Day: December 1, 2020

Amar Seva Sangam- Ayikudy (ASSA)’s Early Intervention project, launched in Tirunelveli and Tenkasi, in 2017, is said to have reduced the psychological, emotional, personal, physical, and financial burden in 75 per cent of parents of children with disabilities, found a peer-reviewed study, published in the October 2020 issue of Disability and Rehabilitation international journal.

“The Chennai branch of ITM Business School pioneered the trend of tech-driven and virtual campus, way before the Covid era,” said Gulshan Kumar, Campus Director.

Cadres of Pattali Makkal Katchi have been staging protest in several parts of the State demanding 20 per cent reservation. PMK party members from many districts tried to reach Chennai today.

Delhi’s air quality is predicted to deteriorate further, after turning ‘very poor’ on 30 November, with calm winds and low temperature allowing accumulation of pollutants.

Customs officials seized gold worth Rs 14.12 lakh at the city airport Monday.

Vaccine-maker Moderna has said that its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine was 100 per cent effective against severe cases of the disease, after releasing final results of its 30,000-person efficacy trial.

A day after actor Rajinikanth’s meeting with district secretaries of his Rajini Makkal Mandram, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan is expected to meet the press today.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is set to meet Ministers and officials at the Secretariat today, to review monsoon preparedness in the State. This comes in the wake of cyclone alert issued for southern Tamilnadu.

VK Sasikala, who is serving a prison sentence at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru, might be released anytime now, said Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) deputy general secretary P Palaniappan.