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Varun Sukumar

📊 Chennai as an analytics and AI hub

Here's how and why Chennai is well-positioned to be an analytics and AI hub.

🏭 Production of bio-CNG

The Corporation will increase the production of bio-CNG from wet garbage.

🌊 Sponge parks to solve flooding

The Corporation will set up 'sponge parks' to help prevent streets from getting inundated.

🕵️ Biometric use by police violates privacy

The Chennai police's use of biometric technology may violate privacy laws, according to activists.

👋 Goodbye to cycle rickshaws?

Once the backbone of the city's transport system, cycle rickshaws are slowly fading away.