New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Taking on edtech platforms like Unacademy which are allegedly poaching teachers from its facilities, India’s premier coaching centre Allen Career Institute (ACI) on Tuesday announced to foray into the online edtech space. Allen Career Institute has launched its maiden digital arm, Allen Digital Pvt. Ltd, and according to its Managing Director […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 (IANS) Stung by the revelation of Swapna Suresh on the alleged role of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family in smuggling of gold and currency, the ruling Left Democratic Front in Kerala at its meeting held here on Tuesday, decided to take the attack into the opposition camp by approaching the […]
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) A national-level survey done by Help Age India conducted in 22 cities across the country has found that 49% of the elderly in Chennai city were dependent on their families for their financial needs. The survey also revealed that 14% of the elders in the city are facing abuse including verbal […]
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu school education minister, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said that the ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi ‘scheme of the state education department will be extended for six months more. ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi’ or Education at doorsteps is a scheme announced by the DMK government under Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to address the learning […]
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) After 7 girls were rescued in a span of four days from the clutches of child marriage, the Krishnagiri district administration of Tamil Nadu has decided that it would act tough against the menace. The district administration has also said that they would be conducting awareness programme across the district to […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 (BPNS) The state health department is planning to launch grass-root level awareness of the scrub typhus disease. This follows upon the assessment that lack of awareness coupled with a misconception about the disease has resulted in getting infected and sometimes loss of life. Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a […]
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) A group of parents of a government-aided school in Keezha Kuthapanchan Village of Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu complained that they are not sending their children to school as some teachers of the school are putting pressure on the students to convert to Christianity. The Tamil Nadu educational department commenced a […]
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) In another case of honour killing in Tamil Nadu, a person hacked to death his sister and her husband. The dastardly act took place at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on Monday evening. The deceased is Saranya (24) and her husband Mohan (31). Saranya who is a Dalit married […]
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police have summoned officials of two private hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in a case related to the forceful sale of embryos of a 16-year-old girl at Erode. The mother of the girl, her lover, and an agent are under judicial custody. Police probe team have […]
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) The biggest trade union of Southern Railway employees, Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) on Tuesday conducted a protest against the handing over of express train routes to private players. The union in the protest march in front of the Erode railway junction said that the railways had identified 109 pairs of […]
