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  • Tamil actor buys Sundar Pichai’s ancestral house in Chennai

    Tamil actor buys Sundar Pichai’s ancestral house in Chennai

    CHENNAI: A Tamil actor has purchased the ancestral house of Google CEO Sundar Pichai in Chennai for an undisclosed sum. C. Manikandan, a small-time actor and producer who is also into real estate, is thrilled on purchasing the property in Ashok Nagar neighbourhood where Sundar Pichai was born and raised.

    He told mediapersons that he feels proud of buying the house where Sundar Pichai was born. “Since Sundar Pichai made India proud, it is exciting to buy the house where he was born,” said Manikandan, who plans to build a villa there.

    Manikandan has built and delivered around 300 homes under his brand Chellappas Builders in different parts of the city.

    According to Manikandan, Sundar Pichai’s father R.S. Pichai razed the old structure at his own cost and handed over the plot. The actor revealed that since this was R.S. Pichai’s first property, he became emotional while handing over the documents.

    Sundar Pichai was born and brought up in Chennai. He is said to have lived in this house till the age of 20 years. He left the city in 1989 to study Metallurgical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur.

    When Manikandan heard that the property was for sale, he immediately decided to buy it. He, however, had to wait for R.S. Pichai’s return from the US.

    He was impressed by the humility of the Google CEO’s parents. He revealed that Sundar’s mother made a filter coffee herself and his father offered him the documents at the very first meeting.

    The actor said Sundar Pichai’s father also insisted that the name of his son should not be used to expedite the transfer of ownership of the property and the registration.

    Manikandan said R.S. Pichai waited for hours at the registration office, paid all necessary taxes before handing over the documents to him.

    -IANS

  • Ma Su inaugurates Tuberculosis Eradication Summit in Chennai

    Ma Su inaugurates Tuberculosis Eradication Summit in Chennai

    CHENNAI: State Health Minister Ma Subramanian inaugurated the TB Eradication Summit under the National Tuberculosis Eradication Programme in Chennai and released the 2.0 State TB Eradication Comprehensive Plan document.

    The State Health Department is setting up Culture and Drug Sensitivity Testing Labs at Coimbatore and Tiruchy, as part of its goal to decrease the incidence of TB in TN to 40 per one lakh population in high-burden districts and to 10 per one lakh population in low-burden districts, by 2025.

    Governmental Hospital for Tuberculosis in Tambaram is one of the Culture and Drug Susceptibility Laboratories which have been accredited by the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme and endorsed technologies for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (Pulmonary and Extra-Pulmonary) to support the programme. Similarly in the current year, culture and drug sensitivity labs have been established in Coimbatore and Tiruchy at the cost of Rs 3.10 crore. Equipment such as MGIT Machine, Line Probe Assay, installation of Biosafety Cabinet- BSL III and all Lab consumables are provided for the effective functioning of the laboratory.

    As per the plan, the department aims at ‘Detect All’ as a plan, which is one of the pillars of The National Strategic Plan of the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) with an objective of Early identification of presumptive TB, at the first point of contact be it private or public sectors, and prompt diagnosis using high sensitivity diagnostic tests to provide universal access to quality TB diagnosis including drug-resistant TB in the country.

    The department is planning at diagnosing all the new cases of multi-drug and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis which are estimated to emerge annually. The NTEP includes 35 district TB centres, 461 TB units at the block Level, 1,967 designated microscopy centres, 2 intermediate reference laboratories in Chennai & Madurai and Molecular diagnostic labs- that are functioning to provide Universal Drug Susceptibility Testing to all diagnosed TB patients.

    As per a release from the health department, the State has not recorded any cases of Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) TB in 2022, after two cases were reported in 2021 and 2019 each, and five cases were reported in 2020. Tamil Nadu is also seeing a decline pre XDR TB as 104 cases were reported in 2022 compared to 126 in the previous year. The multi-drug resistant TB saw a slight surge with 1,294 cases reported last year and 1,185 cases being reported in 2021. At least 1,188 cases of mono-drug TB were reported in the State.

    The Health Minister said that the number of TB patients diagnosed has increased from 68,922 in 2020 to 82,680 in 2021 and 91,592 in 2022. In 2020, 57,391 people have recovered, 68,810 in 2021 and 50,592 in 2022. The state has undertaken various measures to create TB-free status and 23 mobile vehicles equipped with Digital X-rays for TB were launched at a cost of Rs.10.65 crore.

