Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) Feb 3 (UNI) The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday apprehended 10 Indian fishermen and seized their mechanised fishing trawler allegedly for straying into the Sri Lankan territorial waters and indulging in illegal fishing activities. Fisheries department officials said here that the fishermen, hailing from Thangachimadam fishing hamlet in Rameswaram, were apprehended by…
Chennai, Feb 1 (UNI) The Atommash plant (Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering division) has shipped a VVER-1000 reactor vessel for delivery for Unit 6 of the Russian-design Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), which was under construction in southern Tamil Nadu, India. The equipment weighing 320 tons is being transported to the construction site. Before its maritime journey,…
Chennai, Feb 1 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have entered into an agreement to collaborate in microgravity research in the upcoming Axion-4 mission, to be piloted by Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla marking country’s India’s first crewed International Space Station (ISS) mission. In an update, ISRO said it…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) Two fishermen from Tamil Nadu were injured when Sri Lankan Navy opened fire while fishing in the high seas early on Tuesday morning and arrested 13 fishermen. Reports received here said the 13fishermen were arrested by the Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters by crossing the International Maritime…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed a batch of writ pleas while directing all the political parties to remove their party flag poles erected in public places. Mr Justice GK Ilanthirayan, while dismissing the pleas with directions, said all parties, communal and religion leaders should remove their…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) The Tamil Nadu government has recognised the Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU) formed after a spate of prolonged protests and month long by 1,500 workers pressing their charter of demands, which was later called off about three months back. The Labour department has approved the registration of SIWU which has the…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) The countdown for tomorrow’s historic GSLV-F15/NVS-02 Mission, marking ISRO’s 100th Launch from the spaceport of Sriharikota, will begin shortly. NVS-02 is Navigation Satellite and second in the series of NavIC constellation. An official announcement from ISRO on the commencement of countdown is awaited as the stage is set for the to…
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Jan 27 (UNI) On the Dharam Sansad being organised under the leadership of Devaki Nanadan Thakur Ji at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj of Uttar Pradesh, Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Monday stated unequivocally that “temples must be under the control of Hindus, and no one else.” Sadhguru emphasised the urgent…
Chennai, Jan 14 (UNI) Dr. V. Narayanan, Distinguished Scientist (Apex Grade), assumed charge as Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, Space Commission and Chairman, ISRO. He assumed charge yesterday afternoon from outgoing Chief S.Somanath at the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru. In a release, the Space Agency said, prior to this, Dr Narayanan served as the Director,…
Chennai, Jan 14 (UNI) The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu police has warned the public to be aware of phishing URLs using Cyrillic characters. A release from Cyber Crime Headquarters here said, fraudsters often exploit subtle differences in website URLs to deceive users into falling for phishing attacks. A new method involves the…
