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Nokia last week suspended operations at a telecoms gear manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu, the company said on Tuesday, after some employees tested positive for COVID-19. Nokia did not disclose how many workers at the plant in Sriperumbudur tested positive, but a source familiar with the matter said they were at least 42. The company said it had already implemented measures such as social distancing and changes to canteen facilities.The factory had begun operations in a restricted manner over the past few weeks, Nokia…

Buying a prized possession as desirable as a car requires years of hard work and patience for many middle-class people in a country like India. Buying a new or even used car has become much easier than before due to several finance and loan facilities by banks and small finance organizations. However, a man from Tamil Nadu opted for a rather unique approach for buying a new car – depositing the entire amount of the car in the form of Rs 10 coins. The said incident is reported from Tamil Nadu, where a man named Vetrivel…

Additionally, tipster Mukul Sharma has revealed that the production of the phone has reportedly already begun at a facility in Tamil Nadu, but the battery will be imported from China.Nothing Phone (1) to be manufactured locallyAccording to the details shared by Nothing VP and GM Manu Sharma with the Economic Times, the Nothing Phone (1) sold in India will be manufactured in Tamil Nadu. Manu states that the Nothing Phone (1) is the “real” start of the brand’s journey, and considering how…

A robot developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to help eliminate manual scavenging in India, is all set for field deployment, the institute said on Thursday.Ten units of the robot named 'HomoSEP' will be first deployed across Tamil Nadu, and later in Gujarat and Maharashtra."The septic tank is a poisonous environment, filled with semi-solid and semi-fluid human faecal material that make up about two-thirds of the tank. Hundreds of deaths are reported every year across India, due to manual scavenging…

Image for representation.(News18 Photo)The proposed 20.565 km elevated expressway connecting the Chennai Port and Maduravoyal would be built at an outlay of Rs 5,855 croreIANS Last Updated:May 20, 2022, 14:00 ISTFOLLOW US ON:The Tamil Nadu government on Monday signed an MoU with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the Chennai Port Trust, and the Indian Navy for building a double-tiered elevated expressway connecting the Chennai Port and Maduravoyal. The MoU was signed in the state Secretariat in the presence…

Satheesh, the owner of the electric bike that is allegedly made by Okinawa (according to a report by the Deccan Herald), was riding from Zuzuvadi to Upkar Layout. He then observed fire coming from under the seat and immediately jumped out of the scooter, which was entirely damaged according to the police. The report mentioned the owner bought the scooter last year.The scooter in question is the i-Praise+ and is manufactured by Okinawa, an electric vehicle manufacturer. The reason behind the fire could be scorching…

Electric two-wheeler manufacturer Okinawa Autotech on Monday said that the fire at its dealership in Tamil Nadu was due to an electric short-circuit in the building.Okinawa, which recalled 3,215 units of its ‘Praise Pro’ scooters on April 16, just before the dealership was engulfed in flames in Tamil Nadu, said in a statement shared with IANS that no EV scooter or battery fire started the incident.“The fire was due to an electric short-circuit in the panel wiring in the building. The dealership has also confirmed the…

With the central government looking at privatisation of airports, the Tamil Nadu government has taken a policy decision that it should have a share in the revenue realised by the former while transferring the airport.According to the policy note presented by the Tamil Nadu Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu to the Assembly on Tuesday, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is actively pursuing the policy of privatisation of airports.“Therefore, a decision has been taken that in the event, the state government acquires…

Two Indian student groups have won the NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge that involved as many as 91 teams, including 58 colleges and 33 high schools. According to the PTI news agency, Decent Children Model Presidency School from Punjab was the winner of the STEM Engagement Award in the High School division. And, a team from Vellore Institute of Technology in Tamil Nadu was declared the winner in the College/University division in the Social Media Award. The…