Oct 2019

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu: 700-acre industrial park near Chennai gets off ground after 10 years   Nearly 10 years after it was first conceived, the state government is set to start work on setting up an industrial park on 700 acres of land at Manallur village near Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur district. State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamilnadu Ltd … Read more

TAMILNADU Soon, factories in TN may have to recruit workers only through licensed agents   Soon factories in Tamil Nadu may have to recruit labourers brought only by licensed or registered “HR agents” and maintain a registry of every interstate migrant labourer they employ.   Though these rules already exist in the Interstate Migrant Workmen … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu CM orders release of water from Mullaperiyar dam   Tamil Nadu chief minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami has ordered release of water from the Mullaperiyar dam on October 18 for the benefit of single crops cultivated in areas irrigated by the extension channels of Thanthai Periyar and PTR channels in Cumbum valley region. … Read more

TAMILNADU IIT Madras and EMRE partners for biofuel research   TheIndian Institute of Technology-Madras (IITM)signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) for research on energy and biofuels. It is a five-year joint research agreement.   The research will focus on biofuels, data analytics, transport, gas, and conversion. It also intends to find low-emission solutions. … Read more

TAMILNADU Biometric attendance in tribal schools to help Tamil Nadu check errant staff, dropouts   Attendance registers are no longer in use in many of the government tribal residential schools across Tamil Nadu. To bring in accountability, the department of tribal Wewfare in the state has introduced portable biometric devices in 175 government tribal residential … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu may get six new medical colleges by 2020   The technical committee of the Medical Council of India has cleared the decks for six new government medical colleges in the state. If empowered committee of council gives the final nod, the state will be able to add at least 900 MBBS seats … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu: Non-registration of rental deals no bar to move tribunal   Though the recently introduced new Tenancy Act in Tamil Nadu mandates compulsory registration of all rental agreements, the Madras high court has clarified that not registering the agreements would not be bar for the rent courts to entertain applications for termination of … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu governor launches 7th Economic Census   Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday launched the 7th Economic Census in Tamil Nadu. The governor launched it at a function in Chennai.   The Economic Census provides information on various operational and structural economic aspects of all establishments in the country. It also provides valuable insights … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu is rental capital of India: Realty firm report   Tamil Nadu is the rental capital of India, according to a report put out by realty consultant Knight Frank and Khaitan and Co.. With 16.5% of the overall urban rental housing stock in the country, TN is far ahead of its closest competitor, Andhra Pradesh, … Read more

TAMILNADU IIT Madras students developed Eye in the Sky for disaster management service   A team of engineering students from Centre For Innovation (CFI)Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have developedEye in the Sky, an Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Computer vision-based technology. It is used for disaster management and aid services. The technology utilizes drones with swarm intelligence … Read more