Brazil nut effect Let's do a small experiment at home. Take a glass; place two or three unbroken whole cashew nuts at the bottom. Fill two-thirds of the cup with smaller nuts such as peanuts or roasted Bengal gram. Now shake the glass well. Lo behold, you can observe the cashew nut raising up...
After almost one-and-half years, schools in Tamil Nadu were opened for the off-line classes on Nov. 1, 2021. The reopening was grand and memorable for students as well as teachers. But festivals and monsoon have meant a sparse start to actual functioning. Many districts have declared holidays...
Q) This project is a secret weapon project of Fermi Lab and India’s Atomic Energy agency. Why don’t they tell the truth? The powerful neutrino beams produced at Fermi Lab need to be received here in India. The Pottipuram site is 180 degrees away on same longitude as the lab in Chicago, USA....
The neutrino project is once again in the news. A delegation led by Lok Sabha MP TR Balu met Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal ahead of PRAGATI meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and conveyed the state government’s opposition to the project. Chief Minister MK Stalin had...
The Tamil Nadu government is waiting for the President of India to give his assent on the Bill the state Assembly has passed exempting the state from NEET. Students who have passed Class 12 are in limbo land as they are still unsure if they have to prepare for NEET are not. The Governor of the...
The Tamil Nadu government’s case against NEET is well established. NEET tramples states rights when it’s the state that can set such policies to suit local conditions. The Tamil Nadu system of selecting students for medical colleges served its need well, at least in-part. Scoring high in Class...
The very objective of the single window counselling system for engineering admissions introduced 20 years ago during the DMK government headed by M Karunanidhi has been defeated by the new online counselling system in force since 1918. Students from rural areas find it tough to choose the...
While there is consensus on the demand for scrapping NEET in the state, there are suggestions to check the trend of repeaters cornering most of the medical seats, leading to disappointment for students who take the exam for the first time. Actually, most of the students from middle and lower...
The government has decided to introduce biometrics-based attendance system for teachers serving in more than 7,700 high and middle schools in the state. Some welcome this move saying it will address the issue of absentee teachers in schools in remote corners such as hilly areas. “It’s possible...
According to the new syllabus for pre-kg, LKG and UKG, the classroom hours will start at 9:30am and end 4pm. This means children from two to five years old will spend nearly six and half hours in class every day. These hours include 45 minutes of lunch break, from 12:15 pm to 1pm, and two hours...
