World Toilet Day 2020: 55-year-old S. Damodaran founded NGO Gramalya in 1987 that helped in the implementation of all sanitation programmes of central government, from the Central Rural Sanitation Programme in the mid-80s to the Swachh Bharat Mission, in Southern states of the country ...
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras have developed a game to make people, particularly children, aware about the importance of following safety measures against COVID-19 ...
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According to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami, due to the lack of awareness, people in state are not complying with safety measures to protect themselves from COVID-19 ...
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Jayalakshmi, a 16-year-old girl who studies in Class 12 and sells cashews to support her family, has motivated fellow villagers to give up open defecation and has managed to bring toilets to each household of her village in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu ...
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Tamil Nadu has ramped up its testing after receiving criticism which has led to a spike in the number of positive cases, say the state authorities adding that the number should come down organically and not by compromising on surveillance ...
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With restaurants and eateries shut, Amma Canteens will provide free food to the people during the stringent lockdown re-imposed in four districts between June 19 and June 30 to fight COVID-19 ...
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In a statement detailing the various efforts taken to address the COVID-19 situation, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said that the Tamil Nadu's mortality rate was the lowest when compared to even some foreign countries, besides other Indian states ...
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Meet 21-year-old Abdul Salam and 19-year-old Sultan Abbas, a brother duo from Chennai who are serving food and ration kits to people in need during Coronavirus lockdown ...
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A person clinically assigned as a very mild case /pre-symptomatic case of COVID-19, has requisite facility at their residence for self-isolation can get treatment at home, says Tamil Nadu government ...
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Developed by an IIT- Madras backed start-up, AirBins use remote monitoring where software of the device fitted on a dustbin sends telecommands to sanitation worker’s phone using internet ...
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The Inter-Ministerial Central Teams visited Hyderabad and Chennai to check on the necessary steps being taken to combat COVID-19 ...
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Typically, leaves degrade within a few days making these a poor alternative to plastics but Banana Leaf Technology, invented by 20-year-old from Tamil Nadu, can make it last longer ...
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