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03 Sep

Deputy CM launches AI-powered TNSKILL Registry to identify skilled youth

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Deputy CM launches AI-powered TNSKILL Registry to identify skilled youth The TNSKILL Registry allows industries and employers to discover and connect with Tamil Nadu’s skilled youth free of cost, powered by AI-enabled voice search in Tamil and English and chatbot-based search assistance . It has over 13.7 lakh verified youth profiles across engineering, arts & science, diploma, and ITI streams . Read full story: Source
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03 Sep

Lessons from Gauri Lankesh’s murder trial

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Lessons from Gauri Lankesh’s murder trial More than 61 journalists have been killed in India since 1992 for their work, and at least 19 murders have been unsolved between 2014 to 2024 . Of the 18 accused, 17 are out on bail - their release enabled not by proof of innocence but by the system's own lethargy . Read full story: Source
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03 Sep

J&K Opposition parties express dismay over constructing Police Martyrs’ building on 70-year-old playground in Srinagar

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J&K Opposition parties express dismay over constructing Police Martyrs’ building on 70-year-old playground in Srinagar The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the J&K Apni Party (JKAP) oppose the move to build a Police Martyrs’ building in a playground in Srinagar . PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra said while people salute the sacrifices of the police, “such a building can be raised elsewhere” Read full story: Source
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03 Sep

When Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai enthralled students at Yale University

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When Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai enthralled students at Yale University There is an apocryphal story that testifies to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai’s [1909-69] command of English language. Anna, as he is fondly called, was at America’s Yale University as a Chubb Fellow in 1968 when he was asked to construct a sentence in English using the word “because” three times consecutively. Anna was said to have famously replied: “No sentence ends with because, because, because is a conjunction.” This clever response, along with his speeches in the Rajya Sabha and his travel accounts from the…
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03 Sep

SC orders DISCOMs to clear their regulatory assets | Explained

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SC orders DISCOMs to clear their regulatory assets | Explained The story so far: The Supreme Court recently directed the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) and distribution companies (DISCOMs) to clear the existing regulatory assets within four years and liquidate any new assets within three years. The court also advised capping the regulatory asset at 3% of a DISCOM’s Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) and instructed regulators to set out transparent roadmaps for recovery, along with conducting intensive audits of DISCOMs that continue without recovering these assets. What are regulatory assets? Regulatory assets constitute the unrecoverable revenue gap due to the…
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03 Sep

How dead birds, old maps are helping scientists track biodiversity loss

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How dead birds, old maps are helping scientists track biodiversity loss The Nilgiri mountains in the Western Ghats are a biodiversity hotspot, home to a diverse array of birds, mammals, plants, and other life forms. Called the ‘blue mountains’ because of the blooming of Strobilanthus flowers, the Nilgiris are home to many species that are endemic and of conservation concern, including the Nilgiri pipit, the Nilgiri sholakili, and the Nilgiri laughingthrush. In a study recently published in Global Change Biology, Vijay Ramesh and a team of scientists from institutes in India, the UK, and the US explored how changes in…
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