS Bank India CEO

The RBI approves Rajat Verma as new CEO of DBS Bank India, succeeding Surojit Shome, with extensive banking experience

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https://ift.tt/qZdSYj8 sees decline in road accidents and crimes in 2024, says Police Commissioner

He attributes this to strict enforcement of motor vehicle rules, conducting checks against drunken driving, taking up road engineering activities and bringing back traffic signals

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https://ift.tt/8hW9nUB dance festival comes to a close

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https://ift.tt/K25ENi3. government begins disposal of Union Carbide toxic waste; to be moved to Pithampur soon

Confirming the development to The Hindu, Bhopal gas tragedy relief and rehabilitation department director Swatantra Kumar Singh said the movement of the waste may begin late on Sunday or Monday night, depending on when it is completely packed.

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https://ift.tt/pnF6ICY Mumbai International Airport conducts flight validation test

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https://ift.tt/HoybXil residents pin hopes on new sea wall project

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https://ift.tt/REc2gLx Pumps bags orders for solar pumps

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https://ift.tt/AHpWTgC ‘helpless’ as farmer leader’s condition worsens

State says a ‘forcible evacuation’ of Dallewal, who is weakening by the day from a fast-unto-death, will lead to ‘collateral damage’; SC says one word from the Centre may defuse the situation

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https://ift.tt/OaqplTR bid adieu to ‘Doctor Sahab’

Thousands mourn former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his final journey to the Nigambodh Ghat. People chant slogans praising the leader, demand Bharat Ratna for him

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https://ift.tt/65kJgCq research and development facility to come up in Coimbatore

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https://ift.tt/yflAdTm Indian visionary committed to regional peace: South Asian leaders remember Manmohan Singh

Former Afghan President Karzai recalls Singh’s guidance, former Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe pays respects at former Prime Minister’s home

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https://ift.tt/0phCsoJ Cochin Shipyard bags order for eight tugs from Adani Ports & SEZ

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https://ift.tt/hoMB3mP steps to prevent child marriages, ASR District Collector tells officials

‘The authorities had stopped 25 child marriages during the last two years. But during the same time period, there were 357 cases of pregnancies during teenage and 174 lactating mothers below 18 years of age’

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https://ift.tt/mJwIk5G SP meets family members of two underground cadre of CPI (Maoist)

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https://ift.tt/7VXJC5Y PM Manmohan Singh death reactions LIVE: PM Modi, leaders pay tribute

Dr Singh had retired as member of the Rajya Sabha, representing Rajasthan, in February this year.

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https://ift.tt/rwS2X5g global polio resurgence and the need to reevaluate the basics

Eternal vigilance is the price we pay to inhabit a planet with the range of biodiversity that earth has. Any letup, and it’s quite likely that years of achievement might be threatened. As in the case of polio, which is seeing a resurgence world wide, with environmental samples and human cases throwing up both wild polio virus as well as vaccine derived polio virus.

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https://ift.tt/bSj3x8L military courts sentence another 60 civilians to prison terms ranging from 2 to 10 years

Hundreds of suspects were arrested in the countrywide swoop and at least 103 were handed over to the military authorities for trial due to their involvement in attacks on military installations

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https://ift.tt/XfjSEvU assisted dying be legalised in U.K.? | Explained

What concerns do opponents of the assisted dying Bill in the U.K. raise? What changes does the proposed law seek to introduce? How does India’s legal stance on euthanasia compare to the U.K.’s position?

