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TAMILNADU Number of road accident deaths in TN on the wane For the first time since 2011, Tamil Nadu has seen a reduction in the number of road accidents and deaths. The Council was told that there was a reduction of 5,869 road accidents and 1,061 deaths during the 2017 calendar year. According … Read more
Disaster Management History shows that India is exposed to national disasters. Cyclones, floods, earthquakes, droughts and floods are major threats. About 60 percent of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities, over 40 million hectares is prone to floods and 68 percent of the area is susceptible to drought. This not only results … Read more
TAMILNADU Tiruporur will host State’s first defence expo in April After a long wait, Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Thursday that the much-awaited Defence Expo 2018 (Defexpo) will be held in the Tiruporur taluk in Kancheepuram district, the outskirts of Chennai, between April 11 and 14. This would be the first time … Read more
TAMILNADU · After a gap of six years, Tamil Nadu government hikes bus fares ð Weighed down by spiralling fuel prices, fleet operating cost and other expenses including salary to its employees, the Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced an upward revision in bus fares, after a gap of six years. The revised fare … Read more
Tamil Nadu lies in the southern-most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It also shares a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka. Tamil Nadu covers an area of 130,058 square kilometers and has a … Read more
TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu’s 40,000 crore plan to replace thermal units Tangedco is set to replace all old thermal units in the state with new super critical units at an estimated 40,000 crore. The new thermal units, which will have a combined capacity of 5,700MW, will come up in the next five years. Several state-owned thermal … Read more
National women’s commission It is said that the best way to know about society, a civilization and a culture, try to know as much possible about the women. In India, women have come a long way from the rare women scholars and sages of the Vedic age to the women in different sectors of society … Read more
Reasonable restrictions on fundamental rights and right to property Fundamental Rights are the basic rights of the people and the charter of rights contained in Part III of Constitution of India. It guarantees civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace and harmony as citizens of India. These include individual rights … Read more
TAMILNADU Centre’s health scheme to cover 78 lakh T.N. families Approximately 78 lakh families in Tamil Nadu are likely to be covered under the proposed National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) of the Ayushman Bharat programme, being implemented by the Union government. They are now being covered under the State government’s Chief Minister’s Comprehensive … Read more
Tamil Nadu Tax and Economic Reforms:- Tamil Nadu is among the few states in India to have recognised the importance of manufacturing early on.This is reflected in the higher share that the state enjoys in the overall national mix both in terms of number of factories and the total share of people employed … Read more