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[h=1]GST rate cut on 178 items applicable from 15[SUP]th[/SUP] November from 28% to 18% or even less.[/h][h=1][/h][h=1]GST rates cut: Washing machines to sanitary napkins, what gets cheaper[/h][h=2]The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday cut tax rates on a long list of items ranging from air conditioners and refrigerators to batteries used in mobile phones, delivering a big boost to the consumer economy.[/h]

[FONT=&quot]The move to cut tax rates on items of mass consumption comes ahead of the next round of assembly elections in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh towards the end of the year and national polls in 2019.(Pradeep Gaur/ Mint File Photo)

[/FONT]The GST Council on Saturday cut tax rates on 88 items, including footwear, refrigerator, washing machine and small screen TV, while the widely demanded sanitary napkins have been exempted from the levy.

The highest tax bracket of 28 per cent has been rationalised further with rates on daily-use items like perfumes, cosmetics, toiletries, hair dryers, shavers, mixer grinder, vacuum cleaners, lithium ion batteries, being lowered to 18 per cent. The revised tax rates will come into effect from July 27.

A look at the items that got cheaper.

GST on commodities slashed to 0%:

Sanitary Napkins

Supply of services by old-age homes

GST on commodities slashed from 28% to 18%:

Refrigerators

Water Heaters

Washing Machines, etc

Read more at: https://www.hindustantimes.com/busi...got-cheaper/story-Sj27IL5qJ317kXbuyO2fNK.html

 

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One of the recent development on defence preparedness.

How India’s submarine strength matches up to its neighbours China, Pakistan

In terms of both quantity and technological advancement, China’s submarine fleet drastically outperforms India’s. (File)
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As per a report by Naval Analyses, India has 15 conventional submarines (SSKs), two nuclear-powered submarines (SSBs) with nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles (SSBNs) and one nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) INS Chakra.


When it comes to undersea naval fleet, Indian Navy’s submarine strength is way ahead of its neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh, but pales in comparison to China. As per a report by Naval Analyses, India has 15 conventional submarines (SSKs), two nuclear-powered submarines (SSBs) with nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles (SSBNs) and one nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) INS Chakra.


In terms of both quantity and technological advancement, China’s submarine fleet drastically outperforms India’s. The Dragon has a total of 78 submarines, which include six advanced JIN-class SSBNs armed with missiles with a range of 7,200 km. Besides, China has 14 nuclear-powered submarines and 57 conventional ones.


Read more at: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-navy-submarine-china-pakistan-5270184/

 

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A great relief to students ...No special class ...before and after school working hours.

[h=1]Private schools in TN cannot hold special classes after hours for class X, XI and XII[/h]

The order comes after parents complained that long hours at school affect students physically and mentally
In a relief to students, the Director of Matriculation Schools has directed private schools in the state to avoid holding special classes before and after school hours for students of Classes X, XI, and XII.

According to a Times of India report, the decision was taken after a parent filed a complaint with the Directorate, stating that the long hours affect students physically and mentally.

The communication states that students can benefit from education only if they are physically and mentally sound, the newspaper reports.

Earlier this month, the Director of Matriculation Schools had also asked private schools to avoid conducting special classes for competitive exams such as NEET during school hours.

Speaking to TOI, R Visalakshi, President of the Tamil Nadu Private Schools Association, said that sufficient breaks were provided and that students were not overburdened, insisting that not conducting special classes would affect students at the end of the year.
“If we are not allowed to conduct special classes, we have to get consent letters from willing parents and conduct special classes for those students alone,” she told TOI.

Read more at: https://www.thenewsminute.com/artic...-classes-after-hours-class-x-xi-and-xii-85269

 

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Big dream followed by hard work....

Ragpicker’s son clears AIIMS entrance


Navodaya student secures 707th all-India rank, also cracks NEET

Super success: Asharam Choudhary with his parents outside their shack in Dewas District of M.P./ Photo Credit: Special arrangement.

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A ragpicker’s son from Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district has cleared the AIIMS entrance test held in May end.
Asharam Choudhary, 20, a resident of Vijayganj Mandi, a hamlet located nearly 40 km from the district headquarters, has secured 707th all-India rank and 141st rank in the OBC category. He also cleared the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test and secured 2,763rd all-India rank and 803rd rank in OBC category.

The home of Asharam’s parents, Ranjit and Mamta Choudhary, in Vijayganj Mandi speaks for the life the family of four has been living for the past several years.