    In addition to this, a total of 42 mobile digital X-ray vehicles are used to identify people with symptoms of tuberculosis, including young children and provide treatment. The modern blood test system for internal tuberculosis is being implemented in the best manner in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Madurai, Pudukottai, Tiruvallur and Thoothukudi. The identified people are given nutritional and financial aid to fight the infection.

  • Stalin laid the foundation stone of Porunai Museum

    Stalin laid the foundation stone of Porunai Museum

    Chennai (IANS) | Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the Porunai Museum through video conferencing from his office at the Secretariat on International Museum Day. The Government of Tamil Nadu has allotted 13.02 acres of land for the Porunai Museum.

    In the first phase, the museum will be built in an area of 55 thousand square feet at a cost of Rs 33 crore. The museum, to be built with world-class standards, will display 2,617 rare artefacts collected from Adichanallur, Korkai and Sivakalai.

    Stalin also launched two books ‘Tamizh Natta Panipatta Marabugal’ and ‘Pudukottai Vattaram’ during the event.

    State Public Works Minister EV Velu, Finance and Archeology Minister Thangam Thennarasu and State Chief Secretary V. Irai Ambu were present during the ceremony held at the Chief Minister’s Office at the Secretariat.

    –IANS

  • Stalin and OPS congratulate people on ‘Mother’s Day’

    Stalin and OPS congratulate people on ‘Mother’s Day’

    Chennai (IANS) | Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin extended Mother’s Day greetings to the people of the state. CM Stalin took to Twitter to wish the people of the state. CM tweeted that let’s fulfill the hopes of all the mothers who fill this world with love. Respect and meet their needs. A Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers who hold us as another life inside us and bring us so much happiness.

    Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (OPS) also wished people on Mother’s Day by tweeting. He wrote in tweeting that on this occasion, I congratulate all mothers on Mother’s Day, which is celebrated for the unique love, incomparable, immense love and unimaginable affection of the mother.

    Mothers have a special place in Indian culture. Mother’s Day was started in the 1900s to honor mothers.

    –IANS

  • Burglary probe at Retd Govt staff home in Chennai leads to serial offenders

    Burglary probe at Retd Govt staff home in Chennai leads to serial offenders

    CHENNAI: City Police on Saturday arrested two persons in connection with the burglary at a retired government staff’s home in Kolathur three months ago. While one of the accused was arrested on March 1, within two weeks of the burglary, three others were arrested on Saturday based on the information provided by the accused.

    The burglars had broke into the house of K Gunasekaran (70) at Teacher’s colony in Kolathur. Gunasekaran left his home on February 12 to visit his hometown and returned on February 16 to find the front door broke open.

    On checking inside, Gunasekaran found that 16 sovereigns of gold jewellery, silver articles and cash worth Rs 1 lakh was stolen. Based on his complaint, Puzhal Police registered a case and began investigations. On March 1, a special team of Puzhal Police arrested G Mohan alias Motta Mohan (56) of Ennore in connection with the burglary.

    Police investigations revealed that Mohan was not operating alone and based on the inputs provided by him, a team picked up two other accomplices on Saturday, who were part of the burglary.

    The arrested persons were identified as V Dhinakaran (35) of Ambasamudram, Tirunelveli, M Selvakumar alias Abdullah (38) of Ramanathapuram.

    Police recovered 27 sovereigns of gold jewellery, 250 grams of silver articles and cash worth Rs 36,500 cash from them.

    “Dhinakaran and Motta Mohan got acquainted in Prison 15 years ago and have been indulging in burglaries in and around chennai since 2008,” an official said.

    They have also broken into houses in Trichy, Thanjavur, Tindivanam, Bangalore too, police investigations revealed. Police said that they are involved in at least 20 burglary cases. The arrested persons were produced before a magistrate and remanded to judicial custody.

  • CBSE Class 10 results out, Chennai stands 3rd in pass percentage

    CBSE Class 10 results out, Chennai stands 3rd in pass percentage

    CHENNAI: The results for Class 10 CBSE students were declared on Friday afternoon.

    According to an official release, this year’s pass percentage is 93.12% with Thiruvananthapuram standing first with 99.91% and Chennai standing third with 99.14%.

    Students can check their CBSE Class 10 results on the official websites, including cbseresults.nic.in, results.cbse.nic.in, cbse.nic.in, and cbse.gov.in. They can also use other online platforms like DigiLocker and UMANG app.

