HC frowns upon top govt. officials for resisting steps taken by its retired judge to fill up Pachaiyappa’s college faculty vacancies

The Madras High Court has decided to examine whether top officials of the State government had committed criminal contempt of court by resisting the step taken by its retired judge V. Parthiban, who had been appointed as an Interim Administrator of Pachaiyappa’s Trust, to fill up 132 faculty vacancies in six colleges run by the…

Udhayanidhi launches logo, website for Startup Summit

Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Saturday launched the logo and website for “Tamil Nadu Global Startup Summit 2025” to be organised by StartupTN at Coimbatore. T.M. Anbarasan, Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Atul Anand, Additional Chief Secretary, MSME Department, and Sivarajah Ramanathan, Mission Director and Chief Executive Officer of StartupTN, were present…

HUL, Nestle India, Britannia, Godrej Consumer Products, Marico, Dabur, Emami, Jyothy Labs et al: What’s weighing on the FMCG sector and is demand recovery in sight?

While globally, FMCG/ consumer non-discretionary sectors are viewed as defensive plays, in India, for over a decade, they also served as aggressive growth bets. Why not, when GDP was growing consistently in mid- to high-single digits pulling up millions of people out of poverty and pushing them into the consumption class! On top of this,…

The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling kicks off in Bengaluru, gets massive response

The 23rd edition of The Hindu Education Plus-Career Counselling-2025 commenced on Saturday at NMKRV College, Mangala Mantapa auditorium, Bengaluru, and received a massive response from students and parents. Around 40 higher education institutions, including private medical and engineering colleges, banks, and around 1,200 students and parents participated in the event. It facilitated the students and…

Remote block along LoC in J&K connected by all-weather roads for the first time

Khwas, a remote block situated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district along the Line of Control (LoC) has not experienced any terrorism-related incidents in the past year, according to a presentation made by Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Sharma. | Photo Credit: X@WorksDepartment Khwas, a remote block situated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district along the Line…

Russia says it has fully retaken Kursk, but Ukraine says fighting continues | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine dismisses report of Kursk loss as a ‘propaganda ‘trick’. Russia said its forces have completely recaptured the embattled Kursk region, eight months after Ukraine’s military stormed into the Russian territory in a surprise counteroffensive, but Ukrainian officials quickly rejected the claim. Russia’s military Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov made the declaration during a video…