Battling adversity

The entrance of the shack is made with hay collected from agricultural fields, and its roof is covered with clay tiles and plastic sheets, which barely keep rainwater from trickling in and are forever at risk of getting blown away by strong winds.


Read more at: https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...son-clears-aiims-entrance/article24464789.ece

 

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சுகாதாரமாக பராமரிப்பதும் முக்கியம்

400 பள்ளிகளில் கழிப்பறையை புதுப்பித்து தருகிறார் சூர்யா

தமிழகம் முழுவதும் 400 அரசு பள்ளிகளில் உள்ள கழிப்பறை களை புதுப்பிக்க நடிகர் சூர்யா திட்டமிட்டுள்ளார்.

நடிகர் சூர்யாவின் பிறந்தநாளை அவரது ரசிகர்கள் நேற்று உற்சாகமாக கொண்டாடினர். பல இடங்களில் நலத்திட்ட உதவிகள், ரத்த தான முகாம்கள் நடத்தப்பட்டன. பிறந்தநாளை முன்னிட்டு, சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்பு ரசிகர்களை சூர்யா சந்தித்தார்.

அப்போது அவர், ‘‘புதுப் புது அனுபவங்களை நிறைய கற்றுக்கொண்டே இருங்கள். செய்யும் வேலையில் நாம்தான் பெஸ்ட்டா இருக்கணும்னு மனசுல ஆழமா நினைங்க. நல்ல பழக்கங்களை கடைபிடிங்க. மற்ற எல்லாத்தையும்விட முதல்ல குடும்பத்துக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுக்கணும். அதுதான் ரொம்ப முக்கியம்’’ என்றார்.

அதேபோல, கல்வி சேவையிலும் தனித்த ஈடுபாடு காட்டி வரும் சூர்யா, ‘‘பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கு படிப்புக்கு இணையாக, சுகாதாரத்தின் முக்கியத்துவத்தையும் புரியவைக்க வேண்டும்’’ என்று பல நிகழ்ச்சிகளில் கூறிவந்தார்.

மேலும் படிக்க: https://tamil.thehindu.com/cinema/tamil-cinema/article24500977.ece

 

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Those at the helm of power know that it is important to desilt water bodies before the 'on set' of monsoon.
If this was done seriously, the report says, that we need not have to waste this much of water, the natural resource
Ultimately there will be only drought
Somewhere someone responsible is sleeping.


கடலில் கலந்தது..!

இதுவரை 321 டி.எம்.சி., நீர் வீண் கடலில் கலந்தது

மேட்டூர் அணையில் இருந்து வெளியேற்றும் உபரி நீரை, பாசனத்திற்கு பயன்படுத்தும் திட்டங்களை கிடப்பில் போட்டதாலும், டெல்டா மாவட்டங்களில் ஏரி, குளங்கள் துார்வாராததாலும், 13 ஆண்டுகளில், 321 டி.எம்.சி., நீர் கடலில் கலந்துள்ளது.

