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The Hindu Top Tamil Nadu news developments today

Here is a list of top news from Tamil Nadu to look out for on Friday, June 7, 2024.

The Hindu RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for 8th time in a row

The RBI has been holding the key interest rate (repo) at 6.5% since February 2023

The Hindu ‘Opposition from students, other stake-holders forced government of Karnataka to reject NEP 2020’

Abhaya Diwakar, State vice-president of AIDSO, condemned the BJP-led Union Government for adamantly implementing the NEP 2020 despite stiff resistance and opposition from most of the stakeholders

The Hindu The struggle for clean water in Vijayawada

A recent diarrhoeal outbreak in Vijayawada has claimed six lives (official count stands at one, though) and affected more than 50 people across multiple localities. Despite official assurances and claims of tanks being cleaned periodically, residents remain suspicious, reporting foul odour, discolouration, and worms in municipal water. Concerns also stem from aging infrastructure and lax oversight. This situation has sparked panic, leaving residents struggling for their fundamental right to clean drinking water, reports Nellore Sravani

The Hindu Babies, bargains and bureaucracy: the dark side of child adoption

A clandestine network of illegal child adoption has recently been uncovered in Telangana and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, leaving families shattered. With thousands fervently waiting for a chance to embrace parenthood, a dearth of children available for legal adoption has led many to resort to illicit means. While police scramble to untangle the network’s complexities with an intensive probe and several arrests, the fate of those already ensnared by the baby business hangs in the balance, writes Lavpreet Kaur

The Hindu Rupee rises 6 paise to 83.47 against U.S. dollar in early trade

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.46 and then slipped to 83.47 against the greenback, registering a gain of 6 paise from its previous close

The Hindu Rahul Gandhi to appear in Bengaluru court today in defamation case filed by BJP

On June 1, the BJP Karnataka unit sought the issuance of a non-bailable warrant against Rahul Gandhi for non-appearance

The Hindu Cow economics | Review of ‘Choice’ by Neel Mukherjee

The ‘darkly comic and sharply intelligent’ novel about the financial luxury of choice feels like a performance at times

The Hindu Sisterhood in Ghana | Review of Peace Adzo Medie’s ‘Nightbloom’, shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024

With twin narratives, author Peace Adzo Medie chronicles the life and journeys of two cousins

The Hindu Top Kerala news Developments on June 7, 2024

Key news developments in Kerala on June 7, Friday

The Hindu Kangana Ranaut slap: CISF constable says her mother was at farmer’s protest

The BJP Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut was allegedly slapped by the CISF constable when she was on her way to Delhi to attend a meeting of the NDA

The Hindu Century of the refugee | Review of Appadurai Muttulingam’s Where God Began, translated by Kavitha Muralidharan

Like the pilgrims in ‘The Canterbury Tales’, the author gives us half-told tales and anecdotes from the lives of immigrants

The Hindu Review of Gulu Ezekiel’s Salim Durani — The Prince of Indian Cricket: Lord of flair

A biography, long overdue, sheds light on Salim Durani, one of India’s most colourful and talented players

The Hindu The nature of politics has become a politics of scarcity: economist Karthik Muralidharan

For India to realise its full potential, author of Accelerating India’s Development: A State-led Roadmap for Effective Governance Karthik Muralidharan pushes for investment in good institutions which can restrain politicians