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The primary aim of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is to create entrepreneurs out of students and not merely job-seekers, Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar said on Thursday. “Is the aim of education simply to get a job? Am I to become a job-seeker? Or, am I to become a job-giver? That is…
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Mahindra Industrial Park Chennai Limited (MIPCL), a joint venture between Mahindra World City Developers Limited and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, announced that YKK India Private Limited, the Indian subsidiary of YKK Corporation, will establish a new manufacturing facility at Origins by Mahindra, Chennai. According to YKK India, this will be the third manufacturing plant in…
Residents Welfare Associations petition civic bodies seeking inclusion of the Otteri Nullah under major restoration programmes and a separate representation seeks road connectivity for Velachery West AGS Colony. The representation by Federation of Anna Nagar Residents’ Association on Otteri Nullah stated that the waterbody, which carries floodwaters and drains into the Buckingham Canal, had not…
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Taranjit Singh Sandhu directed all departments concerned to complete procedural formalities and make the necessary changes | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday instructed all departments to implement a 20% reservation for former Agniveers in direct recruitment to vacant Group C posts and set June 30 as a deadline for completing…
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The government has, in recent months, implemented several long-overdue but welcome upgrades to India’s statistical databases. Wide-ranging, they cover the way the country measures Gross Domestic Product (GDP), industrial production, and price changes at the retail, wholesale, and producer levels. These updates have not only made India’s key economic statistics more representative of reality, but…
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Doctor Manish Gupta confessed to attacking the victim with a bat and later stabbing her with a knife. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A well-known dermatologist was arrested on Thursday for bludgeoning and stabbing to death his 58-year-old domestic help at his Mount Kailash home in south-east Delhi, the police said. The 56-year-old doctor, identified…
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Indira Canteen, a budget eatery initiative, was launched by the UDF governing committee in March. | Photo Credit: file photo The Kochi Corporation remains hopeful that its wish list of 12 prominent projects will find due consideration in the maiden Budget of the United Democratic Front government (UDF), to be presented by Chief Minister and…
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Former Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral was duped of ₹7.68 crore after cyber fraudsters impersonated him on a messaging platform and tricked one of his employees into transferring funds to multiple bank accounts, the police said on Thursday. Mr. Gujral, 78, is the son of the late I.K. Gujral, who served as India’s 12th Prime…
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The officers of the Anti-Corruption and Vigilance Directorate (DVAC) on Thursday conducted surprise checks at Regional Transport Offices (RTOs), Motor Vehicle Inspectorate Offices (MVIOs), and driving schools across Tamil Nadu, seizing unaccounted cash of ₹31.85 lakh and detecting suspicious Google Pay transactions worth ₹5.95 lakh. These checks were conducted on the orders of DVAC Director A….
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