Vedanta Sterlite crossed the milestone of dispatching 2000 tons of medical-grade liquid oxygen to 32 districts in Tamil Nadu. The company has also partnered with SAP to integrate its oxygen dispatch data with the Government of India’s Oxygen Digital Tracking System (ODTS), developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
This allows for real-time tracking of dispatch information via the ODTS platform in ensuring effective distribution of oxygen to critical areas.
Sterlite has also distributed oxygen cylinders to primary and urban health centres in Thoothukudi. In addition, over 2 crores of critical care infrastructure such as ventilators and ICU beds have been provided to healthcare providers in the area.
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On July 20, DMK MP from Thoothukudi, Kanimozhi, had posted on her social media profile about the reply she received from the Ministry of Culture to a question about the Adichanallur pre-historic site.
The DMK MP had asked whether the Government has started work on developing the prehistoric site at Adichanallur site and the on-site museum.
Minister of Culture G. Kishan Reddy had given a written reply stating that for the development of the iconic site, different works like repairing of boundary walls, setting up basic amenities like toilets, drinking water kiosks, solar powered lights, public display boards, information boards and building of souvenir shops, cafeteria, etc have been done/undertaken.
The Minister also said in his reply that the construction of on-site museum is being done in consultation with the state government.
Kanimozhi in an attempt to play politics posted in her social media that she was astonished by the Minister’s reply as she was not able to see the boundary walls and toilets being built or solar powered lights and drinking water kiosks installed. She also added that she prefers the museum be built first.
You have mentioned about walls and toilets being built around the heritage site, drinking water, and solar-powered lights being installed. But unfortunately, we are not able to see or find any of them? And we would prefer that you build the museum first. (2/2)
However, her claims were busted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) which replied to her tweet showing the progress of the work done so far.
“Entire notified area of 125 acres is protected by Steel grill fence. Cultural Notice Board (CNB) and information board for visitors are affixed on the site.” the ASI said adding that work on building toilets, lighting and drinking water kiosks are underway.
The ASI also pointed out that land for Museum and other amenities are being worked out with the cooperation of Tamil Nadu Government.
Toilet, lighting and drinking water facilities are being provided. Land for Museum and other amenities are being worked out with the cooperation of State Government.
— Archaeological Survey of India (@ASIGoI) July 22, 2021
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Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai has asked those executives who did not attend the consultative meeting of BJP IT wing to stay at home.
Former IPS officer K Annamalai was on July 15 appointed as president of BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit by BJP national president J P Nadda. His appointment comes a day after party state unit president L Murugan was sworn in as a Union minister. Since his appointment as BJP state president, he has met with a number of senior leaders and had a number of consultative meetings.
In this scenario, a consultative meeting of BJP technical division executives was held last week. On behalf of the IT wing division, a list of key executives who will attend this consultative meeting has already been submitted. Annamalai, who was present during the meeting, found that just half of the executives were present. He inquired as to why there were so many absentees, saying that those who were absent can stay at home forever. He went on to say that he will appoint fresh people that are enthusiastic about the job.
Annamalai then issued a directive for all executives to attend the upcoming consultation meeting.
An altercation erupted between two factions in Thangammalpuram CSI Pastorate, allegedly in connection with the approaching election for the Thoothukudi-Nazareth CSI diocese. Two persons sustained knife injuries.
According to Thoothukudi Police, Sujith and Jebaraj of Thangammalpuram was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged weapon and were taken to Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital for treatment while bleeding. Following that, one Pon Rathnaraj was allegedly assaulted by followers of Sujith and Jebaraj and rushed to the hospital. FIRs had been filed in both incidents, according to SP S Jeyakumar.
Sujith and Jebaraj were members of one faction led by lay secretary candidate Giftson, while Pon Rathinam was a member of another faction led by current lay secretary SDK Rajan, according to sources.
The factions are clashing after incumbent lay secretary Rajan removed over 400 legitimate voters from the voters’ list belonging to the opposite team ahead of the polls. Rajan, a prominent businessman in Thoothukudi, has led the CSI diocese’s district unit for the past two terms.
According to a former lay secretary who requested anonymity, Rajan faces fierce resistance from all parishes, and a large opposition faction has arisen against him because his administration has rendered the church bankrupt. As a result, he said, he had gotten rid of a lot of voters who he thought would vote against him.
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On Thursday, the Assistant Commissioner of Madurai Corporation was relieved of duty for ordering to repair roads and streets lights, as well as keeping the road clean during the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagavat visit to Madurai.
Hours after a circular sent by the Zonal Assistant Commissioner of Madurai Corporation, S Shanmugam, asking staff to maintain RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s scheduled routes clean appeared on social media, he was shunted out.
