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26 ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பின் திறப்பு: ஆசியாவின் மிகப்பெரிய இடுக்கி அணை நிரம்புகிறது; தீவிரமாகத் தயாராகிறது கேரள அரசு

இடுக்கி அணையின் ஒரு பக்க முகப்பு தோற்றம் - படம் உதவி: பேஸ்புக்
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ஆசியாவின் மிகப்பெரிய அணைகளில் ஒன்றான கேரள மாநிலத்தின் இடுக்கி அணை தனது முழுக் கொள்ளளவை எட்ட இருப்பதால், 26 ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பின் அணை திறக்கப்பட உள்ளது.


தரைப்பகுதியில் வசிக்கும் மக்கள் பாதுகாப்பான இடங்களில் தங்கவைக்கப் பட வேண்டும் என்பதற்கான ஏற்பாடுகளையும், அணை திறப்பதற்கான நடவடிக்கைகளையும் கேரள அரசு தீவிரமாகச் செய்து வருகிறது.


கேரள மாநிலம், இடுக்கி மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ளது இடுக்கி அணை. குறவன் மலை, குறத்தி மலை ஆகிய இரு அணைகளையும் இணைத்து ஒரு அரைவட்டம் போன்று, பெரியாற்றின் குறுக்கே இந்த அணை கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஆசியாவிலேயே கட்டப்பட்ட வளைவு அணைகளில் இடுக்கி அணை மிகப்பெரியதாகும். கடந்த 1969-ம் ஆண்டு அணைக் கட்டும் பணி தொடங்கப்பட்டு 1973-ம் ஆண்டுபயன்பாட்டுக்கு இடுக்கி அணை வந்தது.


இந்த அணையின் மொத்த உயரம் 550 அடி உயரமாகும். இந்த அணையில் தேக்கி வைக்கப்படும் தண்ணீர், இடுக்கியில் உள்ள மூலமட்டம் பகுதியில் உள்ள நீர்மின்நிலையத்தில் மின்சாரம் எடுக்கப்பயன்படுகிறது. இந்த நீர்மின் நிலையத்தில் இருந்து 780 மெகாவாட் மின் உற்பத்தி செய்யப்படுகிறது.

மேலும் படிக்க: https://tamil.thehindu.com/india/article24553844.ece

 

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'I refuse to beg or prostitute myself': India's first transgender delivery agent

Preethisha is on a high. After years of fighting social ostracism and refusing to confirm to stereotypical 'job roles' expected of transgenders, she is now finding her feet. An aspiring actress, Preethisha, a transwoman, recently joined a food delivery company to become the first transgender delivery agent.

Born male in a village in Tirunelveli, the journey has been tough for 31-year-old Preethisha. “I was around 14 when I began to realise I was different. I wanted to be a woman,” she says. The youngest of three children, Preethisha left home to explore and embrace her sexuality. During this time, she befriended transgender youngsters who helped her understand things better. This took her to Pune, where after saving up money from a few odd jobs and with assistance from the community, she underwent a sex change surgery at the young age of 15.

And then the problems started, she recalls. She was expected to return the money the community spent for her. “After I became a woman, those who helped me told me to beg on the streets, or get into prostitution.” “I refused; this was not why I had become a woman. I wanted to live with dignity, but they taunted me to stick to the 'parampara' (tradition)”. Preethisha clarifies she doesn't intend to degrade the community, and hopes things have changed more than a decade since. Though she ended up begging on the trains for a few weeks, it is from here she moved on to her first real act of self-reliance—selling key chains and mobile phone covers on the trains. “Other vendors, as well as the staff at the railway station were supportive.” This, however, didn't go down well with certain members of the community. After a stand-off with them, Preethisha headed to Delhi.


Read more at: https://www.theweek.in/leisure/soci...e-india-first-transgender-delivery-agent.html

 

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[h=1]லஞ்சம் கொடுத்தால் இனி 7 ஆண்டு சிறை: புதிய சட்டம் அமலுக்கு வந்தது[/h]

லஞ்சம் கொடுப்பவர்கள் பிடிபட் டால் அவர்களுக்கு இனி 7 ஆண்டு சிறைத்தண்டனை விதிக்க வகை செய்யும் புதிய சட்டம் அமலுக்கு வந்துள்ளது.

