AROUND TAMIL NADU
Cabinet
reshuffle – 16
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Transport
Minister Senthil Balaji sacked from the Cabinet
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This
is sixteenth time the Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa is changing her Cabinet
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Transport
Portfolio given to Industries Minister as an additional charge
32
cities in AMRUT
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32 cities which have more than one
lakh population and included under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT)
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AMRUT is a 10-year programme with an
investment of around Rs. 2 lakh crore.
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AMRUT aims at rejuvenating 500 cities
and towns across India
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For Smart Cities, 12 cities from Tamil
Nadu are selected
M
S Viswanathan
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Iconic
Tamil music composer Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (MSV) died following a
brief illness.
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He was 87.
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In the Tamil film music world, no
other composer was as diverse as Viswanathan.
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He had composed music for over 1700
films in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
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He worked with three Chief Ministers -
MG Ramachandran, M Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa.
First
environment friendly bio – toilet
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Tamil Nadu's first environment
friendly bio-toilet has been commissioned at Kappalur Panchayat in the district
of Madurai.
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The bio-toilet was introduced under a
state government scheme to eradicate open defecation.
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Kappalur was chosen as the first
village to have the facility.
Tamil
Nadu inks pact with Adani Group
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The Adani Group signed an agreement
with the Tamil Nadu government for setting up a 648 MW solar power plant in
Ramanathapuram district.
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The solar plant at Kamudhi in
Ramanathapuram will be set up at an investment of Rs. 4,536 crore and the State
will purchase the power generated at Rs. 7.01 per unit.
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A
scheme enacted in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
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Taking
conservation of tiger population into account and to mitigate conflict
situations, a relocation scheme titled ‘Golden Handshake’ was formulated under
which each family would be given an alternative dwelling place and a
compensation of Rs. 10 lakh.
Tamil
Nadu leads in employment generation
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As
per the ASSOCHAM report, Tamil Nadu leads the country in employment generation
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Tamil
Nadu is the leading state in terms of employment generation and it generates
15.2 per cent of India’s employment generated by the manufacturing sector
during 2012-13 followed by Maharashtra and Gujarat with a respective share of
13.8 per cent and 10.5 per cent.
State
Information Commissioners
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Former
Director-General of Police K. Ramanujam was sworn in as State Chief Information
Commissioner.
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Along
with him, R. Dakshinamurthy and G. Murugan were sworn in State Information
Commissioners
Cabinet
reshuffle – 17
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Mr.
M.S.M. Anandan was sworn in Minister for Forests.
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Chief
Minister J Jayalalithaa inaugurated (Aug 03, 2015) separate enclosures for
lactating mothers in 352 bus stands across Tamil Nadu, through video
conferencing
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These
enclosures have steel seats, dust bin, drinking water, toilet and fan
Justice
Regupathi Commission
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The Justice R Reghupathi Commission,
which probed the collapse of a multi-storey building at Moulivakkam last year,
has called for a legislation to make insurance mandatory for buildings under
construction and fix responsibilities on various stakeholders, including
developers.
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It has also recommended restructuring
of CMDA, the regulatory agency, to improve its technical competence.
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But no government agency or official
has been held responsible for failing to ensure that the building adhered to
the approved plan and norms.
2015
Independence Day Awards
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Category
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Winner
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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award (Rs. 5
lakh + 8 gm gold medal + a certificate)
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01
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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award
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N. Valarmathi, Project Director, ISRO
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Kalpana Chawla Award (Rs. 5 lakh +
gold coated medal worth Rs. 5000 + a certificate)
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02
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Kalpana Chawla Award
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Jothimani, Erode
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CM award to the best performing
urban local bodies
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03
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Best Corporation
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Madurai (Rs. 25 lakh + certificate)
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04
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Best Municipalities
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Pudukottai
(I Prize) (Rs. 15 lakh + certificate)
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Mannargudi (II Prize) (Rs. 10 lakh +
certificate)
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Gobichettipalayam (III Prize) (Rs. 5 lakh +
certificate)
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05
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Best Town Panchayats
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Tharangambadi (I Prize) (Rs. 10 lakh +
certificate)
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Thiruvayaru (II Prize) (Rs. 5 lakh +
certificate)
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Sirugamani (III Prize) (Rs. 3 lakh +
certificate)
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Chief Minister’s Best Practices
Award (Rs. 20000 + certificate)
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06
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Improving quality delivery system
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Amma Unavagams (Canteens in Chennai City)
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07
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Improving quality delivery system ensuring
good governance
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Common Service Centres
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Renovation of Arulmigu Parthasarthy Temple,
Triplicane, Chennai
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Chief Minister’s State Youth Award
(Rs. 50000 + certificate + one medal)
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08