As per a circular released by Shanmugam on July 20, the RSS chief was slated to attend events at the Saibaba temple in Zone 4’s Sathya Sai Nagar between July 22 and 26. All zonal officials were asked by Shanmugam to repair street lights and damaged roads along the RSS chief’s route from the airport. During the planned time, he also ordered that all other civic activity, including road renovation, be halted across the four zones.
The internal communication circular went viral after Madurai MP Su Venkatesan demanded an explanation from the Madurai Corporation and the district administration on Twitter. He asked as to which government rule such an order had been issued.
Manickam Tagore, a Member of Parliament from Virudhunagar, also criticized the civic body for foisting a red carpet welcome on an RSS leader at taxpayer money. Several leftist and Dravidian organizations have also requested that the official be punished immediately.
RSS தலைவருக்கு வரவேற்பு மதுரையில் அரசு செலவில். மதுரைக்கு வந்த சோதனை. நடவடிக்கை தேவை மதவாதிக்கு உதவும் அதிகாரிகள் மீது. செய்வாரா அண்ணன் @KN_NEHRU ? pic.twitter.com/sZK2ZdvfdH
— Manickam Tagore .B🇮🇳மாணிக்கம் தாகூர்.ப (@manickamtagore) July 21, 2021
Corporation Commissioner KP Karthikeyan clarified that as part of the Z Plus protectee protocol, only routine arrangements were made and no extra maintenance work was done. The Corporation Chief released a statement hours after the circular went viral, ordering the Assistant Commissioner to be relieved of duty. “The assistant commissioner has been asked to explain why he issued a circular without the consent of senior officials,” he said.
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In a tweet, Afghanistan Vice-President Amrullah Saleh shared a famous photo of Pakistani General AAK Niazi surrendering to the Indian Army in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Saleh in his official Twitter handle wrote, “We don’t have such a picture in our history and won’t ever have. Yes, yesterday I flinched for a fraction of a second as a rocket flew above & landed few meters away. Dear Pak twitter attackers, Taliban & terrorism won’t heal the trauma of this picture. Find other ways.,”.
We don't have such a picture in our history and won't ever have. Yes, yesterday I flinched for a friction of a second as a rocket flew above & landed few meters away. Dear Pak twitter attackers, Talibn & terrorism won't heal the trauma of this picture. Find other ways. pic.twitter.com/lwm6UyVpoh
Vice-President Amrullah Saleh is the most wanted leader of the Afganistan government and has been a thorn on the side of the Taliban and the Pakistani army for years. Also, he headed the Afghan intelligence agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) from 2004 to 2010.
The picture posted by Saleh is the most famous picture that was taken as one can see Pakistan Army Chief Gen Niazi who shares the same surname with Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi sign the Instrument of Surrender with Indian Army’s Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.
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The new generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), a surface-to-air missile was successfully tested from Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday (21 July) by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The flight trial was conducted at around 12:45 PM from a land-based platform with all weapon system elements such as Multifunction Radar, Command, Control and Communication System and launcher participating in the deployment configuration.
The Akash-NG missile system has been developed by Hyderabad-based Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and to see its performance, representatives of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were present.
“In order to capture flight data, ITR deployed a number of Range stations like, Electro Optical Tracking System, Radar and Telemetry. The flawless performance of the entire weapon system has been confirmed by complete flight data captured by these systems,” the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
After the missile was fired, it met all its parameters and demonstrated the high manoeuvrability required for neutralising fast and agile aerial threats and as per the DRDO, the Akash-NG weapon system will prove to be a force multiplier for the air defence capability of the Indian Air Force.
Production agencies Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) also participated in the trials, the ministry said.
The successful trial of this surface to air missile was greeted with a congratulatory message from Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
The video of a Christian pastor slandering Bharat Mata, Prime Minister Modi, and Home Minister Amit Shah and inciting hatred against Hindus adding that the DMK won has gone viral on social media.
The pastor also said that the “DMK won because of the alms put by Christians and Muslims” .
Speaking at a function jointly organized by Christians and Islamists at a church in Arumanai municipality, Kanyakumari district, Pastor George Ponnaiya said,” No Hindu will vote for them(DMK) no matter how many temples the Minister of HR&CE Sekhar Babu visits and performs Kumbabishegam, or how many temples he visits and worships without wearing clothing. Neither Mandaikaadu Amman temple worshipers nor Hindu votes helped the DMK win. DMK won by begging Christians and Muslims. DMK should not forget this. You did not win because of your talent.”
He further said that he had already told DMK MLA Prince that it was because of Christian Pastor’s direction and Pentecostal staff’s door-to-door campaign DMK won.
He continued, “We informed DMK Kanya Kumari district secretary Suresh Rajan that we will campaign in Nagercoil during a meeting in Nagercoil. However, he declined since it would unite Hindu votes against the DMK. As a result, BJP’s MR Gandhi won the election.”
