-The Times of India MUMBAI: The landscape of school education has for long promised a variety of options. Almost half-a-dozen school boards-local, national and international-offer Indian students a choice of academic algorithms for careers ahead. But of them all, CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), which was largely designed for those who moved home and could not be loyal to a state board, is picking up popularity across the nation. In 1996-97,...
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With She-Toilets, Chennai shows way in sanitation -Divya Chandrababu
-The Times of India Chennai: The Chennai Corporation is aiming for a clean sweep to tackle problems of female hygiene and access to sanitation - special 'She Toilets' have been planned for women in 348 locations across the city and will be opened by the end of the year. They will also be the first e-toilets (electronic, fully automated toilets) in the city. The toilets will have sanitary napkin vending machines...
More »Amma canteens may force tech cafe logout -Sangeetha Kandavel
-The Economic Times Chennai: The low-cost Amma Canteens may have caught the imagination of even Egyptian officials who came visiting recently to study the model, but a group of entrepreneurs in Chennai is definitely not cheering for them Please click here to read more. ...
More »Chennai to host Asia-Pacific conference on family farming
-The Hindu The regional consultation was organised by MSSRF in partnership with FAO Global experts will gather in Chennai for an Asia Pacific Conference for the International Year of Family Farming to emphasise the importance of diversified cropping patterns and integrated farming. "In the atmosphere of need to shift from food to nutrition security, the International Year of Family Farming provides a unique opportunity towards achieving this at the national and global level,"...
More »Tamil Nadu NGOs among top recipients of foreign aid -Jayaraj Sivan
-The Times of India Chennai: NGOs across the country are feeling the heat with an Intelligence Bureau report accusing many of them, including one run by Tamil Nadu-based anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar, of receiving foreign aid to instigate agitations and stall developmental projects in the country. For many years now, TN has been recording the second highest foreign aid receipts by NGOs, next only to Delhi. According to the Union home...
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