Chennai: This academic year, students of Classes III-VIII in CBSE schools don’t just learn from textbooks. A portion of their lessons includes a module covering topics ranging from logical reasoning and data formatting to an introduction to artificial intelligence.Titled ‘Computational Thinking and AI’, the module developed by the board helps inculcate in students the ability…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday stayed the framing of charges against Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagendran in the Rs 4 crore cash seizure case registered during 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Originally, a metropolitan magistrate court in the George Town court complex 2qs scheduled to frame the charges in the case on Aug 12.During the…
RESHAPING THE FUTURE: Manufacturers are stepping up investments in product development and related technology to navigate the shift towards electric mobility, premiumisation, and software-led vehicles Chennai: India’s two-wheeler makers are putting engineering at the heart of their next competitive battle. TVS Motor Company, Hero MotoCorp and Ather Energy are emerging as the front-runners in the…
Chennai: PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna on Tuesday questioned the legitimacy of AIADMK under general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, in the wake of an exodus of senior functionaries, triggering a heated exchange between TVK and AIADMK in the assembly.The debate began when Palaniswami flayed the defection of a few MLAs soon after winning elections. “It takes…
Vijay to table resolution against delimitation in assembly on Wednesday Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay is set to move a resolution in the state assembly on Wednesday against the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies.The move comes in the backdrop of speculations that the Union BJP govt would table the delimitation bill in Parliament on…
Chennai: Former CM O Panneerselvam and revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan on Tuesday traded charges against each other on switching parties.The debate started with O Panneerselvam alleging that the state budget presented by finance minister N Marie Wilson had no new schemes, instead it was filled with schemes implemented by DMK. He said people of…
Anti-drug awareness event Chennai: To create drug- and tobacco-free campuses, the Tamil Nadu govt will undertake a slew of measures, including conducting orientation programmes, screening students, obtaining a self-affidavit from students against drug abuse and encouraging students to file anonymous complaints against the sale or use of drugs within the campuses.Chief minister Joseph Vijay on…
The centre was established in 2019 In a stretch of reserve forest along the Trichy-Chennai National Highway, about 35km from the city, the Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Marama Reddy Palayam has become a sanctuary for Tamil Nadu’s pachyderms with a history of abuse, neglect or retired from temple service.Established in 2019 by the…
Chennai: Amid the ongoing interstate row over Cauvery river, Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Tuesday upheld Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) recommendation and directed Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs (1 tmcft) of water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days, effective August 12.The emergency meeting was held in New Delhi against the…
Tamil Nadu’s biodiversity push is missing a local touch S PaulrajThe Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Board (TNBB) is failing to achieve its statutory goals, with 13,600 biodiversity management committees (BMC) existing largely on paper and failing to engage local communities in the preparation of people’s biodiversity registers (PBR). Despite some access and benefit sharing collections, the…