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https://ift.tt/pD5E3S7 financier duped of ₹ 7.5 lakh in online fraud

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https://ift.tt/MvtczVb launches ‘First Reel’ at Hyderabad Book Fair

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https://ift.tt/AFQDP2C Cements promoter N. Srinivasan steps down as UltraTech completes acquisition

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https://ift.tt/iql2zF5. Vasudevan Nair, doyen of Malayalam literature and cinema, passes away

M.T. had been ailing for some time and the death was declared at 10 p.m. on December 25, 2024

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https://ift.tt/5FjRJOY Madras HC struck down a rule that allowed non-Hindus to enter temples

On January 5, 1970, the DMK government introduced a clause to the Tamil Nadu Temple Entry Authorisation Act. It allowed non-Hindus into temples only when puja was not performed. However, the court said courts and even legislation could not convert temples into archaic objects of visual importance intended for public exhibition

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https://ift.tt/OndXM0g authorities say armed groups have agreed to disband

The meeting "ended in an agreement on the dissolution of all the groups and their integration under the supervision of the ministry of defence", said a statement carried by SANA and the authorities' Telegram account

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https://ift.tt/HidAtSM festival Nera Thinka kicks off at KIRTADS in Kozhikode

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https://ift.tt/d9cNvjm Julius Caesar of South India who defeated the Raja of Ramnad in 1967

Propelled by anti-incumbency and a formidable coalition, the DMK got the better of the Congress in the 1967 Madras Assembly election. It also marked the arrival of a new crop of politicians. Notable among them were R. Srinivasan, who defeated Kamaraj in Virudhunagar, and T. Thangappan, who trounced the Raja of Ramanathapuram

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https://ift.tt/eMNLdbV announces free Wi-Fi roaming service for FTTH customers in Puducherry

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https://ift.tt/qgbDA1x, LDF contesting polls supported by communal forces: Surendran

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https://ift.tt/bBSI1xz year when Bengaluru faced acute water crisis and took many remedial measures

During the crisis months, the board mandated that all big construction projects and industries, wherever possible, have to use treated wastewater and began supplying it in tankers

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https://ift.tt/23bf0Ge from Odisha’s Similipal strays into West Bengal’s Purulia

Efforts underway to drive the animal back to Simlipal, or tranquilise and release it into the wild

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https://ift.tt/tqN3h9a Cabinet meet focusses on expediting rehabilitation for Wayanad landslide survivors

Chief Secretary presents draft rehabilitation plan that reportedly includes proposals from KIIFB for construction of 1,000-sq.-ft., single-storey houses

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https://ift.tt/NaMJjDS forces take control of Kostiantynopolske in eastern Ukraine, Defence Ministry says

The settlement lies 10 km southwest of Kurakhove, which Russian troops have stormed and are threatening to encircle, according to DeepState, a Ukrainian group mapping the fighting

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https://ift.tt/91gG7aC corridor a crucial link with Northeast, SSB presence boosts security: Amit Shah

Sashastra Seema Bal guards 2,450 km of the country’s border with Nepal and Bhutan; Mr. Shah said that as the Home Minister of the country, he is assured that the borders will be protected because SSB jawans are deployed there

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https://ift.tt/9W8mEHG seek early disbursement of compensation for crop loss

The Collector said comprehensive measures would be implemented to mitigate the problem of wild boar menace across the district

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https://ift.tt/KWmLVJC. Ravi arrested over his ‘obscene’ remarks on Laxmi Hebbalkar

Following a complaint by Ms. Hebbalkar’s personal assistant over his alleged remarks, the Belagavi police took him into custoday outside Suvarna Vidhana Soudha premises

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https://ift.tt/gD4bBHn convicted in attempted murder case, sentenced to five years imprisonment in Guntur

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https://ift.tt/sWVaztU Home Minister Amit Shah reviews J&K security

He says in line with government’s ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ against terrorism, the goal of ‘Terror-Free J&K’ will be achieved at the earliest 

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https://ift.tt/T0sm4fO expresses concern at New Year party in Wayanad

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https://ift.tt/h91NqTH Farmers block railway tracks in Punjab, call for Punjab shutdown on Dec. 30

KMM coordinator Sarwan Singh Pandher says protesters blocked railway tracks at around 50 places in Punjab; as protesters squatted on the tracks for three hours, train services were affected in the State

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https://ift.tt/aXx312Q mulls holding NEET-UG exam in online mode

The Centre also said the prices of the National Council of Educational Research and Training’s textbooks for some classes will be reduced from next academic year