மேட்டூர் அணையின் மொத்த நீர்மட்டம், 120 அடி. கொள்ளளவு, 93.47 டி.எம்.சி., அணையில் இருந்து பாசனத்திற்கு திறக்கும் நீரின் மூலம் டெல்டா மாவட்டங்களில், நான்கு லட்சம் ஏக்கர் குறுவை, 13.10 லட்சம் ஏக்கர் சம்பா நெல் சாகுபடி செய்யப்படும். நடப்பாண்டு ஜூன், 12ல் நீர் திறக்காததால் குறுவை பாதிக்கப்பட்டது. காவிரி நீர்ப்பிடிப்பு பகுதியில் தீவிரம் அடைந்த பருவமழையால், கர்நாடகா அணைகள் நிரம்பி, உபரி நீர் மேட்டூர் அணைக்கு திறக்கப்பட்டது. இதனால், மேட்டூர் அணை நேற்று முன்தினம் முழு கொள்ளளவை எட்டியது. எனினும், கர்நாடகாவில் இருந்து வினாடிக்கு, 75 ஆயிரம் கனஅடி நீர் வந்ததால், அதை தேக்க முடியாமல், உபரியாக காவிரியாற்றில் திறக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. தற்போது டெல்டா பாசனத்திற்கு, 30 ஆயிரம் கனஅடி நீர் திறக்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால், குறுவை சாகுபடிக்கான காலம் முடிந்த நிலையில், அந்த நீரின் பெரும்பகுதி, கடலில் கலக்கும் நிலை உள்ளது. ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் அணை நிரம்பி உபரி நீர் வெளியேற்றப்படும் நிலையில், அந்த நீரின் ஒரு பகுதியை, ஏரி, குளங்களுக்கு திருப்பி, அதை நிரப்பவோ அல்லது வறட்சியான பகுதிகளுக்கு பாசனத்திற்கு திருப்பவோ, இதுவரை எந்த திட்டத்தையும், எந்த அரசும் செயல்படுத்தவில்லை. கடந்த, 13 ஆண்டுகளில் மேட்டூர் அணை, ஆறு முறை நிரம்பி உள்ளது. இதில், 2010 டிசம்பரில் அணை நிரம்பிய நிலையில், நீர்வரத்து சரிந்து விட்டதால், உபரி நீர் திறக்கப்படவில்லை. இதர ஆண்டுகளில் உபரி நீர் திறக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. 2005 - 06ல், 142 டி.எம்.சி., 2006 - 07ல், 6.6 டி.எம்.சி., 2007 - 08ல், 74.5 டி.எம்.சி., 2013 - 14ல், 88 டி.எம்.சி., நடப்பாண்டில் நேற்று வரை, 10 டி.எம்.சி., என, இதுவரை மொத்தம், 321 டி.எம்.சி., நீர் வீணாக கடலில் கலந்துள்ளது.

Read more at: http://www.dinamalar.com/news_detail.asp?id=2068229#

 

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Salute to real Heroes

பரங்கிமலை ரயில் விபத்தில் தீரத்துடன் செயல்பட்ட ரியல் ஹீரோ இளைஞர்கள்: பொதுமக்கள் பாராட்டு

பரங்கிமலை மீட்புப்பணியில் ஈடுபட்ட இளைஞர்கள்
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பரங்கிமலை ரயில் விபத்தில் போலீஸார் மற்றும் ரயில்வே ஊழியர்களே உடல்களைத் தொடத் தயங்கியபோது சக மனிதர்களாய் களத்தில் இறங்கி காயம்பட்டவர்களுக்கு உதவிய ரியல் ஹீரோக்களான மூன்று இளைஞர்களுக்குப் பாராட்டு குவிகிறது.

இளைய தலைமுறையின் வேகம் கட்டுக்கடங்காதது. அதை முறைப்படுத்தினால் ஒழுங்குபடுத்தப்பட்ட சக்தி சமுதாயத்திற்கு
உதவும் விதத்தில் மாறும். இதற்கு வரலாற்றில் பல உதாரணங்கள் உள்ளன. சமீப காலமாக முக்கியமான பேரிடர் நேரங்களில் இளைஞர்களின் உதவும் மனப்பான்மை பாராட்டும் விதமாகவும் நெகிழும் விதமாகவும் உள்ளது.

2015-ம் ஆண்டு சென்னையை விழுங்கிய பெருவெள்ளத்தில் சிக்கிய மக்களைக் காக்கவும், நிவாரணப் பணிகளிலும், பின்னர் உதவும் பணியிலும் இளம் தலைமுறையினர் ஆற்றிய பணி ஈடு இணையில்லாதது. இதைப் பல சந்தர்ப்பங்களில் சென்னை கண்டுள்ளது. சமீபத்திய நிகழ்வு பரங்கிமலை ரயில் விபத்து.

அன்று காலை வழக்கம் போல் பரபரப்புடன் விடிந்தது. நேற்று பரங்கிமலையில் தண்டவாளத்தின் பக்கவாட்டுச் சுவரில் மோதி இரண்டு பயணிகள் உயிரிழந்து விட்டார்களாம் என்று பேசியபடி கடற்கரை ரயில் நிலையத்தில் காத்திருந்தனர். அதில் இருப்பவர்களுக்குத் தெரியாது நாமே செய்தியாகப் போகிறோம் என்று.

மேலும் படிக்க: https://tamil.thehindu.com/tamilnadu/article24513443.ece

 

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Kudos to the Authorities concerned. Well done HM, staff and students. Please keep it up.

