Overhead tanks in concrete houses of the city are a breeding ground for malarial mosquitoes, but people living in such houses are less vulnerable to the disease, a study by the National Institute o

CHENNAI: Nearly one-third of the area in the country with sandalwood distribution is in Tamil Nadu with the state covering an area of 3,040sqkm spread across several districts.

Tiruvannamalai: Hundreds of newly constructed individual household latrines (IHHLs) in several remote villages at Jawadhu Hills in Tiruvannamalai district - under the central government's flagship

CHENNAI: Travelling across thick layers of ice at a glacial pace and drilling a hole through a large ice shelf formed over an unexplored region of Antarctica, Indian scientists are inching closer t

CHENNAI: Earrings made of peepal leaves, a terrarium that nestles in a light bulb, a table fashioned from a tyre - visitors are bound to stop by Jagadish C's stall at Craft Bazaar 2018.

CHENNAI: It was not just dengue cases that went up in Tamil Nadu during the 2017 epidemic.

Cuddalore: Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL) has secured a loan of Rs 11,067 crore from a consortium led by Power finance corporation limited, State Bank of India and Rural electrificatio

CHENNAI: The public health department will, in an attempt to curb the incidence of dengue, soon start tests of adult mosquitoes in Chennai and Hosur, screening the insects for genetic material of t

CHENNAI: In a bid to phase out free power and promote the use of renewable energy, the Tamil Nadu government is pushing for the adoption of solar pumps for agriculture, by offering 90% subsidy to t

Adyar and Cooum are both polluted rivers, but only after they enter Chennai.