The New Indian Express Chennai - January 12, 2025

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January 12, 2025

NTA Exams May Go UPSC Way For Better Security

Would involve DM, SP to make the process of conducting entrance tests fully secure

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Maha shift as Uddhav Sena to go solo in civic body poll

IN a seismic shift that threatens to upend Maharashtra's political landscape, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) announced its decision to contest the upcoming local body elections on its own.

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Building bridges through cricket

IN terms of support, the Melbourne Cricket Ground almost looks like any other ground in India.

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AIADMK skips Erode bypoll, says no scope for fair election

THE AIADMK has decided to boycott the by-election to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency scheduled for February 5, alleging that the bypoll will not be held in a \"free and fair\" manner.

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Bridge to help village

HAVING LIVED IN ETHIOPIA AND WORKED AS A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROFESSOR AT WOLLEGA UNIVERSITY SINCE 2009, KANNAN BECAME A SAVIOUR FOR RURAL ETHIOPIA

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Lone Samaritan who heeds calls of crisis

Jessila Angelina dreams of building orphanages and old-age homes for the poor | EXPRESS

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OFERR Gives Refuge to Lankans in TN Shores

Like the tides that brought them to Tamil shores, the lives of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees have been a relentless battle against currents of despair and hardship.

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Special officers appointed to quicken local body poll work

DENYING the allegation of the opposition parties that the DMK government has appointed special officers (SOs) to rural local bodies in 28 districts to delay the election, Rural Development Minister I Periyasamy on Saturday told the Assembly that the ruling party is always ready to face election and that the special officers have been appointed to complete the delimitation and re-organisation of the local bodies, in accordance with the directions issued by the Madras High Court.

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CM right over delay in filing FIR in Pollachi case: Speaker

GUV NOT ABLE TO DIGEST TN'S GROWTH: STALIN

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Crime on Women: CPM Seeks Rethink on Death Penalty

The Assembly on Saturday adopted two bills which award stringent punishments, including death sentence, for offences committed against women and children.

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Will AIADMK contest at least in 2026 polls, Velu asks EPS

DMK leader and PWD Minister EV Velu strongly attacked AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for allegedly \"disrespecting women\" by demeaning the welfare schemes being implemented for women by the present DMK government.

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Committee to be formed to study Unified Pension Scheme, says minister

FINANCE Minister Thangam Thennarasu said the government would constitute a committee to study the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) announced by the Government of India (GoI).

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STALIN NAMES VC CHANDRAKUMAAR AS DMK'S ERODE EAST BYPOLL CANDIDATE

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Saturday announced VC Chandrakumaar as the DMK's candidate for the Erode East by-election scheduled for February 5.

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CM Right Over Delay In Filing FIR In Pollachi Case: Speaker

A day after the Assembly witnessed a heated debate between CM MK Stalin and Edappadi K Palaniswami on the Pollachi sexual assault case that happened in 2019 when EPS was CM, Speaker M Appavu informed the House that Stalin's accusations that there was a delay in filing of FIR was found to be accurate.

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Udhayanidhi Opens World Tamil Diaspora Day Expo

DEPUTY Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurated the World Tamil Diaspora Day 2025 exhibition, celebrating Tamil heritage and culture, at the Chennai Trade Centre on Saturday.

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Giving up seat leaves Cong men vexed

THE Congress giving up Erode East Assembly seat to the DMK has not gone down well with the local functionaries and cadre of the grand old party, as they consider the seat as a sentimental one. The development has also shattered their hopes of retaining the constituency in the 2026 Assembly election.

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GCC conducts mass cleaning at flyovers, subways

THE Greater Chennai Corporation carried out a mass cleaning operation on Saturday across 71 flyovers and subways in the city.

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Police Recover ₹12.31 Crore in Cyber Crime Cases in 2024

GREATER Chennai Police (GCP) booked 325 cases of cyber crime especially relating to new modus operandi of digital arrest, fake trading app and others where crores of rupees were scammed from citizens in 2024, an official release on Saturday said.

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MoU to promote design thinking

School of Design Thinking (SoDT), an organisation for promoting design thinking as a mindset for problem-solving and innovation, signed a MoU with ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) to embed design thinking into the academic institutions' ecosystem.

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Edu Institutes Told to Leverage Technology to Improve Security

IN the aftermath of the Anna University sexual assault, the higher education department has directed universities and colleges to use technology solutions like panic buttons, real-time tracking, and a management system to monitor and screen visitors on the campus, to ensure the safety of students and faculty, as part of the 'Safe Campus' initiative.

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9 Olive Ridley carcasses wash ashore, probe sought

NINE Olive Ridley turtles washed ashore on a single evening on Saturday at Injambakkam.

