TAMILNADU

TN CM Autobiography Published By Rahul Gandhi

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The life story of DMK president and Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has been launched by Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader.

Highlights

The autobiography is titled “Ungalil Oruvan” (One Among You).

The autobiography was released by Tejashwi Yadav, the Opposition Leader in the Bihar Assembly, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah.

Duraimurugan, the state Resources“>Water Resources Minister and a senior DMK politician received the first copy of the book.

MK Stalin

MK Stalin is the eighth and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Stalin has been the president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party since 28 August 2018.

He was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 2009 to 2011 and the 37th Mayor of Chennai from 1996 to 2002. He is the son of former CM and Politician M. Karunanidhi.

He was rated 30th on The Indian Express’s list of India’s Most Powerful People in 2019.

He was the campaign manager for the Secular Progressive Alliance in the 2021 Assembly Elections. They gained 159 seats out of 234 seats, giving the DMK a majority of 132 seats.

In May 2021, he was sworn in as the

KS Sethumadhavan Passed Away

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KS Sethumadhavan, a legendary Malayalam filmmaker, has died at the age of 90.

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K. S. Sethumadhavan passed away on 24 December at the age of 90.

K. S. Sethumadhavan was born on May 29, 1927, in Palghat, Madras Presidency, British India, to Subrahmanyam and Lakshmiyamma.

He is the youngest of four siblings, with three sisters and one brother. He grew up in the Nadu towns of Palakkad and North Arcot.

He earned his biology degree from Government Victoria College in Palakkad. He got his start in the film Industry as K. Ramnath’s assistant director.

During his career, he directed over 60 films in five languages, including Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Odayil Ninnu, Anubhavangal Palichakal, Oppol, Aranazhikaneeram, Achanum Bappayum, and other popular films were directed by him.

He has won a total of ten Awards“>National Film Awards and nine Kerala State Awards.

Leucoderma prevalent in 4% of Indian population: Expert

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Leucodermais prevalent in 4% of Indian Population, while in Nadu, around 37 lakh people have leucoderma, district president ofTamil Nadu Science Forum(TNSF), M Rajesh has said.

An awareness campaign on breaking the stigma surrounding leucoderma or vitiligo was held.

The programme was held at the Government Higher Secondary School,Thirupparankundramand CEOA Higher Secondary School, jointly organized by theTamil NaduScience Forum (TNSF), Exnora International, and Leucoderma Awareness Movement – India.

Heritage walks could soon cover Chennais treasures

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The Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) is planning to launch regularheritage walksalong four routes in George Town, Mylapore and on Kamarajar Salai. It plans to rope in private individuals who used to conduct such programmes in pre-Covid times and train archaeology, HISTORY and tourism students to be part of the initiative.

TTDC plans the heritage walks during weekends to facilitate maximum participation. The details would be uploaded on its official portal. The heritage trail in Mylapore will include a food trail. The walk on Kamarajar Salai will cover heritage structures between Vivekanandar House and the University of Madras Chepauk campus.

Let Tamil Nadu have own education system: K Ponmudy

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States should be given more freedom to follow their own Education system, higher education ministerK Ponmudysaid on Friday even as he expressed readiness to adopt good ideas from theNational Education Policy(NEP).

The NEP includes a common exam for Classes 3, 5, and 8 and we are opposing it as it may lead to dropouts,” he said, adding that entrance tests for all undergraduate programmes are also not acceptable.

Highlighting the budget announcements including upgrading polytechnic colleges, using factories as Skill development centres and training institute for advanced technology at Ambattur at a cost of 120 crore, the minister said that it shows how keen the chief minister is on improving the EMPLOYMENT opportunities of students.

Budget will announce details of Rs 1,000 dole for women: Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin

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Chief minister M K Stalin called upon the people in Erode East to vote for the DMK alliance in the byelection, as their vote would be deemed a validation of “https://exam.pscnotes.com/good-Governance“>Good Governance” given by his government. “Your vote for the ‘hand’ (Congress symbol) would mean recognition for our government,” Stalin said campaigning for Congress candidate E V K S Elangovan – the last day of campaigning.

Facing criticism from opposition parties that the DMK has failed to fulfill its election promises, Stalin said the schedule of implementation of the scheme to give 1,000 to Women will be detailed in thebudgetin March second week.

TN introduces new industry-centric polytechnic curriculum

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Sandwich courses in several disciplines to engage in industrial training for six months each in IV and VII semesters will make students job-ready

The Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE), Nadu, in its N series of curriculum revisions, plans to increase the quality of polytechnic education so that the students become employable and get better salaries.

The students will be analysed for the primary skills, knowledge, attitudes, and technical competencies gained after the course.The curriculum design is planned by introducing relevant sandwich courses, current as well as future job roles of the sector, and collating appropriate content, and hands-on Learning experiences,

CM Dashboard Tamil Nadu 360

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In Chennai, the Nadu government unveiled the “CM Dashboard Tamil Nadu 360,” a monitoring system for the Chief Minister (CM).

Highlights

It will allow CM to keep track of all welfare schemes, including their implementation status, fund allocation, and a number of beneficiaries, as well as information on water storage in Dams and rainfall patterns.

This dashboard will provide real-time information on all State Government departments, storage levels of key reservoirs, rainfall patterns.

It also has a price mesh that monitors price stability across 25 foodgrains, vegetables, and fruits, as well as projections on potential price increases, allowing for government intervention.

Aside from that, the first set of dashboards will include information on current EMPLOYMENT trends, civil supplies, and the Chief Minister’s Helpline.

The dashboard also includes the status of CM in Your Constituency petitions, Health-related information, daily Police reports of major crimes in the State with reference to districts that require attention, housing progress for the urban and rural poor, and progress of water supply schemes, particularly tap connections to all households.

TN CM launches forum to foster scientific interest among school students

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Vanavil Mandram (Rainbow forum), a unique initiative to foster scientific interest among school students was launched by NaduChief MinisterM K Stalinhere on Monday. It is aimed at promoting interest among the students of standard 6 to 8 to learnScience Technology Engineering and Mathematics(STEM).

Also, the Chief Minister flagged off 100 mobile science and mathematics laboratories on behalf school Education department to stimulate the scientific temper among students.

They would teach students science experiments and mathematics, on a monthly basis, with proper guidance, and display science tools made by students.
The scheme will be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore to benefit 25 lakh government school students.

Tamil Nadu sex ratio drops to 878 from 954

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The sex ratio at birth inTamil Naduhas dropped to 878 in 2020-21 from 954 in 2016-17, according to theNational Family Health Surveyreleased by theInternational Institute of Population Sciences. State officials contest this figure, which is lower than the country’s Average.

India’s average has risen to 929 from 919.

While public health experts raised concerns about possible increase in sex determination and selective abortions, senior state health officials said the survey drastically underestimates sex ratio as the sample size is relatively small. Scientists from theSchool of Public Health, SRM University, gathered information for the survey from 27,929 households, 25,650 Women and 3,372 men in two phases – from January 6 to March 21, 2020, and from December 21, 2020, to March 31, 2021.

The civil registration system is a unified process of continuous, permanent, compulsory and universal recording of events such as births, deaths and stillbirths.