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The Hindu, started in 1878 as a weekly, became a daily in 1889 and from then on has been steadily growing to the current circulation of over 1000,000 copies and a readership of over 3 million. The Hindu's independent editorial stand and its reliable and balanced presentation of the news have over the years, won for it the serious attention and regard of the people who matter in India and abroad.
The Hindu uses modern facilities for news gathering, page composition and printing. It is printed in twelve centres including the Main Edition at Chennai (Madras) where the Corporate Office is based. The printing centres at Coimbatore, Bangalore, Madurai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Vizag, Thiruvanathapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangalore and Tiruchirapalli are connected with high speed data lines for news transmission across the country.
The Hindu is the only newspaper which brings out supplements on all days of the week:
On Mondays: Metro Plus, Business Review, Education Plus,
On Tuesdays: Metro Plus, Education, Book Review, On Wednesdays, Metro Plus, Job Opportunities.
On Thursdays: Metro Plus, Science, Engineering, Technology & Agriculture
On Fridays: Friday Features covering cinema, arts, music and entertainment, Young World, an exclusive children's supplement.
Quest, a supplement by children for children, appears once a month.
On Saturdays: Metro Plus
On Sundays: Weekly Magazine covering social issues, art, literature, gardening, travel, health, cuisine, hobbies etc. Open Page Literary Review , every first Sundary.
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