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Women’s Category
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S. Annakamu, Dindigul
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09
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Men’s Category
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P. Manimaran, Tiruvanamalai
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M. Tenith Adithyaa, Virudhunagar
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Awards for Exemplary service for the
welfare of the differently abled
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10
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Best Doctor
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Dr. S. sampath Kumar, Chennai
[Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
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11
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Best Social Worker
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Mr. P. Simmachandran, Chennai
[Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
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12
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Best Institution
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Social Change and Development (SCAD),
Tirunelveli Dt
[Certificate + Rs. 50000 + 10 gm gold
medal]
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Adhi Parasakthi Annai Illam (Centre for the
Special Children), Melmaruvathur, Kancheepuram Dt
[Certificate + Rs. 50000 + 10 gm gold
medal]
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13
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Best private employer who has provided
maximum number of employment
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Mr. Prakash, Senior
Manager (HR), Flextronics Technology India Pvt Ltd, Kancheepuram Dt
[Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
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14
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Best district central cooperative bank
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Salem District Central Cooperative Bank
[Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
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Awards for the services rendered
towards the welfare of women
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15
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Best institution servicing women award
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Sri Venkateswara Orphanage, Kaduveli,
Thiruvaiyaru Taluk, Thanjavur Dt
[Certificate + Rs. 50000 + 10 gm gold
plated medal]
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16
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Best social worker (outstanding work done
for women)
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Mrs. R. Sivagamavali, Secretary, Women’s
Organisation for Rural Development (WORD), Velur Taluk, Namakkal Dt
[Certificate + 10 gm gold plated medal]
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Milk
Bank
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Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa
inaugurated seven Mother’s milk banks at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital
(Tiruchy), Government Rajaji Hospital (Madurai), Government Medical College
Hospital (Coimbatore), Government Medical College Hospital (Theni), Mohan
Kumaramangalam Government Medical College Hospital (Salem), Raja Mirasdar
Government Hospital (Thanjavur) and Government Hospital for Women and Children
(Egmore).
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In 2014, mother’s milk bank was
started at the Institute of Child Health
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Each mother’s milk bank has been
provided Rs. 10 lakh for equipment like refrigerators, breast milk pumps, etc.
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The milk collected in these banks
could be stored for three months and provided to babies in need.
Breastfeeding
Week is being observed during August 1-7 and ‘Breastfeeding and work - let’s make it work’ is the theme this
year. When lactating mothers need to travel to other places for work, they have
to wait at bus terminals. The separate rooms offer them privacy
No
shifting of Anna Centenary Library
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Madras
High Court ordered that the Anna centenary Library in Chennai should not be
shifted out of the Kotturpuram complex
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Court also ordered the state
government to maintain it at its present location with all required facilities
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The AIADMK government on November 2,
2011 issued the order to shift the library and convert the structure in
Kotturpuram into a children's hospital
Adyar
Cancer Institute to be Centre of Excellence
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Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa said
in Assembly that, The Centre has given the go-ahead for the state to convert
Adyar Cancer Institute into a centre of excellence and a State Cancer Centre
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She said the institute would be upgraded
at a cost of Rs. 120 crore. The Chief Minister had in a 2013 letter to then
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought that the institute be upgraded
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Adyar Cancer Institute chairperson Dr
V Shanta said the institute will spend the funds allocated to it over a period
of 10 years.
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Dr. Shanta said that, it is her dream
to assume a leadership role and coordinate the screening and prevention
measures being done by various centres in districts
Amma
Brand gets bigger
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Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa
announced four new schemes in the Assembly
Amma Master Health Check-up Scheme
Amma Women Special Master Health Check-up
Scheme
Amma Arogya Scheme and
Amma Pregnancy Sanjeevi Scheme
Amma
Baby Care Kit
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Launched on Sep 08, 2015
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Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has launched
a scheme named as Amma Baby Care Kit to provide baby care kits for newborns at
government hospitals in the state.
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The Amma Baby Care Kit scheme costing
Rs. 67 crore would benefit 6.7 lakh infants.
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Launching the scheme in Chennai
Secretariat, the CM gave away the kits to five children as a token gesture at
her chamber in the secretariat.
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Jayalalithaa announced the scheme in
the assembly in August last year.
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The kits costing Rs. 1,000 each
contains 16 items - a towel, an infant dress, a bed, baby protective net,
napkins, oil (100ml), baby shampoo (60ml), a soap and container, a toy
(rattler), a doll, a nail clipper, liquid hand wash (250ml), bathing soap for
mother, lehiyam (stimulant), and a kit bag to store the items.
Global
Investors Meet 2015
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When chief minister J Jayalalithaa
brought the curtains down on the Global Investors Meet in Chennai, deals worth
Rs. 2.42 lakh crore were signed in the two - day jamboree
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Partner Countries: (1) Australia (2)
Canada (3) France (4) Italy (5) Japan (6) Korea (7) Russia (8) Singapore (9) UK
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Thrilled with the success of the meet,
the government has now proposed to hold GIMs every two years, with the next one
scheduled for 2017.
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A total of 98 Memorandum of
Understanding were signed and promised that the investments are safe and
mutually beneficial.