ஊழல் தடுப்புச் சட்டம் 1988-ல் திருத்தம் கொண்டு வர மத்திய அரசு முடிவு செய்தது. அதன்படி இந்தச் சட்ட திருத்த மசோதா நாடாளுமன்றத்தின் இரு அவைகளி லும் ஒப்புதல் பெறப்பட்டு குடியரசுத் தலைவரின் ஒப்புதலுக்கு அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்டது.
இந்த நிலையில் குடியரசுத் தலைவர் ராம்நாத் கோவிந்த், இந்த புதியச் சட்டத்துக்கு அண்மையில் ஒப்புதல் அளித்துள்ளார். இதை யடுத்து ஊழல் தடுப்பு திருத்தச் சட்டம் கடந்த ஜூலை 26-ம் தேதி முதல் அமலுக்கு வந்துள்ளதாக மத்திய அரசு தெரிவித்துள்ளது.
புதிய சட்டத்தின்படி லஞ்சம் கொடுப்பவர்களுக்கும் இனி சிறைத் தண்டனை கிடைக்கவுள்ளது. லஞ் சம் கொடுப்பவர்கள் பிடிபட்டால் அவர்களுக்கு 7 ஆண்டு சிறைத் தண்டனை விதிக்கப்படும்.

மேலும் அரசு ஊழியர்கள், அரசி யல்வாதிகள், அரசு அதிகாரிகள், வங்கியாளர்கள் உள்ளிட்டோருக்கு பாதுகாப்பையும் இந்த புதிய சட்டம் வழங்குகிறது. இவர்கள் மீது ஊழல், லஞ்சக் குற்றச்சாட்டு எழும்பட்சத்தில் சிபிஐ உள்ளிட்ட விசாரணை அமைப்புகள், சம்பந்தப் பட்டவரின் மேல் அதிகாரியிடம் ஒப்புதல் பெற்ற பின்னரே அவர்களை விசாரிக்கவோ கைது செய்யவோ முடியும்.

Read more at: https://tamil.thehindu.com/india/article24569070.ece?utm_source=HP&utm_medium=hp-tsothers

 

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Poor plight of few schools in Taml Nadu


[h=1]Leaky roof, peeling walls, no fans: TN teacher starts online campaign for govt school[/h]

This is the only middle school in Kattumalaiyanur and requires immediate repairs to ensure the safety of the children.

The Panchayat Union Middle School in Kattumalaiyanur, located 15 kilometres from Thiruvannamalai, is a government-run middle school for Classes I to VIII and has a student strength of 169. Look at one of its classrooms and the imminent need for a face-lift becomes apparent. On a sweltering summer day, the children sit inside these classrooms with a fan that does not work, under a roof that needs fixing.

With peeling walls, broken windows and a leaking roof, this facility is the only middle school in the village that has minimal or no access to buses, autos and other forms of transportation that might take students to other schools. “For students taking up Class IX, it is a 7-kilometre walk or cycling to the nearest high school,” says Jayapriya, the school’s science teacher who has been working there since 2009.


Read more at: https://www.thenewsminute.com/artic...cher-starts-online-campaign-govt-school-85797

 

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Trichy Golden Rock Workshop rolls out new railway wagon

Chennai: It was a moment filled with pride for Golden Rock Workshop in Trichy when the first rake of BLL wagons fit with RFID and twin pipe air brake system were flagged off on its premises yesterday.

The senior-most employee of Wagon Production Shops, O K Rajendran, flagged off the first rake of BLL wagons. About 400 wagons were totally manufactured at the workshop and the first one was flagged off.

The workshop got orders from CONCOR (Container Corporation of India Ltd) for making 400 long container carrying wagons (BLL) worth Rs 132 crore. These wagons were modified with twin-pipe air brake system and RFID tags.


Read more at: https://www.newstodaynet.com/tamiln...kshop-rolls-out-new-railway-wagon-114751.html

 

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Taskforce set up for roadmap to build indigenous plane, says Suresh Prabhu

The government has set up a high- level task force to develop a roadmap for building aircraft under the 'Make in India' programme, which will decide on setting up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the Rs 10,000- crore project, Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Prabhu said we are not just trying manufacturing through this process, but will also encourage anyone who has manufacturing capabilities to manufacture aircraft.
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"A high level taskforce to develop the roadmap with implementable recommendations has been set up under the chairmanship of the Civil Aviation Minister," Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu told members in Rajya Sabha.

