Chief ministerM K Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to releasewage liabilityof Rs 1,178.12 crore under theMGNREGStoTamil Nadu.
MGNREGS, one of the largest social security programmes, provides a maximum of 100 days of guaranteed EMPLOYMENT in a fiscal to every rural household. Hence, funds towards wage payment may be released immediately, particularly considering the festival season, the CM said, urging Modi to act on his request favourably.
TheTamil Nadu school Education departmenthas called for tenders from private companies to make an assessment of the impact of the volunteer-baseddoor-to-door education programmein the state, namedIllam Thedi Kalvi(ITK). The study will be conducted from October 2022 to April 2023.
The programme was implemented in the state during the Covid-19 pandemic to bridge the Learning gap.
TheITK schemehas more than 2 lakh volunteers in two lakh centres across 92,000 habitations in the state.
These education volunteers teach the students from Classes 1 to VIII for one and a half hours after school in , English, Science, Maths and Social Science subjects.
TheNational Achievement Survey 2021will be taken as the baseline data for the assessment of the project.
Nearly three-fourths of the textile and apparel firms are confident about doubling their businesses in the next five years considering the positive trend prevailing in the export market in the post-Covid business Environment, revealed a survey conducted by the Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF).
As many as 257 companies across the state participated in the survey, which was conducted to understand the Growth aspirations of the textile and apparel sector. About 76% of the firms were confident of doubling the current business in three to five years with the new cycle. This shows a positive change in the business environment of Tamil Nadus textile and apparel sector.
Roughly 40 or 16% of the companies surveyed, showed keen interest to explore the IPO option. While the market capitalization of Indian Equity markets crossed Rs 240 lakh crore, the combined market cap of listed companies in the textile and apparel sector is only 2.2 lakh crore. The Capital Market is growing at a rapid pace and the textile sector is also getting a lot of interest and attention from investors with valuations rallying upwards.
e-Source will act as an exchange platform to serve as an online marketplace for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
It will also act as a formal supply chain between several stakeholders, including buyers and sellers.
This initiative is being headed by Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS).
According to IGCS team, problem of E-Waste can be resolved by connecting buyers and sellers of Used and Waste electronic equipment without compromising their interests.
To formalize e-waste handling and management, a novel open-source solution is needed which is data enriched and leveraging the potential of transparency because, e-waste either completely stripped down to get precious metals and other high-value materials or are dumped in landfills, without exploring potential re-use. Such unscientific recycling methods e-waste are harmful for waste handlers as well as Environment.
As per a study, world generates 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste annually. This amount is expected to double in next 16 years. Such waste is pressing issues in India as well. India is the worlds third-largest producer. It generated 38 percent more e-waste in between 2019-2020.
Smitha Sadasivan, member,Disability Rights Alliance, Nadu, said the corporation should involve people with disabilities and disability right groups at the design stage itself. Chennai metro rail did the biggest mistake of not including any disabled right group at the planning stage, she said.
In 2014, the civic body had promised to make pavements disabled-friendly but bollards, lack of tactile markings and lack of proper gradient of the ramps have made them unusable, saidVaishnavi Jayakumar, member, Disability Rights Alliance (DRA). She added that by 2018, public transport should have been made disabled-friendly. We are yet to meet that deadline, she rued.
As per Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, the requirements of disabled people should have been aligned with the building code. So the government doesnt have any excuse, any new Infrastructure should be inclusive, she said. She explained that basic infrastructure such as e-toilets are not accessible for the disabled. Even for parks, they should be planned in such a way that all parks have at least one equipment that is inclusive to ensure disabled persons mingle with everyone and can lead a normal life, she said.
Health minister Ma Subramanian said there are at least 37 lakh people inTamil Naduliving with vitiligo, a skin condition that causes skin to lose its color or pigment. However, despite the high prevalence, stigma against this condition persists in certain areas.
Vitiligo causes the skin to appear lighter compared to the natural skin tone or turn white. The condition occurs when the bodys immune system destroys melanocytes, or skin cells that produce melanin, the chemical that gives skin its color, or pigmentation.
Doctors from theIndian Associationof dermatologists, venereologists, and leperologists say that nearly 1 percent of the Population have the condition.
The Army Training Command (ARTRAC) has announced to establish a 5G Testbed in association with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras.
The 5G test bed for Army Training Command will be established at Military College of Telecommunication at Mhow in Indore.
It will be used for operational use of 5G technology of Army, especially along the borders.
Under the MoU, IIT-Madras would provide consultancy, which will be duly supported by research to study feasibility and prototype development of 5G-enabled future communications.
Aim of the collaboration
ARTRAC and IIT Madras have collaborated with the aim of giving impetus to induction of systems, equipment, and devices using Niche technology. It is also aimed at using AI-based algorithms to enhance capabilities of armed forces. Collaboration will also promote collaborative and cooperative research as well as facilitate exchange of ideas for the development of new technology.
About Army Training Command
The Army Training Command is one among the seven commands of Indian Army. It is based at Shimla and was established in 1991. Its current commander is Lieutenant General SS Mahal.
HISTORY of ARTRAC
ARTRAC was established on October 1, 1991 at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh. It later moved to Shimla on March 31, 1993. The command aims to maximize effectiveness of training.
Nissan Indiahas contributed Rs 6.5 crore towardsCovidrelief in Nadu. The company has contributed Rs 2.2 crore to theTamil NaduState Disaster Relief Fund, Rs 25 lakh to the Tamil Nadu CM Relief Fund and over Rs 4.3 crore to purchase Covid-19 relief equipment, masks, PPE Kits and others.
Over the last few months,NissanIndia has distributed N-95 masks, PPE kits, Oxygen concentrators, portableECGmachines, X-ray machines, pulse oximeters and nasal oxygen machines in Delhi NCR and Chennai.
French glass major Saint-Gobain will invest 6,000 to 8,000 crore for expansion of Indian operations in the next two years, as the global glass and building materials manufacturer is targeting revenue at 36,000 crore from India by CY2032. The company generated an annual revenue of 12,300 crore in CY2022 and aims at 40% YoY Growth.
It comes in the backdrop of India emerging as the third largest profitable market after the US and France for Saint-Gobain, which has operations in 75 countries.
With 60 manufacturing lines in 30 locations spread over nine states fromRajasthantoTamil Nadu, 14% of the turnover from the Indian operations is generated through exports. While 50% of the turnover is from glass related businesses, 30% is contributed by gypsum and construction chemicals and the rest by abrasives, ceramics and life sciences.
Xylophis Deepaki, a tiny snake with iridescent scales that is only 20 cm long, has been added to the list.
It was discovered in a coconut plantation in Kanyakumari for the first time.
It has been sighted in a few locations in the southern part of the Western Ghats and is now considered an endemic species of Nadu.
The species is named after Indian herpetologist Deepak Veerappan, who was instrumental in establishing the Xylophiinae subfamily to accommodate wood snakes.