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https://ift.tt/dCqkntT interim order, SC directs T.M. Krishna to be not recognised as recipient of M.S. Subbulakshmi award

Apex court commends The Music Academy’s and The Hindu’s contributions

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https://ift.tt/tyKT6k2 starts discussions to exempt Councillors’ Ward Ddevelopment Fund from GST

Councillors have started pushing for this, stating that they are not able to implement several projects thanks to 18% of the fund going towards tax

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https://ift.tt/rXGuBtf tributes paid to ‘Yugapurushudu’ Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

NTR’s immense contributions to Telugu culture, cinema, and politics have etched his name permanently in the annals of history, says Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu at the diamond jubilee celebrations of NTR’s first film ‘Mana Desam’

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https://ift.tt/JhwOolc Thackeray questions PM Modi over safety of Hindus in Bangladesh; BJP hits back

Shiv Sena (UBT) also highlights notice issued by the railways to demolish an 80-year-old temple built by porters outside Mumbai’s Dadar railway station

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https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2z1elz/article68978831.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/AFP_36MR2T4.jpgBeijing’s war against air pollution | Explained

Beijing in 2015 had pollution levels similar to those in Delhi today. However, through coordinated effort over several years, Beijing reduced its pollution by one-third between 2013 and 2017; by learning from Beijing’s approach, Delhi can implement effective strategies to tackle its air pollution problem

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https://ift.tt/T476hBx felicitates scholars on Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s birth anniversary

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https://ift.tt/ox2fp9F escalates at actor Mohan Babu’s residence, media personnel attacked

In videos on social media platforms Mohan Babu can be seen stepping out of his house and then snatching a microphone and throwing it at one of the journalists

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https://ift.tt/JDCNioI leaders condemn Karnataka’s action against Marathi speakers in Belagavi

Devendra Fadnavis criticises Karnataka’s decision to oppose gatherings of Marathi-speaking people, calling it a violation of constitutional rights

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https://ift.tt/ZD8FiUO Congress launches campaign against unemployment, drug abuse

IYC president Uday Bhanu Chib said the BJP had promised two crore jobs every year, but ever since the Modi government came to power, only 0.3% of candidates who applied got government jobs

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https://ift.tt/3LRI9PN cannot replace human intelligence, says TATA Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran

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https://ift.tt/ck7zBGP prediction: Chief Minister tells Collectors to save harvested paddy crop

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https://ift.tt/b2I3OjQ Karnataka issues will be give priority, says Council chairman

Attempts will be made to hold a constructive session he says

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https://ift.tt/epuzDM9 Mortality: Five districts in Karnataka have a high ratio of above 100

Ballari, now in the limelight for a series of five maternal deaths in a short span, has an MMR of 62, which is less than the State average of 64

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https://ift.tt/N0nE1p2 organisations up in arms against BJP MLA Yatnal

The former Union Minister’s recent comment on 12th century social reformer Basavanna sees a backlash with several organisations asking him to tender an apology

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https://ift.tt/V26QSNP and astronomers meet at Raman Research Institute to explore moon as vantage point for studying the Universe

Discussions revolved around a diverse range of topics, including understanding space weather from the moon to exploring cosmology using the moon’s radio quietness

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https://ift.tt/wAmikLt the ‘LTTE link’ card was used to dismiss the DMK regime in 1991

The Centre dismissed M. Karunanidhi’s government on January 30, 1991. The DMK leader blamed President R. Venkataraman for “murdering” democracy and acting as a “handmaid” of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar. But Venkataraman defended the action, saying the LTTE had been “attempting to use Tamil Nadu as a base” for its activities

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https://ift.tt/ANrBEts village plans a ‘re-election’ with ballot paper; police impose curfew

Government official says it can only be a mock exercise as the Election Commission is the authority tasked with conducting polls

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https://ift.tt/MoktT7L HC acquits ex-PM Khaleda Zia’s son in 2004 Hasina attack case

The High Court Bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain acquitted all 49 accused and observed that the trial court’s verdict in the cases was “illegal”

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