“He claims he will not step on the ground with footwear because he considers it Bhoomodevi,” the Pastor stated of BJP MLA M.R. Gandhi, adding, “I wear shoes when I walk outside because I don’t want the dirt of Bharat Matha to touch my body.”
He claimed that the Tamil Nadu government provides us with free footwear so that we do not get rash or scabies from stepping on Bharat Mata, and that Bhuma Devi is a dangerous woman.
He warned Hindus saying,” we (minorities) were 42% once and now we are 62% of the total population in Kanya Kumari. soon, our population will cross 70%. we will continue to increase our population and no one can stop it. we tell this as a warning to Hindus. we do not fear BJP or RSS. You cannot stop us. ”
He further stated that Prime Minister Modi’s and Home Minister Amit Shah’s final years will be miserable, and that if the God we believe in is still alive, we shall watch Amit Shah and Modi being devoured by dogs and worms.
It is because of heretics like George Ponnaiya that religious strife in the country is on the rise. The video, in which he speaks in a tone that incites divisiveness, has gone viral on social media. Many have been posting their condemnations for the pastor’s speech.
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In a big slap and insult to the Hindus of India, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that August 16 to be celebrated as “Khela Diwas”.
This announcement and the date chosen has brought back dark and hidden memories of the violence and crime perpetrated by the Muslim League’s Direct Action Day which resulted in the murder and rape of tens of thousands of Hindus in 1946.
Rightly so the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has equated “Khela Diwas” as Direct Action Day long erased from our history books.
In a tweet sent out Swapan Dasgupta who is the BJP’s Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha who said, “In today’s West Bengal, Khela Hobe has come to symbolize a wave of terror attacks on opponents,” said. He also added that Muslim League launched its Direct Action Day and began the Great Calcutta Killings in 1946.
Interesting @MamataOfficial has declared August 16 as “Khela hobe divas”. It is the day the Muslim League launched its Direct Action Day & began the Great Calcutta Killings in 1946. In today’s West Bengal, “Khela Hobe” has come to symbolise a wave of terror attacks on opponents.
Amit Malviya who is the National head of BJP’s Information & Technology said in a tweet“Mamata Banerjee wants to hold a rally of opposition leaders in Kolkata in order to cobble up a front. She is free to do so, except that the unelected CM should realize that all non-TMC leaders, invited in Delhi, left the venue, even before she started speaking,”.
Mamata Banerjee wants to hold a rally of opposition leaders in Kolkata in order to cobble up a front…
She is free to do so, except that the unelected CM should realise that all non-TMC leaders, invited in Delhi, left the venue, even before she started speaking.#RealityCheck
Following Mamata Banerjee’s landslide victory in the assembly elections, TMC party workers went on a murderous spree, killing BJP party workers in a manner reminiscent of Muslim League action on August 16, 1946, now known as Direct Action Day.
The Muslim League demanded India’s partition and the creation of an independent Muslim state in Pakistan, and Bengal witnessed some of the Muslim League’s most heinous murders against Hindus.
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Following the arrest of CJ Paul Chandramohan who has been accused of sexual harassment by five post-graduate students, reports have emerged about alleged interference of a DMK MLA from Trichy trying to coerce the students to drop their allegation against the accused.
Chandramohan, the head of the Tamil Department in Bishop Heber College was arrested in the first week of July after several women had accused him of sexually assaulting them in the past.
In their five-page complaint lodged with the college’s principal, the five post-graduate students had said that Paul Chandramohan sexually harassed them regularly by sitting in close proximity and making comments with sexual innuendos.
The victim students also alleged that Paul Chandramohan engaged in various forms of sexual harassment, such as rubbing his legs against them. Nalini, an assistant professor in the Tamil department, reportedly forced the students to wash their faces and apply makeup before visiting the head of the department in his chamber.
Following the incident gaining traction, the college constituted a committee headed by lawyer Jayanthirani and suspended Paul Chandramohan. The police had also started an investigation into the allegations which led to his arrest.
Now in a startling development in the case, Tamil investigative magazine Junior Vikatan had published in its ‘Kazhugar‘ column about the interference of an MLA from Trichy interfering in the case.
In the issue dated 7th July 2021, it was mentioned that an MLA residing in the city has been approached to engage in negotiations with the five students who had levelled the allegations.
It was reported that they were being pressurized to take back their allegations against the accused so that the police can drop the investigation and close the case.
In their characteristic cryptic style, Junior Vikatan refers to the MLA as one ‘Inippu’ MLA (sweet in English) which seems like a reference to the MLA’s name.
Any guesses on who could be the said ‘Inippu’ MLA?
