Author: Karunamay Gidh

CHENNAI: The assembly on Friday witnessed heated exchanges between the AIADMK and the DMK over the pre-poll promises of the party in office, including 1,000 monthly assistance to all women heads of families, incentives to sugarcane and paddy farmers, increase in days of employment under MGNREGA to 150 days and daily wages to 300. Participating in the budget debate, former minister K P Munusamy said the government has announced 195 over and above the Fair and Remunerative Price of 2,821/tonne of sugarcane of the Centre. “The DMK made a poll promise of 4,000. The difference should be paid next year,” the member said.Agriculture and…

In a major boost to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Fuel Cell-based Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system of DRDO’s Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) will soon be fitted onboard INS Kalvari. An agreement was signed between senior officials of NMRL and Naval Group France in Mumbai on January 23, 2023 to extend cooperation to enter into the detailed design phase for integration of indigenous AIP in the Kalvari class submarines. As part of the agreement, Naval Group France will certify the AIP design for integration in the submarines. The AIP has a force multiplier effect on lethality of a diesel electric submarine as…

A top Indian university cut off power and internet supply on campus before a screening by its students’ union of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India has dismissed as propaganda, broadcaster NDTV reported. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the capital New Delhi had threatened disciplinary action if the documentary was screened, saying the move might “disturb peace and harmony” on campus. Modi’s government has ridiculed the documentary, which questioned his leadership during deadly riots in his home state of Gujarat in 2002, as “propaganda”, blocked its airing and also barred sharing of any clips via…