[h=1]தேசிய விருதுக்கு தேர்வான அரசு பள்ளி, தரத்தில் தனியாரை மிஞ்சி சாதனை[/h]

வேலுார்: வேலுார் மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள அரசு பள்ளி, கல்வித் தரத்தை உயர்த்தி, தேசிய விருதுக்கு தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.
வேலுார் மாவட்டம், வாலாஜாப்பேட்டை ஒன்றியம், பாலாற்றங்கரையில் அமைந்துள்ள கிராமம் பூண்டி. இங்குள்ள ஊராட்சி ஒன்றிய துவக்க பள்ளி, கல்வி தரத்தில், சத்தமில்லாமல் சாதனை படைத்து, தேசிய விருதுக்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது.

இங்கு, ஆங்கில வழியில் மட்டும் கல்வி கற்பிக்கப்படுகிறது. ஒன்று முதல் ஐந்தாம் வகுப்பு வரை, 121 மாணவர்களும், 121 மாணவியரும், என, 242 பேர் படிக்கின்றனர். வகுப்பறைகள் துாய்மையாக உள்ளன. சுவர்களில் வண்ணமயமான ஓவியங்கள், மாணவர்களின் கைவண்ணத்தில் உருவான பொருட்கள் காட்சிக்கு வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. சுத்தரிக்கப்பட்ட குடிநீர் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.

ஐ.டி., கார்டு, டை, பெல்ட், ஷூ அணிந்து, நாள்தோறும் மாணவர்கள் வருவது கண்கொள்ளாக் காட்சியாக அமைந்திருக்கிறது. அதிக சுமை இல்லாமல் இருப்பதற்காக, வகுப்பறைகளிலேயே கையேடுகள் எழுதுவதற்கு பயிற்சி அளிக்கப்படுகிறது.காலை, 9:15 மணிக்கு, பிரார்த்தனை கூட்டம் நடக்கிறது. இதில், நாட்டு நடப்புகள் குறித்து, மாணவர்களே எடுத்துரைக்கின்றனர். தொடர்ந்து, பொது அறிவு, தமிழ், ஆங்கில நாளிதழ்கள் வாசிப்புமற்றும் ஆங்கிலத்தை சரளமாக பேசும் பயிற்சி அளிக்கப்படுகிறது.


Read more at: http://www.dinamalar.com/news_detail.asp?id=2068911

 

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Morning Brief:

Imran Khan Likely To Be Pakistan’s Next PM; Dip In Foreign Funds For NGOs Amid Crackdown; Parliament Passes Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill

Good morning, dear reader! Here’s your morning news and views brief for today.

Imran Khan Likely To Be Pakistan’s Next Prime Minister

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In an election marked by large scale rigging by the Pakistan Army, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan is leading in the early phase of vote counting. With 30 per cent of the total vote counted, Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party is leading in 113 of 272 National Assembly seats. The party of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), is ahead in 66 seats. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), led by Bilawal Bhutto, the son of assassinated two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has taken led in 39 constituencies.
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Sharif’s PML-N, along with Bhutto’s PPP and other regional outfits, has rejected the result as "blatantly" rigged. The PPP has alleged that the vote-count was being manipulated. There were widespread concerns during the election campaign about manipulation by the army, and it did not disappoint.

Dip In Foreign Funds For NGOs After Government Crackdown

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Karnataka HC rejects Mangaluru college’s petition to admit only Sunni Muslim students

The HC observed that allowing a Muslim minority education institute to admit students only from one sect would result in depriving more meritorious students of the opportunity.

Kanachur Islamic Education Trust had approached the Karnataka High Court last week, with a peculiar demand. The Trust wanted state approval to allot MBBS seats under management quota exclusively to candidates from the Sunni Muslim community in the Kanachur School of Medical Sciences in Mangaluru.

However, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition. A division bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Mohammad Nawaz said that allowing a Muslim minority education institute to admit students from only one sect would result in depriving more meritorious students of the opportunity.

“If this is allowed in other religious and linguistic minority institutions by resorting to smaller groups in the minority quota in every such institution, the entire process of admission would be affected,” the bench said.

The court also pointed out that the Trust’s deed itself says that it was set up to run educational institutes for the advantage for the entire
Muslim community, which is also reflected in the certificate issued to the Kanachur’s medical school in September 2015 by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institution. While the undertaking carries an agreement stating that at least 66% seats will be filled by minority community students, there was no bias towards the Sunni sect in the documentation.


Read more at: https://www.thenewsminute.com/artic...tition-admit-only-sunni-muslim-students-85455

 

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Let change in name, move this State towards progress and development, etc.