Responding to supplementaries on the issue, he said the task force has been working on the matter and have already taken several steps, but a decision on forming an SPV will be taken at the Committee of Secretaries.


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[h=1]7 Indian firms in Fortune 500 list of world’s largest companies, IOC tops[/h]

American retail giant Walmart tops the latest Fortune listing, while Indian Oil jumped to 137th position, from its 168th rank last year.
Seven Indian companies feature in the US magazine Fortune 500 list of the world's largest firms, with state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) remaining the top-ranked Indian company in the 2018 rankings and Reliance Industries (RIL) improving its position substantially.

American retail giant Walmart tops the latest Fortune listing, while Indian Oil jumped to 137th position, from its 168th rank last year.

"The world's 500 largest companies generated $30 trillion in revenues and $1.9 trillion in profits in 2017. Together, this year's Fortune
Global 500 companies employ 67.7 million people worldwide and are represented by 33 countries," Fortune said.

The Mukesh Ambani-led RIL, whose main oil and gas business has been supplemented with the addition of telecom player Jio, was the top private company from India as its ranking improved by 53 places to 148, from being the 203rd last year.

State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), which did not figure in the 2017 list, returned among the Forbes 500 with a ranking of 197th.


Read more at: https://www.thenewsminute.com/artic...list-world-s-largest-companies-ioc-tops-85802

 

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Adds another feather in India's defense system

Interceptor Missile, Part Of India’s Shield Against Incoming Missile Threats, Successfully Test-Fired

India has test-fired its indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming ballistic missile.

Three successful tests of the missile were carried out last year. In the last test, conducted in December, an incoming ballistic missile target was successfully intercepted within 30 km altitude of the earth's atmosphere. The two other tests is 2017 were conducted in March and February.

The missile is being developed as part the Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system, which can intercept medium-range ballistic missiles travelling at speeds of Mach 3 to 8. Israel, Russia, and the United States are the only three countries to have successfully developed an indigenous ballistic missile defense system.


Read more at:
https://swarajyamag.com/insta/inter...oming-missile-threats-successfully-test-fired

 

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Congratulations sir for this achievement.

[h=1]Who is Akshay Venkatesh? The Indian-origin mathematician who has won this year's 'Nobel of Mathematics'[/h]

[h=2][/h]From being a child prodigy to becoming one of the most renowned researchers in the field of mathematics, Akshay Venkatesh's journey has been full of achievements and accolades
Renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, Akshay Venkatesh, was announced at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union in Rio de Janeiro as one of the four winners of the prestigious Fields Medal for the year 2018.

Apart from Venkatesh, Caucher Birkar, a Cambridge University professor of Iranian Kurdish origin; Germany's Peter Scholze, who teaches at the University of Bonn and Alessio Figalli, an Italian mathematician at ETH Zurich have also won the Fields Medal that is touted as the

Nobel for Mathematics.

The medals along with, a 15,000 Canadian dollar cash prize, are awarded every four years to the most promising mathematicians under the age of 40 recognising outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.


Read more at: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/w...-this-years-nobel-of-mathematics-2795761.html

 

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There is no dearth for scams


[h=1]Anna University revaluation scam: Official, principal suspended[/h]

Chennai: The cash-for-marks scam at Anna University witnessed yet another turn today, as the premier higher education institution's former Controller of Examination G V Uma was suspended from professor post today.

She along with nine other professors and examiners have been booked by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) for awarding marks in exchange for money during revaluation in 2017. It is said that Rs 400 crore was transacted in the past two years.
The announcement about Uma's suspension was made even as the DVAC sleuths were conducting raids at Uma's office in the varsity this morning.

Following this, Minister for Higher Education K P Anbalagan said departmental action will be initiated against the professor.
Earlier in the day, more than 50 students of Anna University were questioned in the marks-for-cash scam that was busted by the DVAC recently. The scam came to light on Wednesday. According to reports, 16,636 students 'benefited' through the revaluation work.

Read more at: https://www.newstodaynet.com/chennai/top-anna-varsity-official-principal-suspended-115205.html

 

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Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts for NASA’s new private space flight programme

This will be the first space shuttle launches from the US since 2011.