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Long-term housing plan for fishers across TN delayed due to red tape

Housing facilities deliberately put on hold by govt to push mega projects, says RTI activist

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Security in Place for Kaanum Pongal

GREATER Chennai Police on Saturday announced elaborate security arrangements for Kaanum Pongal on January 16 when thousands of people come to the beaches.

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Crackdown on institutes facilitating fake NRI certs

An investigation by the Greater Chennai police's special wing into a scam where fraudulent NRI certificates are used for hoodwinking medical admission process has led cops to a big network of counselling centres, a release said.

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Street-wise waste collection to be part of 'Smoke-free Bhogi'

APART from setting up waste collection centres this Bhogi, the Directorate of Town Panchayats is set to take up street-wise waste collection drive to ensure that household items like plastic and tyres are not burnt.

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Sexual abuse of Kerala girl: 14 held under Pocso

A total of 14 people have been arrested, in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a Dalit minor girl by over 60 people in Chenneerkara, Pathanamthitta.

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SpaDex sats 230 metres apart, health normal: Isro

THE Indian Space Research Organisation on Saturday corrected the drift anomaly between the two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites by closing the distance between them to 230 metres.

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BJP Undecided About Fighting Erode Bypoll

The opposition party is afraid that it may not even retain its deposit if it contested in the bypoll, Bharathi said.

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TN: Never told centre to drop Madurai-Thoothukudi rly line

Min Sivasankar refutes union rly min's claims, says state wanted the project

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FIVE PROBLEMS TO RESOLVE IN BUDGET 2025

NOTHING crystallises public attention like a data point.

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PLANNING OUR LIVES BEYOND WORK

Stepping into the new calendar year means surfing through a barrage of forwarded new year greetings.

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Why Is Delhi Important For Modi?

LEGEND says the modern city of Delhi is built on seven older ones.

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Shah Bats For NDPS Courts In States For Speedy Trials

Dark web, cryptocurrency emerging challenges in fight against drugs

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India joins UN expert panel on Big Data monitoring SDGs

INDIA has joined the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics, a key body focused on leveraging big data to monitor and report on the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Former CM's son, ex-AAP minister on BJP second list of 29 for Delhi polls

THE BJP on Saturday released its second list of 29 candidates for the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls.

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Bonding over food: PM's day-out with 3K youths at Bharat Mandapam

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is set to engage with 3,000 dynamic young leaders from across the country during the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders' Dialogue 2025, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Sunday.

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The Boy Who Dreamt Of Stars

In the tranquil village of Mela Kattuvilai, nestled in the heart of Kanniyakumari district, the rustling coconut leaves once bore witness to the dreams of a boy who dared to reach for the stars.

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A serious mind behind an exuberant persona

BIM BISSELL, who died last Thursday, was an institution in Delhi. It seemed as if the whole town knew this warm and exuberant person who, despite poor health towards the end, was all over the place.

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508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad railway corridor to have 100% green buildings

ALL railway stations along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor, which spans 508 kilometres and includes 12 railway stations, will have 100% green building attributes, according to Railway Ministry officials.

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Truth can't be hidden for long: Yogi in Ayodhya

SAYING that truth could not be hidden for long, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was the testimony to this notion.

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23 injured as Kannauj railway station building collapses, rescue ops on

AT least 23 people were injured when an under-construction building at the Kannauj Railway Station collapsed on Saturday afternoon, trapping around two dozen workers under the rubble, officials said.

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After hospital death, Bengal firm blacklisted

WEST Bengal's Health Department has blacklisted West Bengal Pharmaceuticals, the company responsible for a batch of spurious saline that resulted in a woman's death at Midnapore medical College and Hospital.

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4 Bodies Found, 5 Still Trapped in Assam Coal Mine

THE bodies of three miners, who were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district, were recovered by the personnel of Army, Navy and National Disaster Response Force during a joint operation on Saturday.

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Punishment': 100 girl students forced to take off shirts inside school

IN a shocking incident, more than 100 girl students from Class 10 at Carmel school in Dhanbad were subjected to humiliation when they were forced to remove their shirts as punishment for celebrating Pen Day on Thursday.

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Crash course on individual rights at Maha Kumbh

MAHA Kumbh bids to blend spirituality with a message of justice, transparency, and individual rights. To do this, a Judges' Colony and cottages for Lokayuktas, Information Commissioners, and members of Bar Council are being set up.

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EVMs in, ballot papers out in C'garh U-turn

THE Chhattisgarh BJP government is now preparing to hold the urban bodies polls with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

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Huge rush to Ajmer dargah, locals step in as all hotel rooms booked

AMID the controversy over the claims that the Ajmer Dargah is built over a Hindu temple, a record number of pilgrims attended the 813th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

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Dallewal health worsens amid chorus for meeting

Doctors say farmer leader's vitals fluctuating, ketone levels high

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Rebels wreak havoc for BJP, Cong in U'khand

IN Uttarakhand, the long-awaited local body elections are set to take place on January 23, a year later than initially planned.

