Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB Ltd sees firms across the world move to more realistic targets across sectors for transition to cleaner energy technologies amid sentiments changing globally post Donald Trump’s return as US president earlier this year. The company, which is the largest electrical equipment manufacturer in India by market capitalization, sees timelines of transition
The scene at one of the gates of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on June 4. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The State government seems to be working out a strategy to provide a robust defence, both politically and legally, of its stance vis-a-vis the stampede incident, which claimed 11 lives on June 4.
National Guard troops began arriving in Los Angeles on Sunday under orders from President Donald Trump, escalating a showdown with California leaders who say the federal deployment is politically driven and unnecessary. The move follows two days of tense protests sparked by sweeping US immigration raids across the region. Trump directed US Northern Command to
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At a small village in Tiruvallur district that even Google Maps hasn’t captured, a panchayat union primary school is fighting to survive. From one student last year, the enrolment has increased to three this year. Nestled at the end of a gravel road at Vellambakkam are three new buildings. One is for the school, another
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The arrival of Vasco da Gama at Calicut by Roque Gameiro (1900). | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons The rise and fall of empires is akin to a human life wherein birth, decay, and death are all coded in the DNA. The veteran diplomat Ambassador Alan Pascal Nazareth subtly draws out this truth in his book,
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(Bloomberg) — Hedge funds are facing pushback in California as their bets tied to insurance claims stemming from the Los Angeles wildfires are attacked as unethical. The transactions in focus are tied to so-called subrogation claims, which hedge funds, private equity firms and other alternative investment managers have been buying from insurers over the past few
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. | Photo Credit: ANI The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the Punjab government’s plea seeking a recall or modification of its May 6 order which asked it to release water to Haryana. Punjab had sought a recall or modification of the high court’s order pertaining to Union Home
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Studying the vulnerable population It is a hot and humid Friday in Chennai and beyond. A team of researchers from Chennai have headed to the Marakkanam salt pans in Villupuram district. Team members have fanned out to different sections of the salt pans. One researcher is collecting urine sample of workers, another is collecting blood,
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Gender imbalances are not new in numerous professional domains, and medicine is no exception. But two medical specialities long dominated by one gender – men in Orthopaedics and women in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OB-GYN) – in Tamil Nadu are slowly seeing the gender lines blur. The numbers may be small but a handful of doctors
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As of June 6, Kalaignar Centenary Library in Madurai has recorded a footfall of 18,32,648 persons, including 227 international users and 6,548 registered members. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK Kalaignar Centenary Library is expanding its academic and community engagement through a series of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with higher education institutions. Following a recent MoU
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