West Bengal Assembly Passes Resolution To Change State’s Name To ‘Bangla’

In what is being seen as a bid to go up the alphabetical order, the West Bengal assembly has passed a resolution to change the state’s name to ‘Bangla’ according to a report in Economic Times.

The development comes two years after the assembly had passed a resolution to change its name which was rejected by the Centre as the proposal had three names for the state in three different languages. In August 2016, the assembly had proposed changing the state’s name from West Bengal to Bengal in English, Bangla in Bengali and Bangal in Hindi.

Read more at: https://swarajyamag.com/insta/west-bengal-assembly-passes-resolution-to-change-states-name-to-bangla

 

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Again it depends on the efficient enforcement of such rules with the co-operation of the all public.

How Tamil Nadu is gearing up to bid plastic adieu

Come January 2019 and Tamil Nadu will begin its journey to going plastic-free. The government proposes to ban plastic carrybags, plates, cups, flags and sachets used for packaging water, among other items. Exceptions will be made for disposable plastic used for packaging milk, curd, oil and medical items. With the ban less than six months away, various sectors in the State have begun to come up with solutions. A look at some of the initiatives, by no means exhaustive, that are afoot in the State

In Kancheepuram, the district administration has decided to step in long before January. It has declared that anyone who dispenses one-time use-and-throw plastic products in the district will attract penal action from August 16. It will also actively encourage people and business communities to use bio-degradable products as an alternative to use-and-throw products, through awareness-building measures.

The Salem Corporation has gone a step ahead, enforcing a ban on single-use plastic from August 1 in three bus termini in the city. It has also reportedly directed Central and State government officials, government hospitals and urban primary health centres, and educational institutions functioning in city limits not to use plastic bags and other unnecessary plastic articles from July 1.
According to R. Sadheesh, Corporation Commissioner, the civic body has already conducted a demonstration of bags made of tapioca starch, which disintegrate on their own within 90 days.

Read more at: https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...g-up-to-bid-plastic-adieu/article24485705.ece

 

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How are they going to separate the millions of tonnes of waste...?

[h=1]BBMP plans to install waste-to-energy plant in Mavallipura landfill, but will it work?[/h]

The BBMP has signed a memorandum of understanding with a French company to set up the plant an 8 MW waste-to-energy plant at the cost of Rs 200 crore

From driverless pod-taxis to pig-catching tenders, Bengaluru’s civic body – the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) – is known for its somewhat bizarre schemes. Now, the Palike has come up with another questionable idea: A waste-to-energy plant in the Mavallipura landfill.

The BBMP has signed a memorandum of understanding with a French company to set up the plant an 8 MW waste-to-energy plant at the cost of Rs 200 crore, which is said to generate energy from 1,000 tonnes of waste generated per day. The tender is expected to be floated in August. The Palike is planning to seek a subsidy of 35% from the state government, 25% from the Centre and the remaining money will come from the Mayor Fund.

Although, this sounds like a good plan on paper, experts say that the pattern of waste production in Bengaluru is one of the main reasons why such a waste-to-energy plant would fail terribly.

Speaking to TNM, Ramakanth, the Chairman of the BBMP Solid Waste Management Expert Committee, says that the committee was not even consulted before the plan was proposed and tenders were called for. No public consultation was carried out either, he alleges.
Ramakanth believes that in a city like Bengaluru, where the wet waste amounts to 60% of the total garbage produced, the waste-to-energy plant is bound to fail.

“Most of the waste produced in Bengaluru is wet waste. If the plant is going to be in Mavallipura, then the waste being pushed into the plant is mixed waste. So, most of the energy generated by the plant will go into removing the moisture from the wet waste and this is neither feasible nor profitable,” Ramakanth says.

Read more at: https://www.thenewsminute.com/artic...plant-mavallipura-landfill-will-it-work-85538

 

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Will it be a big boost for Yogi Adityanath...??


Walmart plans to create 30,000 jobs in UP

Walmart recently acquired 77 per cent stake in Flipkart. In future, it is highly likely that it will leverage Flipkart to give wider visibility of such artisan/weaver clusters.

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Tagging Uttar Pradesh as a priority growth state, Walmart India said it expects to create at least 30,000 local jobs by setting up 15 stores in the state. Walmart India, which already runs four Cash and Carry stores in UP, recently launched a fulfilment centre (FC) in Lucknow, which created 1,500 new skilled jobs.

In the UP Investment Summit held earlier this year, Walmart India had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government to open 15 wholesale Cash and Carry stores.