The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Friday named nine astronauts for the first trip to the International Space Station on a commercially built spacecraft. An astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams is among the nine.

This will be the first space shuttle launches from the US since it retired its space shuttle in 2011. The astronauts will fly Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. The test flights with crew will take place mid-2019, NASA said.


Read more at: https://scroll.in/latest/889199/sun...ht-programme?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=public

 

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[h=1]TN cracks whip on home-birthing practice[/h]

Chennai: Taking a serious view of reports about women going in for 'natural birthing' at home resulting in deaths, the Directorate of Public Health (DPH) has warned that only institutional delivery of babies was approved by the State government.

“Conducting home deliveries by watching YouTube videos or inspired by movies is not a wise thing to do. MBBS doctors, midwives and staff nurses registered under the Indian Nursing Council and village health nurses are qualified persons to conduct deliveries,” an advisory said.

It is to be noted that cases of young couples opting for home birthing is on the rise.

Yesterday, police in Madurai arrested an engineer, Kannan (29) for preventing health officials from attending to his wife who was in labour at home.

The couple were adamant about having their baby delivery at home after the hospital said she would have to undergo a Cesarean section (C Section).

The couple came home in active labour and even refused to cut the umbilical cord, instead waited for it to wither away.

Read more at: https://www.newstodaynet.com/chennai/tn-cracks-whip-on-home-birthing-practice-115398.html

 

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தூய்மை இந்தியா திட்டத்தால் லட்சம் மரணங்கள் தவிர்ப்பு

புதுடில்லி : பிரதமர் மோடி தலைமையிலான, மத்திய அரசின் தூய்மை இந்தியா திட்டத்தால், வயிற்றுப்போக்கின் மூலம் ஏற்பட இருந்த 1.8 லட்சம் நபர்களின் மரணங்கள் தடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. இந்த திட்டத்திற்காக, மத்திய அரசிற்கு உலக சுகாதார நிறுவனம் பாராட்டு தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

தூய்மை இந்தியா திட்டத்தின் கீழ், 2019 அக்டோபருக்குள் கழிப்பறைகளை அமைத்து 3 லட்சம் உயிர்களை, மரணங்களிலிருந்து காக்க இலக்கு நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த நிலையில், அதில் மத்திய அரசு வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ளதாக தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Source: http://www.dinamalar.com/news_detail.asp?id=2075128

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Ahead of SC hearing on Article 35A, Jammu and Kashmir braces for 2-day shutdown, BJP says 'ready for debate'

National Conference (NC) protested on Saturday demanding the continuation of Article 35A |Photo Credit: ANI
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The Supreme Court is expected to hear a clutch of petitions on August 6, seeking the quashing of the controversial article 35A which grants special status to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday said that it was ready for a debate over the contentious Article 35A of the Constitution, which guarantees special status to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. Saturday also witnessed protests across the state over the sensitive issue, while the separatists' groups called for a two-day shutdown in the state demanding that Article 35A should not be scrapped.

The remark from the saffron party came ahead of the crucial hearing in the Supreme Court, which will take up a bunch of petition challenging the provision in the Constitution on August 6. The apex court is expected to hear a clutch of petitions, seeking the quashing of the controversial article. Among the petitions is also a plea filed by an RSS-linked NGO 'We the Citizens'.

Meanwhile, speaking on the issue, J&K BJP chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi reportedly said, "The BJP is open to a debate with anyone or any political party on whether or not Article 35A is in the interest of the people of the state. We are extending an open invitation." He added that since the last few days, political tension in Jammu and Kashmir had intensified over Article 35A and said that certain political parties, especially the ones which are active in Kashmir, had taken an “anti-national and anti-people" stance over the issue.


Read more at: https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...tic-party-separatists-two-day-shutdown/264647

 

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[h=1]ரூ.5 ஆயிரம் கோடி அபராதம்; சேமிப்பு கணக்கில் 'மினிமம் பேலன்ஸ்' இல்லாதவர்களிடமிருந்து வங்கிகள் வசூலிப்பு: எஸ்பிஐ முதலிடம்[/h]

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கடந்த 2017-18-ம் நிதி ஆண்டில், வங்கிசேமிப்பு கணக்கில் குறைந்தபட்ச இருப்பு பராமரிக்காத வாடிக்கையாளர்களிடம் இருந்து ரூ.5 ஆயிரம் கோடியை அபராதமாக வங்கிகள் வசூலித்துள்ள விவரம் தெரியவந்துள்ளது.

