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TN this Week: Alarming School Dropout Rate During COVID-19, Flood Alert in Western Districts
24 Jul 2021
In other news, fisherfolk say that many aspects of the Centre’s Fisheries Draft Bill pose a threat to fishing as an occupation.
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NEET Dangerous for Tamil Nadu, Say 90.5% People in Survey
21 Jul 2021
An umbrella organisation of 80 plus groups, Kalvi Padhugappu Kootamaippu (Federation for Protection of Education), conducted the survey on NEET after it felt the government committee sought responses…
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TN This Week: ‘Scrap NEET’ Insists State, New BJP Chief Wants ‘Media Under Control’
17 Jul 2021
The Tamil Nadu government on July 16 extended the pandemic imposed lockdown in the state till June 31. However, the administration also announced a series of new relaxations.
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IIT Madras: Social Justice Down the Drain, Nobody Held Accountable
16 Jul 2021
Two weeks back, NCSC sent a notice to IIT Madras based on a complaint by an activist that reservation policies were not followed during faculty recruitment conducted last year.
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Tamil Nadu Mounts Pressure for Supply But Centre Helpless
14 Jul 2021
The demand for vaccines from the states has been high and the Centre is only providing a portion of it.
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TN This Week: State Continues to Run Out of Vaccine, BJP Eyes Expansion in Western Districts
10 Jul 2021
Vaccination centres in many districts were closed throughout the week as the state continued to receive limited vaccines from the Centre.
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Tamil Nadu: Can Consenting Adults Marry Without Parental Permission?
08 Jul 2021
Although two consenting adults can marry despite opposition from their families as per the law, the process is not so simple in Tamil Nadu.
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Inoculation Drive Slows in Tamil Nadu amid Vaccine Shortage and Complaints of Black Market
06 Jul 2021
With the increased demand for vaccines, there are reports that the government owned vaccines are illegally being sold off to private hands at the local level.
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TN this Week: Court Probes Inaction in Anti-Sterlite Protest Killings, Unrest Against Petrol Prices
03 Jul 2021
Protestors also demanded permission for the Tamil Nadu government to manufacture vaccines at the HLL Biotech plant in Chengalpattu.
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COVID-19: 'We’re Suffering Without Support System', say Women Who Married for Love
02 Jul 2021
Having lost jobs as house-helps, many such women who have been abandoned by their families, are seeking government help for rations and children’s education.