Tanneries in Ranipet make transition to solar energy to reduce carbon footprint 

Solar-powered hot air heating system has replaced conventional firewood propelled system to dry processed leather at Overseas Leather company in SIPCOT in Ranipet on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: C. VENKATACHALAPATHY From conventional firewood heating system, tanneries in the Ranipet-Ambur-Vaniyambadi region have been gradually inching towards clean energy technology especially solar power to run automatic sprayer…

Needed: More than just a name change

P. Krishnaveni, an 81-year old retired school teacher, remembers how her village in Theni district in Tamil Nadu was stratified 70 years ago. Each caste had its own street. Scheduled Castes (SCs) lived away from the village and each street in an SC neighbourhood was named after a particular SC sub-caste, she says. Similarly, Sarojini…

Axiom space mission: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to fly to International Space Station on May 29

Axiom Mission 4 crew, from left to right, European Space Agency astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. Photo: X/@NASASpaceOps via PTI Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to be launched on May 29…

CAG audit finds colleges overcharging students

An audit of records of the regional joint directorates of collegiate education by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that aided and self-financing colleges in Tamil Nadu have overcharged students for applications, undergraduate or postgraduate programmes.  The Directorate of Collegiate Education issues annual guidelines that colleges can charge ₹48 as application fee for…