இதில் அதிகபட்சமாகப் பாரத ஸ்டேட் வங்கி(எஸ்பிஐ) வாடிக்கையாளர்களிடம் இருந்து ரூ.2 ஆயிரத்து 433 கோடி அபராதமாக வசூலித்துள்ளது. ஒட்டுமொத்த அபராதத்தொகையில் பாதித் தொகையை எஸ்பிஐ வங்கி வசூலித்துள்ளன.


30சதவீத அபராதத் தொகையை ஆக்சிஸ், எச்டிஎப்சி, ஐசிஐசிஐ வங்கிகள் வசூலித்துள்ளன.
குறைந்த இருப்பு பராமரிக்காத வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு அபராதம் விதிக்காமல் நீண்டகாலம் இருந்த நிலையில், கடந்த ஆண்டு இதை எஸ்பிஐ வங்கி மீண்டும் அறிமுகம் செய்தது. அப்போது, குறைந்தபட்ச இருப்பு தொகையை முன்பு இருந்ததைக் காட்டிலும் இரு மடங்கு உயர்த்தியது.


ஆனால் வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் மத்தியில் கடும் அதிருப்தி எழுந்ததைத் தொடர்ந்து குறைந்தபட்ச இருப்புத் தொகையைக்குறைத்தது.

மேலும் படிக்க:
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[h=1]Tamil Nadu’s first government-trained non-Brahmin priest, and his God moment[/h]

Ringing in change: T.Marichamy doing puja at the Ayyappan temple at Madurai
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[h=2]Marichamy, a first non-Brahmin to come out of a state-run archaka training centre, is a happy man.[/h]It is 12 noon and the small Ayyappan temple in Tallakulam is closing. The bell tolls softly to signal the end of the annadhanam (free) lunch and people slowly walk out of the temple after eating a fulfilling meal. T. Marichamy, the temple priest, finishes off the last few archanais (personalised puja with chanting of the names of the deity, invoking the blessings).

He lights the lamp and offers some vibuthi (sacred ash) and kungumam(kumkum) to a family of four. Finally, he turns to the sanctum sanctorum where a statue of Lord Ayyappa is placed, and closes the wooden doors. After a puja-heavy six-hour shift, the priest catches his first break.

The scene could be from any of the thousands of temples that dot Tamil Nadu, but Mr. Marichamy is just not another priest: he is a non-Brahmin priesttrained under the Tamil Nadu government’s archakas (priest) training centres between 2007 and 2008, wherein 206 people across castes were trained for priesthood in major Shaivite and Vaishnavite temples. After the first batch graduated, the programme was shut down.


Read more at: https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...priest-and-his-god-moment/article24604596.ece

 

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[h=1]அன்று ஷேர் ஆட்டோ டிரைவர்: இன்று மாநகர மேயர்[/h]

ஆட்டோ ஓட்டுநராக இருந்து மேயராக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ள ராகுல் ஜாதவ் - படம் உதவி: ட்விட்டர்
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10 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு வரை ஆட்டோ டிரைவாக பணியாற்றி நாள்தோறும் ரூ.200க்கு கடினமாக உழைத்தவர், மகாராஷ்டிரா மாநில பிசிஎம்சி மாநகராட்சியின் மேயாராக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

சமீபத்தில் பிம்ரி-சின்ச்வாத் மாநகராட்சித் தேர்தலில் பாஜக சார்பில் போட்டியிட்ட ராகுல் ஜாதவ்(36) மேயராக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

புனேயின் புறகநகர் பகுதி பிம்ரி சின்ச்வாத். அதிகமான தொழிற்சாலைகளும், வர்த்தக நிறுவனங்களும் நிறைந்துள்ள பகுதியாகும். இந்தப் பகுதியில் கடந்த 1997 முதல் 2002-ம் ஆண்டுவரை ஷேர் ஆட்டோ ஓட்டியவர் ராகுல் ஜாதவ். 10—ம் வகுப்பை பாதியிலேயே நிறுத்திவிட்டு ஆட்டோ ஓட்டி வாழ்க்கையை நடத்தி வந்தார்.