"Each store is likely to create 2,000 direct and indirect jobs, thereby generating at least 30,000 local jobs in the state," Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Rajneesh Kumar who represented Walmart India in the Investment Summit, told from Mumbai.


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HC asks rlys, govt to respond on automatic doors in EMUs

The accident spot at St.Thomas Mount railway station.
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Chennai: On a petition regarding fitting of self-operating automatic doors in Chennai suburban trains, the Madras High Court has ordered notices to Indian Railways and the State government.

The response to the notices should be presented on or before 7 August, the High Court bench, comprising Justice Venugopal and Justice Nirmal Kumar, said.

The petition was filed by Sathish, who is an advocate, after the incident that occurred in St Thomas Mount railway station on 24 July that led to the accidental death of five people. The deceased were travelling on the footboard of an overcrowded train.

The peitioner had stated that people travel on the footboard in an unsafe manner during peak hours. To prevent further mishaps, automatic doors need to be fitted on trains, the petitioner said. He added that he has sent letters to the Indian Railways regarding this.

Source : https://www.newstodaynet.com/chenna...espond-on-automatic-doors-in-emus-112729.html

 

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Lunar Eclipse 2018: Common diet beliefs and myths

Did you know that the lunar eclipse that will take place on July 27, is the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century , besides also marking a Blood Moon day.

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Diet rules and myths during lunar eclipse


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This nonagenarian leader was shifted from his Gopalapuram residence to Kauvery Hospitals.


Karunanidhi health LIVE: DMK chief hospitalised after blood pressure drops, condition stable

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DMK chief M Karunanidhi health updates: Karunanidhi was shifted to Kauvery Hospital in the early hours of Saturday. An ambulance was seen arriving at his Gopalapuram residence in Chennai.


Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi was shifted to Kauvery Hospital in the early hours of Saturday after his blood pressure dropped. His condition is now stable. Crowds have gathered in large numbers outside his residence as well as the hospital. A health bulletin from the hospital stated that Karunanidhi’s blood pressure has been stabilized with medical management and he is being monitored and treated by a panel of expert doctors.

Friday marked 49 years of the leader taking charge as the party chief. The first leader to enter the 50th year as the president of a political party and the third chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi became Tamil Nadu’s CM in 1969 for the first time. He has held the position in the state five times, with the last one in 2006. The DMK patriarch retreated from mainstream politics in 2016 after being diagnosed with a drug-induced allergy and his son, M K Stalin took over as the working president of the party.

As per a statement from the Hospital, the 94-year-old is being monitored round the clock by a team of medical experts.

Read more at: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/dmk-karunanidhi-health-live-updates-5278635/

 

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India's first Apache, Chinook helicopters complete maiden flights

India's AH-64E Apache helicopter during its inaugural flight / via Boeing India Twitter
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The first flight of Apache and Chinook helicopters destined to be delivered for the Indian Air Force, took place successfully in the United States and the delivery will commence next year.

“First flight of India’s Apache and Chinook helicopters are important milestones towards strengthening Indian armed forces' capabilities,” said Pratyush Kumar, president, Boeing India.

“India will receive the most advanced versions of both the AH-64E Apache and the CH-47F Chinook. Indian industry partners such as Dynamatics is building large sections of Chinook, and the Tata Boeing joint venture in Hyderabad is building the compl ete fuselage of the Apache,” Kumar added.


Read more at: https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2...nook-helicopters-complete-maiden-flights.html

 

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Nirmala Sitharaman hands over 'Made in India' engines to Army

Nirmala Sitharaman hands over 'Made in India' engines to Army


Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today, at a function, formally handed over two types of indigenously built high-power multi-fuel engines to the to Vice Chief of Army Staff Devaraj Anbu.

The engines manufactured by the Engine Factory in Avadi (Chennai), a unit of Ordnance Factory Board, Department of Defense Production, were fully-indigenized for the first time under the Center's "Make in India" program.

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Here are some specifications of the two engines

Though these engines were manufactured based on Russia's design, India was depending on Moscow for its supply of critical assemblies like the turbocharger, supercharger, fuel injection pumps.

The Engine Factory under "Make in India" manufactured the two engines with 100% local parts.
Earlier localization level was about 73%.

The indigenization efforts by the Engine Factory would save Rs. 80cr of the exchequer every year.

