July 2021

TAMILNADU Less than 20% of Tamil Nadu govt schools have internet   Only one in five government schools in Tamil Nadu has internet facility. Of the 37,579 government schools in the state, only 6,746 schools (17.9%) have internet facility, said the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report for 2019-20 released last week. The report comes at a time … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu: Erode based college bags Rs one crore grant Erode-based Kongu Engineering College has bagged the Union government’s grant worth Rs 1 crore to conduct research on waste management technologies. The college has proposed to convert plastic wastes into fuel and char through hydrothermal liquefaction process. It had submitted the proposal, titled ‘Design and Development of … Read more

KERALA Panel to recommend industrial law reforms, says Kerala industries minister P Rajeeve The government has appointed a three-member committee to submit recommendations for the reforms of redundant rules and regulations in industrial laws, said state industries minister P Rajeeve. Addressing mediapersons on the sidelines of an interaction with industrialists, Rajeeve said the committee has … Read more

TAMILNADU 75,000 people get benefits under Ungal Thokuthiyil Muthalamaichar scheme in TN Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Friday handed over orders and various benefits to 13 beneficiaries of government welfare schemes, who submitted petitions under ‘Ungal Thokuthiyil Muthalamaichar’ scheme. They were among the 75,818 people who benefited through the scheme (CM in your constituency) … Read more

TAMILNADU New insect species discovered in biodiversity-rich Nilgiris Researchers from the molecular biodiversity laboratory in the department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology in the Government Arts College in Ooty have discovered a new wingless insect in the Nilgiris. A research paper on the new species has been published in international journal Biologia published by Springer Nature. “The 1mm-long flightless … Read more

TAMILNADU Export of Madurai Malli Tamil Nadu exports GI certified Madurai Malli and other flowers to the United States and Dubai. Highlights: ♦ The Madurai Malli, also known as Jasmine, is an important part of Tamil Nadu’s culture and economy. ♦ The sacred flower has a connection to Madurai that dates back to 300 BCE. … Read more

TAMILNADU SAMVEDAN 2021 – IIT Madras and Sony India to Host   IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation and Sony India Software Centre Pvt Ltd have joined hands to organise a national-level hackathon named ‘SAMVEDAN 2021 – Sensing Solutions for Bharat’. With this hackathon, the basis ambitions to encourage citizens to use IoT Sensor Board in … Read more