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I Would Have Beaten Trump, Says Biden

OUTGOING US President Joe Biden on Friday said that he would have defeated Donald Trump in the November general elections, but he decided to withdraw from the race mid-way for the sake of the unity of the Democratic Party.

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No Bar on Pvt Foreign Deals for Don's Firm

THE Trump family business released a voluntary ethics agreement Friday that allows it to strike deals with private foreign companies, a move that could help outside actors try to buy influence with the new administration.

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Black boxes of South Korean jet failed to record last 4 minutes

THE black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said on Saturday, possibly complicating investigations into the cause of the disaster that killed 179 people.

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8 Killed in Israeli Strike on School

GAZA's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter on Saturday killed eight people, including two children, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants.

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LA families in shock as they return to charred homes

Scores of people head home even as threat of new fires lingers

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Grappling With Donald Trump's New Imperialism

As the world awaits with trepidation for Donald Trump's second presidency, allies and foes alike are aghast at his threat to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere.

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No plan to put more curbs on derivatives: Sebi

MARKETS regulator Sebi is not planning more curbs on trading activity in the derivatives segment, but is working on improving the system, including risk management and ease of doing business, a senior Sebi official said on Saturday.

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India's Economy Likely to Be Weaker in 2025 Despite Global Growth: IMF MD

The Indian economy is expected to be \"a little weaker\" in 2025 despite steady global growth, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said.

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WORK-LIFE BALANCE: THE DEBATE CONTINUES

As per law, in most states working hour limit is set at 48-hour week

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Sebi watchful of 'pump & dump' trades in index heavyweights

MARKET regulator Sebi is \"watchful\" of instances of market players trying to manipulate one segment to profit in another, specifically when a few stocks have high weighting in the index, a senior official said on Saturday.

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AIG Hospitals to invest ₹800 cr in cancer therapy

HYDERABAD-based AIG Hospitals will invest ₹800 crore for installing a Proton Therapy System for treatment of cancer.

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India Connect, It's Official Too

With growing popularity of cricket among Indians, officials like Rao are getting prominence as administrators

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Shami back in India T20I fold

NEARLY 14 months after he last played an international game, veteran Mohammed Shami on Saturday returned to the Indian team for the five-match T20I series against visiting England.

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Certificates from WFI not valid for recruitment: Rlys

SINCE December 24, 2023 when the sports ministry suspended newly-elected executive council of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), certificates issued by the federation have not been considered for recruitment purposes by the Indian Railways, one of the biggest employers of the athletes in the country.

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SA20: Super Giants pip Capitals by two runs

DURBAN’S Super Giants claimed a dramatic two-run victory over Pretoria Capitals in their high-scoring SA20, despite fireworks from Will Jacks (64) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (89).

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Ticket sales for Ind vs Eng T20I from Sunday

THE second T20I match between India and England is scheduled to take place on January 25 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, here.

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History awaits women's hockey in Ranchi

SALIMA Tete is back in Ranchi.

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Malaysia Open: Tough day at office for Sat-Chi

OVER the years, doubles specialists, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, have flourished to become a difficult proposition for their rivals at the BWF circuit.

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Parental Guidance

The supporting role world chess champion D Gukesh's father played in his career highlights the role of parents dedicating their all to their child's success as a sportsperson

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Britain's Rape Jihad

Maverick billionaire Elon Musk takes on British PM Sir Keir Starmer over mass rape by Grooming Gangs led by Pakistan-legacy criminals. Woke is under attack

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All that Remains is Pure Cinema

Yahi Sach Hai was the short story by Mannu Bhandari on which director Basu Chatterji based his new film.

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The Us that Refuses to Acknowledge Them

A computer engineer recently wrote an online post about the discrimination that graduates from Tier 2 colleges face from IIT alumni at the workplace.

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Stepping Up for the Punjab

Dancer Divya Goswami's performance focusing on an eternal love story of the region is a testament to her authenticity and the relevance of Kathak as a means of storytelling

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River Sutra of Hidden Hierarchies

English philosopher Herbert Spencer's theory of evolution, popularised by Charles Darwin, argues survival of the fittest, thereby leading to a natural process of selection and extinction.

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The Constancy of God's Love

In a world where everything is in constant flux, we find peace and assurance in the unchanging, eternal love for the divine

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The Tale of an Unsung Queen

The author relies on a plethora of Urdu texts to provide a holistic view of the creation of a city

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Female Gaze that Empowers

Writer-director Shuchi Talati on her critically-acclaimed debut feature Girls Will Be Girls that navigates the relationship between a mother and daughter

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