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TN Chief minister Stalin virtually inaugurates 200 bed Covid centre in Karur

Chennai, May 31(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief minister MK Stalin on Monday virtually inaugurated a 200 bed Covid centre hall located within the TNPL township.  The triage unit set up jointly by the Karur district administration and Tamil Nadu News Print and Papers Ltd (TNPL), a state government enterprise. A statement from the TNPL office said […]

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TN educational department prints 3.8 crore new text books for school students

Chennai, May 31(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation has printed 3.8 crore new textbooks for school students of Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2021-22. This is despite the long holidays and shutdowns owing to the pandemic and general elections. While the education department of the state has ordered 4.1 crore textbooks, […]

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Robbers tie up TASMAC watchman, escape with thousands of bottles of liquor in TN

Chennai, May 31( BPNS) A gang of five armed robbers tied up a TASMAC watchman to the pole and escaped with thousands of bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in the early hours of May 31 at Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu. Police at the Kalayarkoil station has registered a case of dacoity against the […]

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Animal Welfare board distributes rice and wheat bran to feed stray dogs, cows

Chennai, May 31(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State Animal Welfare board which is functioning under the state Animal husbandry department is to help stray animals including dogs and cows in the streets just like it had chipped in during the lockdown in the first wave of the pandemic. Tamil Nadu State Animal Husbandry officials said that […]

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Special ward for Covid positive pregnant women at PHC in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, May 31(BPNS) The Tirunelveli district administration in Tamil Nadu has created a special ward at the Reddiyarpatti Primary Health Centre at Palayamkottai for taking care of pregnant women who have tested Covid -19 positive. A 38 oxygen bedded facility is created at the Reddiyarpatti PHC for taking care of pregnant women who are tested […]

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Tamil Nadu government invites application from women for Kalpana Chawla bravery awards

Chennai, May 31(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government on Monday invited application from women from the state for the Kalpana Chawla bravery awards. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a citation and will be presented  on the Independence Day. A statement from the  Tamil Nadu government said that the award is […]

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Anticipating third Covid wave in July, Tirunelveli district in TN to recruit doctors

Chennai, May 31(BPNS) The Tirunelveli medical college hospital in Tirunelveli district has commenced interviewing doctors anticipating a third wave of Covid 19 by July. The Department of Health Services will be in need of more doctors and nurses to handle patients if the “third wave” strikes the state and Tirunelveli has been a hot spot […]

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Amrita Centre for Nanosciences bags and Molecular medicine bags 7 new patents

Thiruvananthapuram, May 31(BPNS)Amrita Center for Nanoscience and Molecular Medicine at the Kochi Campus of Amrita University has bagged seven national and international patents for its inventions. All seven patents are related to the health sector. Three inventions have received American patents and four inventions have received Indian patents, said Dr. Shantikumar V. Nair, Director of […]

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Yogi govt announces 10 lakh solatum to the kin of Journo’s who die of Covid

Lucknow. May 230(BPNS) The Yogi Adityanath Government has announced a solatum of Rs 10 lakh to the families of journalists who succumbs to Covid -19. This was announced by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the Hindi day, on Sunday, May 30. The Chief minister’s office in a statement said that on the instructions of the […]