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Almost 90 percent of the investments
were in the traditionally strong areas of manufacturing and energy sectors
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Speaking at the GIM, Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa said that, Tamil Nadu is already one of the Top 10 automobile hubs
in the world. Currently Chennai has the capacity, to produce about 1.4 million
cars a year that is 3 cars every minute. With the signing of MoUs with auto
majors in GIM Chennai will become the World’s largest car manufacturing hub
20th
Government Medical College
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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
inaugurated the medical college, set up at a cost of Rs 200 crore in the
Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai, through video conferencing from the
state secretariat
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Now Chennai has 4 government medical
colleges
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With this, the number of government
medical colleges in the State increased to 20
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The number of MBBS seats in the state
had increased by 710 in the last four years and stands at 2,655 presently
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The Chief Minister had in 2011
announced setting up of the hospital and medical college at the site, where the
previous DMK government had set up a Secretariat-Assembly complex.
Tamil
Nadu records the more sexual harassment case in working places
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According
to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, Tamil Nadu recorded the
largest number of cases of sexual harassment of women at workplaces in the year
2014
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The strong industrial base along with
the fast-growing information technology sector in Tamil Nadu employing many
women may be one of the reasons for the high number.
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But experts also say the businesses,
organizations and police are more proactive in registering these cases.
Project
Kaliru
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Minister for Forests and Environment
Mr. M.S.M. Anandan released a logo of Project Kaliru (Kaliru in Tamil means
elephant), an initiative of the Coimbatore Forest Division, at the inauguration
the 22nd State-level sports for forest personnel.
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It was attended by over 1,000 staff of
the Forest Department.
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Project Kaliru is aimed at involving
all the government agencies and stakeholders to bring about an amicable
solution to human-animal conflict. The Minister also launched an e-compensation
scheme for expeditious disbursement of compensation to farmers for crop loss by
wild animals.
Unanimous
Resolution Demands International Inquiry
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Getting all political parties,
including arch rivals, on board, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa secured
unanimous backing for an Assembly resolution urging the Centre to press the
United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for an international inquiry into the
genocide in Sri Lanka.
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Significantly, the resolution
coincided with the tabling of the UN Human Rights Office report that
acknowledged the “horrific level of violations” in the island nation during the
ethnic war in this millennium.
125th
birth anniversary of poet Bharatidasan
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To mark the 125th birth anniversary of
poet Bharatidasan, a two-day poetry conference would be held with the
participation of 125 poets.
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The birth anniversary of the great
poet would be celebrated by the government as ‘Tamil Poet Day.’
Amma
Mobile Phones for Self help Groups
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
announced an ‘Amma’ mobile phone scheme to help women self-help group (SHG)
trainers supervise work.
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Under the scheme, “computerised mobile
phones” loaded with special Tamil software would be provided to 20,000 SHG
trainers in the first phase at a cost of Rs 15 crore.
High
Altitude Sports Training centre
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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has
announced that a high-altitude sports training centre at a cost of Rs. 5 crore
would be set up in Udagamandalam on the lines of the centres in Shillaroo in
Himachal Pradesh and Munnar in Kerala
Naxal
prevention cells to come up in 10 districts
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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced
creation of special cells at a cost of Rs 9.48 crore in 10 border districts to
prevent Naxalite activities.
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Speaking in the Assembly while
replying to the demands for grants for Home department, she said that the cells
will be set up at Tiruvallur, Vellore, Erode, Udagamandalam, Coimbatore,
Tiruppur, Dindigul, Virudunagar, Tiruvelveli and Kanyakumari districts.
DSP
Vishnupriya suicide case: CM rejects CBI probe
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
rejected opposition demand for a CBI probe into the suicide of woman Deputy
Superintendent of Police and asserted that the State Crime Branch-CID would
handle the investigation into the case “impartially”.
TN
Fibernet Corporation
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J
Jayalalitha announced to set up Tamil Nadu Fibernet Corporation to implement
the Union Government’s Bharatnet scheme.
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The corporation will be established at
an estimated cost of 3000 crore rupees and will oversee the linkage of 12524
villages in the state through optical fiber network.
New
taluks
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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced
creation of 16 new taluks and five revenue divisions at a total cost of Rs
17.65 crore to help people access services in a better way.
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16 new taluks would be created at a
cost of Rs 16 crore
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Keezh Pennathur, Melmalaianur,
Kandachipuram, Soolagiri, Karimangalam, Pallavaram are among the new taluks.
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Also, five new Revenue Divisions would
come up at Egmore, Tondiarpet (both in Chennai), Melur (Madurai), Coimbatore
North (Coimbatore District), and Sattur (Virudhunagar).
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With the addition to the revenue
infrastructure, taluks would go up to 285 from 269 and revenue divisions to 85
from 80.
Microsoft
opens cloud computing services in Chennai
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Microsoft has opened the doors of its
first cloud computing services through its ‘hyper scale’ data centre in
Chennai.
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Two more centres were opened in Pune
and Mumbai.
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Governments, large businesses, small
and medium businesses (SMBs) and the public can use the massive computing power
to support their existing workloads.
In
addition, businesses that deal with large amounts of data will benefit from
facilities such as backup and recovery, reduced network distance, lower
latency, and the option of a private connection to the cloud.Tamil Nadu in 2015 (January - March)
Tamil Nadu in 2015 (April - June)
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