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Engine Factory manufactured over 12,000 engines since '87

It also exhibits the self-reliance of the Ordnance Factory Board in manufacturing these engines in India without any import support, the officials said. The Engine Factory has manufactured more than 12,000 engines since its inception in 1987.


Source: https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/e...made+in+india+engines+to+army-newsid-93370480

 

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[h=1]1,000 'war rockets' of Tipu Sultan unearthed from Karnataka fort[/h]

The rockets will be kept for public display at the department's museum in Shivamogga city in the Malnad region.

Over 1,000 "war rockets" of the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore state, Tipu Sultan, were found in an abandoned open well at Bidanooru Fort in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, said an official on Saturday.

"Excavation of the open well in the fort at Nagara near Shivamogga led to unearthing of over 1,000 corroded rockets that were stored during Tipu's time for use in wars," state Archaeology Department Assistant Director R. Shejeshwara Nayaka told IANS from the site, 385km northwest of here.

A chance discovery of 160 unused rusted rockets in the vicinity in 2002 and their identification after five year's of research in 2007 into the Tipu era made the department explore if more such ammunition was lying buried in the fort.

"Digging of the dry well where its mud was smelling like gun powder led to the discovery of the rockets and shells in a pile, each filled with potassium nitrate, charcoal, and magnesium powder used to fire or lob them using an artillery," Nayaka noted.

Read more at: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/1000-war-rockets-tipu-sultan-unearthed-karnataka-fort-85594

 

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Great Bhasavaraj..

மகள் இறந்த சோகத்திலும் உதவி: 45 ஏழை மாணவிகளுக்கு கல்விக் கட்டணம் செலுத்திய அரசு ஊழியரின் நெகிழ்ச்சி செயல்

மகள் இறந்தால் என்ன, தன் மகளைப் போன்று இருக்கும் ஏழைச் சிறுமிகளின் கல்விக்காக உதவலாம் என்ற நல்ல சிந்தனையுடன் 45 ஏழை மாணவிகளுக்குக் கல்வி கட்டணத்தை அரசு ஊழியர் ஒருவர் செலுத்தியுள்ளார்.

கர்நாடக மாநிலம், கல்புர்கி மாவட்டம் மக்தம்புரா நகரைச் சேர்ந்தவர் பசவராஜ். இவர் அங்குள்ள எம்.பி.எச்எஸ் அரசு உயர்நிலைப்பள்ளியில் உதவியாளராகப் பணியாற்றி வருகிறார். இவரின் மகள் தனேஷ்வரி கடந்த ஆண்டு உடல்நலக் குறைவால் திடீரென்று இறந்துவிட்டார். இதனால், மிகுந்த சோகத்துடன் இருந்த பசவராஜ், தன் மகளின் நினைவாக ஏதேனும் நல்ல காரியங்கள் செய்ய நினைத்திருந்தார்.

தன் மகளுக்குத்தான் எந்தவிதமான கல்வியையும் கொடுக்க முடியாமல் போனது, ஆனால், தன் மகளின் வயதில் இருக்கும் சிறுமிகளுக்கு கல்வியைக் கொடுக்கலாம். ஏழை மாணவிகளின் கல்விக்கட்டணத்தை செலுத்தி அவர்களைக் கல்வி கற்க வைக்கலாம் என்ற முடிவுக்கு பசவராஜ் வந்தார்.

இதையடுத்து, இந்த ஆண்டு முதல் ஏழை மாணவிகளைத் தேடிப்படித்து கல்விக்கட்டணத்தை செலுத்தி அவர்களைத் தொடர்ந்து படிக்க உதவி செய்து வருகிறார். இதுவரை மொத்தம் 45 மாணவிகளின் கல்விக்கட்டணத்தை செலுத்தி அவர்களின் படிப்பை தொடர பசவராஜ் உதவியுள்ளார்.

Read more at: https://tamil.thehindu.com/india/article24545543.ece

 

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It is one among the achievements...

Make In India Success: Share Of Imported Parts In Indian Weapons Down To 40 Per Cent In Four Years

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The portion of imported parts used in home-built weapons has come down to 40 per cent from 48 per cent four years ago, Business Standardhas reported.

“Last year, the total production by defence PSUs (public sector undertakings) and OFB (Ordnance Factory Board) was about Rs 590 billion, of which Rs 138 billion was the value of imported components. That is roughly 24 per cent. But when we look at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), out of Rs 172 billion of production, Rs 70 billion was imported components -- nearly 40 per cent,” the daily quoted Secretary for Defence Production Ajay Kumar as saying.

