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Fourty-year-old woman para Paddler seeks TN government support
Chennai, March 29 (BPNS) S. Fathima Beevi (40), hailing from Tirupurakundram in Tamil Nadu was paralyzed from her waist due to polio since she was eight months old. Hover she fought all odds and continued her education and became a Bcom graduate, married, and have two children. She said that she faced several obstacles in […]
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Mina Swaminathan of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation passes away
Chennai, March 14 (BPNS) Mina Swaminathan, Distinguished Chair, Gender and Development, M.S. Swaminathan research foundation passed away at her residence in Teynampet, Chennai on Monday. She was 88. She is the wife of illustrious Agriculture scientist Dr.M.S. Swaminathan. Mina Swaminathan was a teacher-educator and writer on early childhood education (ECE). She was the Chairman of […]
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Man throws baby shower party for his pregnant Persian cats
Chennai, Jan 3 (BPNS) A Coimbatore-based businessman conducted a baby shower (Vlakkappu) party for his two Persian cats at a pet clinic in RS Puram in the city on Sunday. The cats, Kshira who has reached 50 th day of its pregnancy, and Irish were completing their 35th day of pregnancy and their owner Uma Maheswaran […]
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Chennai corporation commences safety audit under ‘Gender Lab’ project
Chennai, Nov 26 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has commenced safety audit under its ‘Gender Lab’ project with the first phase of the audit conducted at Tondiarpet division. The draft of the report, according to GCC officials is ready but the final report will need little more inputs. The safety audit is being conducted […]
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TN Chief Minister felicitate woman police officer who saved man during Chennai rains
Chennai, Nov 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Friday felicitated the Woman police inspector of the state police, E. Rajeswari who carried a person, Udhayakumar who was unconscious and found under a tree at a cemetery during Chennai rains. The Chief Minister felicitated the woman police officer at his camp office in […]
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Paintings of transpersons from TN, Kerala to be exhibited at South Florida university
Chennai, Oct 28 (BPNS) Paintings of transpersons from Tamil Nadu and Kerala will be exhibited at the prestigious South Florida University. The paintings of these transpersons were selected for featuring in the art exhibition to be held at the university to be held from November 20 to April 20. The artists have already petitioned the […]
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Novel programmes of women-centric group library uplifts society
Kannur, March 22 : The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Library which was formed in 1988 immediately after the theater artist was shot dead in New Delhi is now the country’s first air-conditioned library and with more than 14,000 books and is the main cultural hub of Mayyil, a sleepy panchayath of Kannur district, the home district […]