Top stories from the southern region at 1800 HRS.
MDS1 SATELLITE-COUNTDOWN
Chennai: The 28-hour countdown for the launch of Cartosat-2 series satellite along with 30 co-passenger satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh begins at 5.29 am
MDS4 TN-PREZ-AIADMK LD OPS
Chennai: AIADMK's rival Puratchi Thalaivi Amma faction led by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam announces its support for NDA's Presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind, voicing confidence that he will perform as a "good administrator."
MDS5 KL-UBER-DRIVER
Thiruvananthapuram: Cab aggregator Uber today says the company has removed from service the driver, who had allegedly misbehaved with a woman IT professional at Technopark here.
BOM6 BIZ-IT-NASSCOM
Hyderabad: Indian IT export is projected to grow by 7-8 per cent in 2017-18, industry body Nasscom says in its guidance today.
MES2 TN-LANKA-FISHERMEN
Rameswaram: Sri Lankan navy arrests four fishermen for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters.
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