“This 40 per cent today was 48 per cent in 2014-15. So we have been able to progressively reduce it,” Kumar said at a conference on Friday.

According to Air Marshal RKS Shera, the IAF’s maintenance chief, at least 50,000 imported parts have been indigenised. At least 3,000 parts are indigenised every year, he said, adding that another 80,000 components can be built in India.


Read more at: https://swarajyamag.com/insta/make-in-india-success-imported-parts-in-home-built-weaponry-down-to-40-per-cent-
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[h=1]Meet the Indian priest-scientist who recently discovered that Milky Way had a ‘sibling’ galaxy[/h][h=2]In an interview with Scroll.in, Richard D’Souza explains the significance of the findings he and Eric Bell made at the University of Michigan.[/h]

A recent intergalactic discovery making headlines across the world has an Indian connection. Earlier this week, it was widely reported that scientists Richard D’Souza and Eric Bell of the University of Michigan had deduced that the Milky Way once had a sibling, which was devoured by the neighbouring galaxy of Andromeda about two billion years ago.

The findings were published in the Nature Astronomy journal on July 23 and have grabbed attention for their potential to change our understanding of how galaxies merge and evolve over time.

Read more at: https://scroll.in/article/888185/me...iscovered-that-milky-way-had-a-sibling-galaxy

 

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'Kodaikanal Still Won't' and the Role of the Privileged in Activism

We the privileged have created a social order that makes us indispensable even to make sure that questions from the lesser privileged are addressed. So we must remain messengers and convey the message effectively rather than draw undue attention to ourselves.

To South Indians, Kodaikanal is a summer haven. A hill station that allows us to escape the suffocating heat of April/May and rejoice in its sub-20 degree celsius temperatures. For several decades, it was the exclusive privilege of the rich and famous, but things have changed radically. Today, it is brimming with tourists belonging to the entire spectrum of the society.

For the former workers at the Unilever’s mercury factory, though Kodaikanal is their home, became a site of hardship, sickness, struggle and even of death. The plant was forced to shut down in 2001, but it took sustained pressure for 15 years, the steady rise of public awareness and then the rap song titled ‘Kodaikanal Won’t’ that went viral to make Unilever act. It has, at long last, compensated its employees for mercury poisoning.

But the ugliness did not stop there. Unilever has now refused to clean up the soil as per international standards. In collusion with the multinational company are the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board authorities, who have set lower standards. They have even approved Unilever’s failed remedial tests. To make people aware of this continued injustice and demand what is right from Unilever, arose a new song: ‘Kodaikanal Still Won’t’.

The song was written by almost everyone involved in the project through collective brainstorming, the music set by Amrit Rao and rendered by Sofia Ashraf, Amrit Rao and myself. The video for the song was filmed in and around Kodaikanal over a two day schedule. The focus for most of the shoot was the three of us, with other artistic elements such as short dance sequences being included to make the video effective. The last element that we filmed was a protest march, which the song video itself ends with.

Read more at: https://thewire.in/rights/kodaikanal-still-wont-and-the-role-of-the-privileged-in-activism

 

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Why Indian Railways is manufacturing only LHB-design coaches now

As compared to Integral Coach Factory (ICF) design coaches, the LHB design coaches are lighter in weight.
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To better the safety standards in rail travel, Indian Railways has decided to use Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) design coaches and stop production of the old ICF design coaches.


Linke Hofmann Busch design coaches in Indian Railways: To better the safety standards in rail travel, Indian Railways has decided to use Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) design coaches and stop production of the old ICF design coaches. As compared to Integral Coach Factory (ICF) design coaches, the LHB design coaches are lighter in weight. Not only that, they also have higher carrying capacity as well as higher speed potential. Also, other than these features, the LHB design coaches have increased codal life and better safety features, says Indian Railways. LHB coaches also have anti-climbing features, so that in case of a collision, the coaches do not climb on top of each other.

Recently, Rajen Gohain, Minister of State of Railways in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha stated that considering the operating conditions on Indian Railways, the passenger coaches of the national transporter have been designed with the necessary safety features. However, the Railway Ministry informed that in order to provide safer and more comfortable journey to passengers, the Indian Railways has decided to replace conventional ICF design coaches of Mail or Express trains with LHB design coaches in a phased manner. Also, it was decided that from April 2018 onwards, only LHB coaches would be manufactured by production units of the national transporter.


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