june 2021

TAMILNADU Flipkart opens its first grocery centre in Coimbatore     Flipkart, the country’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, on Wednesday launched its grocery services here with the opening of its first fulfillment center in the region to meet the growing demand for groceries online. The facility also bolsters Flipkart’s supply chain in the South and would create thousands of direct … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu forest department warns against feeding, teasing animals   Two days after Vazhaithottam residents petitioned forest minister K Ramachandran about illegal feeding of wild elephants in the area, the forest department on Friday warned of strict action against the people doing so. To spread awareness on the same, the forest department has stuck notices at Vazhaithottam area stating that … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu gets ready to emerge as aerospace and defence hub   It’s been close to four years since the Centre announced its plan to establish defence corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with an aim to become ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ in manufacturing and service of aerospace and defence equipment. The plan behind the defence industrial corridors is … Read more

TAMILNADU TN luring Kitex to invest in their state   With the news of Kerala Government officials continually harassing Kitex Garments, a leading supplier of childrenswear to Europe and the US, spreads outside the boundaries of Kerala, Tamil Nadu Government has made a swift move by inviting the firm with a bouquet of benefits. A forty per cent … Read more

TAMILNADU Chennai alone has recorded positive growth in warehousing leasing activity in India in FY 2021: Report   A report by a property consultant has revealed that Chennai was the only city among top eight real estate markets in the country to see a positive warehousing leasing activity during the financial year 2021. Knight Frank India’s … Read more

TAMILNADU New insect species discovered in biodiversity-rich Nilgiris   Researchers from the molecular biodiversity laboratory in the department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology in the Government Arts College in Ooty have discovered a new wingless insect in the Nilgiris.   A research paper on the new species has been published in international journal Biologia published by Springer Nature. “The … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu CM urges Karnataka’s Yediyurappa to drop Mekedatu project     Responding to Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa’s letter urging not to oppose the Mekedatu dam project, Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin reiterated that the project was against the interests of Tamil Nadu’s farmers and requested him not to pursue the project.   The view that Mekedatu … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin opposes changes to Cinematograph Act   Taking forward the debate over federalism, Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Tuesday opposed the Centre’s proposed amendment to the Cinematograph Act, 1952, charging that the amendment sought to restore the revisionary powers of the Union government, which was struck down by the Supreme … Read more