  • Lungs transported within 1.5 hours from Kovai to Chennai

    Lungs transported within 1.5 hours from Kovai to Chennai

    CHENNAI: The lungs of a patient who was declared brain dead at a private hospital in Coimbatore were airlifted to a private hospital in Chennai for a transplant yesterday within 1.5 hours. The organ was retrieved from a brain-dead patient and airlifted to Chennai yesterday.

    It was shifted via a green corridor created from the Chennai airport to MGM Healthcare Chennai. The shifting of the organ was precisely completed within 1.5 hours. The authorities, including the Airport Authority of India, Coimbatore, Chennai, and the Greater Chennai Traffic Police, helped in creating the green corridor and ensured the transport of the organ was done quickly and seamlessly.

    Green corridors are helpful in the timely transportation of organs from donors to recipients, saving lives and improving the efficiency of the organ transplantation process. The Medical Green Corridor is a great initiative that has helped to improve the organ transplantation process in India and save more lives.

    The airlifted lung was transplanted into a 78-year-old man who has was on ECMO for around two months as he was suffering from non-resolving Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The transplant was successfully performed under the leadership of Dr KR. Balakrishnan, Director – Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant – Mechanical Circulatory Support, by Dr Apar Jindal, Clinical Director of a lung transplant, pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at MGM hospital and his team.

  • Krishnagiri dist records highest enrollment of class 1 students

    Krishnagiri dist records highest enrollment of class 1 students

    CHENNAI: Krishnagiri district recorded the highest enrollment with as many as 4,000 students enrolling in class 1. While across TN, more than 68,000 students enrolled for class 1 during the campaign held in April.

    To identify students early and admit them in government and government-aided schools, the School Education Department held an enrollment drive from April 17 till 28.

    The focus in the drive has majorly been on classes 1,2 and 3 where students’ strength is weak.

    As per officials and School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, high turnout was recorded during the drive with over 68,000 students enrolling for class 1 alone.

    Speaking to DT NEXT, a higher official with the Directorate of Elementary Education said, “It is not usual for admissions to be held before vacations for both elementary and school education. But, to admit more students and reduce drop outs, a drive was held by the department. In which, over 68,000 students enrolled in class 1.”

    “Krishnagiri district topped the list with nearly 4,000 students enrolling in government schools and the highest enrollment was recorded in Sulagiri block, where more than 1,000 students registered,”the official added.

    As the admissions across the schools were conducted manually, the department will soon upload the data on the Education Management Information System (EMIS) portal.

    Currently, post the final exam for the academic year 2022-23, the students are on summer break.

    As per a recent announcement, the schools for classes 6 to 12 will reopen on June 1 and for classes 1 to 5 on June 5.

  • Metro ridership dips in April compared to March in Chennai

    Metro ridership dips in April compared to March in Chennai

    CHENNAI: Compared to the previous month, the Chennai Metro rail witnessed a slight dip in passenger ridership in April recording about 66.85 lakh passengers.

    The footfall for March was at 69.99 lakh.

    As per the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) press note, 66.85 lakh passengers took Metro trains between April 1 and 30.

    And, on April 28 alone, the CMRL recorded the highest passenger flow for the month with an average of 2.68 lakh riding the train.

    Subsequently, in April, a total of 23.39 lakh passengers utilised the QR code ticketing system, 39.83 lakh passengers used the travel card ticketing system, 3.56 lakh passengers used the token system and 4,136 passengers used group ticketing system.

    Meanwhile, as many as 1,964 passengers used the newly introduced National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) also called the Singara Chennai card.

    Also, owing to the IPL season, the CMRL announced free rides in the train for those visiting the stadium to watch matches.

  • 2 men asphyxiated near Chennai while cleaning sewer tank

    2 men asphyxiated near Chennai while cleaning sewer tank

    CHENNAI: Two sanitation workers with Minjur town panchayat engaged by a private school in Minjur, near Chennai to clean the sewer tank in their premises died of suspected asphyxiation on Monday.

    Avadi City Police have booked the school correspondent and are investigating.

    The deceased are identified as Govindan (45) and Subburayalu (50). While Govindan was a permanent staff with the town panchayat, Subburayalu was employed on a contract basis.

    Preliminary investigations revealed that they were engaged by the school correspondent, Simon C Victor (62).

    Police sources said that Simon has been booked under section 304 (a) of IPC (causing death by negligence) and Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 and The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

    The workers had reached the school around 1 pm and began work. Within minutes of them entering the tank, they were hit by the noxious gases and swooned.

    Police said that the men were declared dead on arrival at the hospital. On information, Minjur Police secured the bodies and moved them to a government hospital for post mortem.