நாள் முழுவதும் கடினமாக உழைத்து ஆட்டோ ஓட்டினாலும், அனைத்துச் செலவுகளும் போக ரூ.200 கிடைப்பது கடினமாக இருக்கும். அப்படி இருந்த சூழலில் ஆட்டோ ஓட்டும் தொழிலை விட்டு, விவசாயத்தில் இறங்கினார் ராகுல். ஆனால், காலப்போக்கில் விவசாயத்தில் இருந்து வருமானம் ஏதும் கிடைக்கவில்லை என்று தெரிந்தபின் அதிலிருந்து ராகுல் வெளியேறினார்.

அதன்பின் தனியார் நிறுவனத்தில் வேன் டிரைவராக ராகுல் பணியாற்றினார். ராஜ் தாக்ரேயின் பேச்சால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்ட ராகுல், கடந்த 2007-ம் ஆண்டு ராஜ்தாக்கரே எம்என்எஸ் கட்சி தொடங்கியதும் அதில் ராகுல் தன்னை இணைத்துக்கொண்டு பணியாற்றினார்.


மேலும் படிக்க https://tamil.thehindu.com/india/article24608600.ece


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IIT-Madras powers up a desi chip

Team Shakti at work on the microprocessor project at IIT-Madras. Photo Credit: M. Karunakaran
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Microprocessor developed by the institute’s computer scientists is fabricated by Intel

These are the kind of chips that India always wanted, but could not make. Now, computer scientists and a student team from the IIT- Madras have developed the first of a family of six industry-standard microprocessors.

The initial batch of 300 chips, named RISECREEK and produced under Project Shakti, have been fabricated free at Intel’s facility at Oregon, U.S., to run the Linux operating system.

The IIT team says its microprocessors can be adapted by others, as the design is open source. They optimise power use and compete with international units such as the Cortex A5 from Advanced RISC Machines (ARM).

On the test bench, the IIT design fared better than the A5, measured in terms of the DMIPS per megahertz rating, scoring 1.68 against the competition’s 1.57. At a frequency of 350 MHz, RISECREEK can meet the demands of defence and strategic equipment such as NAVIC (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite) and Internet of Things (IoT) electronics, its developers say. “Our process helps us develop the processor three times sooner than industry standards,” says Kamakoti Veezhinathan, Professor of Computer Science at the IIT- Madras, who led the project.

What makes RISECREEK different is the open source nature of the designs. “This is made in India, but even if it were made in the U.S., it would be contemporary,” says G.S. Madhusudan, project adviser from the IIT- Madras.


Read more at: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/iit-madras-powers-up-a-desi-chip/article24609946.ece

 

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May his soul rest in peace

Veteran politician Kalaignar bids good bye

M Karunanidhi passes away, son Stalin calls for protecting the legacy of Kalaignar

Karunanidhi passes away: “I am one of your brothers, I am one of your children. I am talking from my heart. Only if Dravida rule comes, Dravida makkal will get a good life,” Karunanidhi used to say in his electoral rallies.

DMK Patriarch D Karunanidhi passed away after battling illness in Kauvery hospital. (Express photo)
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Former Tamil Nadu CM and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi passed away after battling illness at the Kauvery hospital in Chennai on Tuesday. The 94-year-old leader was earlier shifted to the hospital on the intervening night of July 27-28 after his blood pressure fell. On July 31, the hospital said Karunanidhi would require an extended period of hospitalisation due to “decline” in his general health, although his vital parameters have normalised.

Earlier in the day, Kalaignar’s health deteriorated and the hospital said, “Despite the maximum medical support, his vital organ functions continue to deteriorate. His condition is extremely critical and unstable.” Follow LIVE Updates HERE

Read more at: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/karunanidhi-dead-5294661/

 

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Government appoint S Gurumurthy, Satish Marathe as part-time directors on RBI board

The latest appointments take the total government appointed directors on the RBI board to 10, the maximum permitted. Besides, the government also has two government officials on the board.
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The government on Tuesday appointed journalist S Gurumurthy and Satish Marathe patron of Sahakar Bharathi as part-time directors on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board after an approval from the appointments committee of the cabinet. Both appointments are for a four year term.

