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Of nearly 1,600 doctors who succumbed to COVID in India, 92 were from Karnataka
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Manvendra Singh’s wife killed in road mishap
The family was travelling from New Delhi to Jaipur.
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Caught in a web: Victims of cybercrime reflect on trauma and hard-won lessons in the wake of losses
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Translation is a challenge, as more works are made into Tamil with a boom in publishing
Regular book fairs and Chennai International Book Fair have paved the way for translation of over 750 titles into Tamil and Tamil works into other languages. A paucity of good translators, difficulty in capturing the tone of the author since many have to depend on the English translation of the original works, and a limited market stand in the way
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The story of a peacemaker and an award for efforts to promote amity
The Karunanidhi government instituted the Kottai Ameer Communal Harmony Award in 2000 in honour of V.M. Ameer, who had stood firmly against religious polarisation but fell victim to Islamic fundamentalism. He was born at Kottaimedu in Coimbatore and strove for harmony lifelong, especially after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992
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Pet parent alleges ‘horrible’ experience on Akasa Air flight; airline clarifies
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When the Cooum turned radioactive
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Keeladi excavations | Madras High Court directs Centre, State to file counter affidavits
The petitions, filed in 2016 and 2017, had sought a direction to the authorities to continue archaeological excavations and not to close the site; one of the petitions had sought a ‘site museum’
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CPI(M) reiterates its support to INDIA, but slams Congress in Kerala
The party accuses the Congress of keeping silent on the centre’s ‘assault on the rights of Kerala’ which it says, helps the BJP in its manoeuvres against the State government
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Keregodu incident is part of communal agenda of BJP and Sangh Parivar for political gain ahead of LS polls, says CM Siddaramaiah
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Chennai’s rapid urbanisation
Here’s a look at the level of increase in urbanisation
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Following objection, police replace green flag with tricolour at Shivajinagar
The Shivajinagar police held a meeting with the local dargah committee and residents and replaced the green flag with the tricolour, to avoid controversy
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Madras High Court judge orders restrictions on non-Hindus in temples
If a non-Hindu seeks to visit a particular deity in a temple, the authorities shall obtain an undertaking from the individual that he/she has faith in the deity, and would follow the customs and practices of Hinduism and of the temple, says Justice S. Srimathy
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Man killed, one injured in gunfight in Manipur
After the eruption of the gun battle, several women and children from Kadangband and neighbouring Koutruk village fled to safer areas, a police officer said.
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Centre starts survey to assess women participation in workforce
The survey is being taken to assess the spread of women employee-friendly practices in the country like creche facilities for children and equal pay for equal work
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20 lakh flowers from Republic Day event at Lalbagh to be repurposed into incense sticks, colour extracts
While the flowers from the show are usually composted and used as manure, the Horticulture Department has decided to repurpose them this year
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