Chennai Metro JV to build ₹567-crore multimodal complex and redevelop Kuralagam at Broadway

Chennai Metro Asset Management Limited, a joint venture between Chennai Metro Rail Limited and TIDCO, has signed a ₹567-crore contract with Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd for the development of a Multimodal Facility Complex and the redevelopment of the Kuralagam Building at Broadway. Chennai Metro Asset Management Limited (CMAML), a joint venture of Chennai…

Chennai Airport introduces thunder booms to prevent bird strikes, improve safety

 The thunder booms are intended to scare away birds, reducing the risk of bird strikes, particularly during aircraft take-off and landing—phases most vulnerable to such incidents. AAI Chennai Airport has inducted 30 hand-held thunder booms—bird-scaring equipment—and 2 battery-operated tipping carts to enhance airside safety and operational efficiency. The hand-held thunder booms will help disperse birds…

Search continues in Portugal’s Praia da Luz

Phil Mackie BBC correspondent Reporting fromAlgarve, Portugal ‘The clock is ticking’: Madeleine McCann search continues Searches for Madeleine McCann have resumed in Portugal, 18 years after she disappeared from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz in the Algarve. Portuguese and German authorities are expected to continue to focus the search on disused buildings and…

ZF Group opens ₹192 cr Coimbatore plant for rail, construction segments

Highlighting India as a strategic market, ZF said the expansion aligns with its global strategy of staying close to customers while fostering innovation and growth in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Germany’s ZF Group, an automotive supplier and technology company, expanded its presence in India with a manufacturing plant in Coimbatore catering to the…

Freedom Flotilla issues distress signal after drone circles overhead | Gaza

NewsFeed There was confusion and panic on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on Tuesday night after a drone was spotted circling overhead, prompting the crew to issue a distress signal while sailing outside Greek territorial waters. The drone was later identified as belonging to the Hellenic Coastguard. The Gaza-bound mission continues undeterred, a month after another…