In a release the government said that both appointments were approved by the appointments committee of the cabinet after a proposal from the department of financial services.

S Gurumurthy is currently the editor of Tamil political weekly Thuglaq and also the co-convenor of RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch. Marathe is the patron of Sahakar Bharati an NGO furthering the co-operative moment in India.


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[h=1]Marina for Karunanidhi: High Court rules in favour of DMK plea[/h]

Chennai: The ugly and unfortunate controversy over the final resting place of DMK leader Karunanidhi finally came to an end with the court ruling in favour of the party, bringing joy in a painful moment for the countless supporters of Karunanidhi, the last colossus of the Dravidian movement.

Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice S S Sundar observed in their judgement that the Tamilnadu government was not clear in explaining the legal problems in granting a burial spot for Karunanidhi at Marina.

The emergency hearing for the case started at 11.30 pm yesterday and saw fierce arguments between the legal counsel of the DMK and government. The judges adjourned the case to this morning at 8.

The judges observed that the arguments made by the government advocates were more political than legal.

ARGUMENTS BY DMK ADVOCATES


Read more at: https://www.newstodaynet.com/chenna...court-rules-in-favour-of-dmk-plea-116375.html

 

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Medical college fined Rs 2 crore for fraud

The Supreme Court. Picture by Prem Singh
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has fined a medical college Rs 2 crore for trying to deceive inspectors by projecting healthy people as patients as it dismissed a plea the institute had filed to reverse a decision the Medical Council of India had taken.

The MCI had decided not to renew permission for the Telangana-based Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences to admit its third batch of 150 MBBS students for the academic year 2018-19.

"The petitioner is not entitled to any relief as... (it) does not meet the required standards for renewal of permission for admission to the third batch of MBBS students. We take serious note of the fraud played by the petitioner in projecting healthy persons as patients in their hospital for the purpose of showing compliance of the minimum standards," a bench of Justices S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao said.


Read more at: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/medical-college-fined-rs-2-crore-for-fraud-251082

 

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[h=1]BEGGING NO LONGER ILLEGAL IN DELHI![/h]
In a landmark verdict delivered on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court decriminalised begging in the national Capital, saying the penal provisions of the Act were unconstitutional and deserved to be struck down.

The Bench also made it clear that the provisions of the Act which do not directly or indirectly criminalise begging or relate to the offence of begging are not required to be struck down and are maintained.

A Bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the inevitable consequence of this decision would be that prosecution under the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act against people alleged to have committed the offence of begging would be liable to be struck down.

However, the court said the Delhi Government is at liberty to bring in alternative legislation to curb any racket of forced begging after undertaking an empirical examination on the sociological and economic aspect of the matter.

The Bench said the provision which treats begging as an offence or deals with ancillary issues like power of officers to deal with this offence, as extended to Delhi, “are unconstitutional and are struck down”. It would be pertinent to mention here that on May 16, the court had asked how begging could be an offence in a country where the Government was unable to provide food or jobs.

The High Court was considering two Public Interest Litigations (PILs) seeking to decriminalise begging. The Central Government had said there were sufficient checks and balances in the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, which criminalises begging.


Read more at: https://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/begging-no-longer-illegal-in-delhi.html

 

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Relief from carrying original car papers; government validates digital copies

DigiLocker documents must be accepted by traffic police for driving licence

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The road transport ministry has asked state transport departments and traffic police not to insist on original (hard copy) documents like driving licence, registration certificate and insurance papers for verification.

The advisory was issued citing the provisions of Information Technology (IT) Act. It also said that any of these documents in “electronic form” authenticated through the DigiLocker or mParivahan apps of the government should be treated as valid.


This is in response to a number of grievances and RTI applications received in the ministry where citizens have raised the issue that the documents available in DigiLocker or the mParivahan app are not considered valid by the traffic police or the motor vehicles department, when asked to produce.



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SC slaps Rs 105 crore fine on Pune’s real estate company for environmental damage

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on Pune-based real estate company Goel Ganga Developers for causing environmental damage and building residential towers in violation of law and slapped a fine of Rs 105 crore but refused to order demolition of the buildings as possession of flats had already been given to the homebuyers.


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