TIRUNELVELI: A huge volume of Kerala’s biomedical, food and plastic waste, particularly from Thiruvananthapuram Regional Cancer Centre and Credence Private Hospital, has been dumped at multiple locations, including on patta lands and a waterbody in Kodaganallur and Palavoor villages. Recently, they have started dumping heaps of waste, particularly biomedical waste from the Kerala government’s Thiruvananthapuram RCC and a Kerala-based private …
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has generated over ₹1,000 crore in funding and revenue for the financial year 2021-22. Hema A. Murthy, who heads the Speech Technologies in Indian Languages brought in ₹50.6 crore and Mittesh Khapra, who heads Collecting Datasets and Benchmarks for Building Indian Language Technology brought in ₹47 crore. Director V. Kamakoti said the ICSR’s performance …
C aste-based intimidation and humiliation has once again raised its ugly head in Tamil Nadu, a State that prides itself in upholding the social reformer ‘Periyar’ E.V. On May 14, three Dalits in their seventies were made to prostrate before the caste Hindu-dominated “oor panchayat” at Ottanendal village near Tiruvennainallur in Villupuram district. The Dalits apologised to the dominant caste …
