Ushering in change is not easy, especially when it is something that most people tend to ignore. But activist Arun Krishnamurthy has managed to garner quite a buzz with his NGO- Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI). News Today meets up with the former Google employee, who is also a recipient of the prestigious Rolex Award for Enterprise. Continue Reading
Southern Railways will be running special EMU trains on 23 and 31 March between Chennai Beach to Velacheri section for the benefit of IPL fans. Continue Reading
Rajesh, a traffic head constable is under going treatment for several injuries on his face after he was assaulted by a traffic violator near Central Station. Continue Reading
Chennai: Heard about the 73rd Amendment of the constitution? It is the grama sabha, now got it? Well, it turns out that there is another one similar to that in the name of 74th Amendment. Much like the 73rd Amendment… Continue Reading
The first day of the nominations for the Lok Sabha and assembly bypolls in the State started on a sombre note as only six candidates filed their nominations yesterday. Continue Reading
In India, for every 800 children, one child is born with Down Syndrome (DS) and the average rounds up to 30,000 such babies every year. Tomorrow, 24 March, being observed as World Down Syndrome Day, News Today takes a look at the condition, treatment facilities available in Tamilnadu and governmental intervention. Continue Reading
China says it has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists in the traditionally Islamic region of Xinjiang since 2014 and broken up hundreds of ‘terrorist gangs.’ The figures were included in a government report on the situation in the restive northwestern territory that seeks to respond to growing criticism over the internment of an estimated 1 million members of the Uighur Continue Reading
Sri Lanka Army is ready for any kind of investigation to defend its soldiers against allegations of grave human rights abuses at the end of the island nation’s decades-long civil war against the LTTE. Sri Lanka Army along with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was accused of war crimes during the final phase of the military conflict that ended in 2009 with the killing of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran Continue Reading
Australian counter-terrorism police on Monday searched two homes linked to the family members of the gunman accused of killing 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch to obtain material that may assist New Zealand Police in their investigation into the terror attack. Continue Reading
Ethiopian minister says black box in good shape Addis Ababa, Mar 18 (AP) Ethiopia’s transport minister says the black box from the plane crash one week ago is in good condition. Dagmawit Moges told reporters on Sunday evening that data so far shows there is a ‘clear similarity’ between the Ethiopian Airlines crash and an earlier one in Indonesia that involved the same type of plane. Continue Reading