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Topic: Chennai

Chennai’s Complete Streets Project is 1st step in city’s makeover as 6 busy areas gear up for facelift

Chennai civic body’s plan is to decongest busy shopping hubs, beautify them and make them pedestrian-friendly with safer and wider footpaths and seamless mobility.

Ghilli to Vallavan—Tamil Nadu’s Gen Z watch old movies in theatres. It’s a dance party

Theatres in Chennai engaged with cinema lovers by fulfilling their demands to repeat the songs and even muting the music at times, allowing the crowd to shout out the lyrics.

What changed Madras to Chennai? Pink buses, Periyar, Pa. Ranjith

The exhibition, Madras to Chennai: Appo Ippo (Now and Then), is an ode to the city’s journey. Yellow, blue and terracotta are the predominant colours evoking its autos, beaches, and buildings.

What is ‘Project Nilgiri Tahr, Tamil Nadu’s multi-pronged initiative to save state animal

The 5-year project has gathered pace with conclusion of a survey that aims to find its population, its habitat, and introduce measures so that the ungulate does not go extinct

Meet D Gukesh, who beat Kasparov’s record at 17 to become youngest-ever contender for world chess crown

After becoming youngest player to win Candidates Tournament in Toronto, Chennai-born grandmaster took on China’s Ding Liren for world crown, and won.

Chennai’s Anna Nagar UPSC hub is mini Mukherjee Nagar of South—it’s cheaper, safer for women

From Sivarajavel IAS Academy to Officers IAS Academy, hostels, libraries, eateries and study halls, Anna Nagar has established itself as serious UPSC coaching hub over the last decade.

Focus on North Chennai, flood mitigation & a 7-point ‘grand dream’ in Tamil Nadu Budget 2024-25

In his maiden budget, state finance minister Thangam Thennarasu also announced a housing scheme to make the state 'hut-free' by 2030 & project to reduce water pollution in North Chennai.

Chennai’s Museum of Possibilities turns Universal Design into a show-and-tell

The museum's exhibits centre around the themes of live, work & play. There’s even a cafe—soon to be features on MasterChef Tamil—that provides training to people with disabilities.

Shrinking water bodies, rampant encroachment, ‘colluding depts’ — why Chennai floods year after year

According to one expert, Ennore Pulicat creek in north & Pallikaranai marshland in south are blessing for Chennai but rampant encroachment has continued largely unchecked there.

Chennai learned from 2015 floods but encroachments exposed it to cyclone fury

Despite better management and fewer casualties during the 2023 floods, the DMK government was not able to handle the aftermath of the floods as efficiently.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.