Tamil Nadu

Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed here today a $169 million loan as the First Tranche of a $500 million multi-tranche financing to develop climate-resilient water supply, sewerage, and drainage infrastructure in at least 10 cities in the State of Tamil Nadu. The

Nearly 100 city corporation schools will soon be equipped with gardens that grow vegetables for their mid-day meal scheme. A self-help group which acquired expertise in terrace gardening under the National Urban Livelihood Mission will train the corporation teachers and students. "Members of the SHG

Eleven-year-old Nathania John K from Tamil Nadu today became India’s first FIFA ball girl when she led Brazil on to the field in their game against Costa Rica at Arena St Petersburg. That is, Nathania, who hails from the Nilgiris and is a footballer herself, became the first Indian girl to be an

Convicts undergoing life imprisonment at the Puzhal Central Prison here are giving a fresh lease of life to demonetised currency, converting the shredded notes into customised stationery. A senior official said the stationery is being used in state government departments and their agencies. Everyday

Things change when you become an ISO-certified household, as the Suranas will tell you. Actually, it's only the Suranas who can tell you because they are, in all likelihood, the only household in the country with an ISO 9000 certification. In this ISO-certified home in Chennai, grandpa is designated

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari has said that the Centre has approved projects of value of more than one lakh crore rupees for Tamil Nadu. These projects will cover the Highways, Shipping and Port and

This is the story of Dr T Veeraraghavan, popularly known as the 'Two Rupee Doctor' who has been quietly serving the underprivileged in North Chennai for more than four decades. The real life hero, 67-year-old Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan, completed his MBBS in Stanley Medical College. Since 1973, he

When surgeons were removing a tumour from the most sensitive part of a 10-year-old girl's brain in a Chennai hospital last Wednesday, she was playing her favourite game on her uncle's cellphone. By staying awake, talking and moving her limbs, the girl gave her doctors the confidence that they were

This is a special on Teachers Day. This is the story of a teacher in Tamil Nadu, Annapurna Mohan, a Class 3 English teacher at a school in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram town. She has given her classroom a very modern look with an interactive smart board, English books, comfortable furniture. This school

This is the story of one Ranganayaki of Tamilnadu who was forced into farming after her husband's death. She is 65 now. Her husband died when she was 45 and she had to take care of three children. It was Ranganayaki’s efforts around a decade ago that brought water to over 1,400 acres of land

Rifath Sharook is just 18 years, a student of Class 12 has built a satellite which the scientists say is the lightest satellite made till date. Rifath built the satellite as part of a contest organised by the US space agency.The satellite, named Kalam SAT – after former India President Dr APJ Abdul

If one has a will wonders can be created in no time. Here is a story of how in a matter of just few months Tirunelveli municipality in Tamil Nadu was able to segregate all its generated waste at source across households and establishments. Tirunelveli, which has around 1.6 lakh households, took up