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In Tamil Nadu, a calling card to strike at cancer

Villupuram Cancer Education and Screening Centre provides timely diagnosis and treatment for cancer patients in Tamil Nadu.

The Hindu · Mar 16, 2024

Cyclone Michaung | Air Force, Navy step in for relief and rescue operations

Navy personnel help evacuate 150 people from inundated areas in Madipakkam and Kolathur, Chennai. Army personnel assist in Saidapet and two Air Force helicopters drop relief material in Adyar and near Chennai Harbour. More sorties to distribute relief supplies in other affected areas planned in liaison with Tamil Nadu govt.

The Hindu · Dec 6, 2023

Eviction in the middle of academic year affecting children’s education, says NGO’s report

education struggles of 200 families evicted from Adyar banks: Report. Eviction of 200 families from Adyar banks adversely affects schoolgoing children's education. Two children denied admission in 3 schools near resettlement site. 27,000 families live in TNUHDB tenements in Perumbakkam. Madras HC orders access to education in govt/private schools for…

The Hindu · Oct 27, 2023

Director of Cancer Institute, Adyar, G. Selvaluxmy, no more

Selvaluxmy Ganesharajah, 62, director of the Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, died in Chennai on the morning of Monday, June 26, 2023.

The Hindu · Jun 26, 2023

Chennai’s stormwater drains: a subterranean magic bullet?

While the Greater Chennai Corporation has embarked on an ambitious project of constructing new stormwater drains across the city in a seemingly impossible timeline for flood mitigation, residents express hope that the inconvenience caused at the execution stage will be worth the outcome

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2022

Wall art as NFTs? Chennai now has public art that is up for sale digitally

Chennai’s Adyar now has a digital wall featuring public art that is up for sale. Check out the new murals on Durgabai Deshmukh Road in real life or as NFTs 

The Hindu · Apr 13, 2022

Deputy Mayor orders removal of garbage

Deputy Mayor M. Mahesh Kumar on Wednesday asked officials to carry out an intense clean-up drive to remove garbage that had accumulated near the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board tenements in Venkatapuram in Adyar zone.

The Hindu · Mar 9, 2022

Now, a blood test to detect breast cancer early

CHENNAI: Breast cancer may soon be detected in the early stages using a blood test, results of a clinical trial by the Cancer Institute in Adyar have shown. If a larger clinical trial confirms these findings, these blood tests may not just replace mammograms and physical examination, but will also…

The Times of India · Feb 10, 2022