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MNC executive-turned farmer gives tips on how to succeed in agriculture
We all know that farming is a gamble. It doesn't assure a regular income. In spite of knowing this, people like Alladi Mahadevan have taken the risk of jumping into farming knowing fully well it’s a dangerous quicksand and have managed to keep afloat. Alladi left a high paying job in an MNC and...
Surprise! In BE counselling, toppers don’t care too much for Mech-ECE-Computer Science; here’s what they actually want
After the first round of BE counselling, the number of students who chose the category “other courses” was more than 2,350 whereas those who chose perennial favourites like mechanical, ECE and computer science were far fewer. In subsequent rounds, however, the trinity dominated while “other...
It may well be time to close 150 engineering colleges
At the end of this year’s engineering counselling, the 239 engineering colleges in the state put together have admitted 30% of their sanctioned strength. A situation has arisen warranting the closure of more than 150 engineering colleges, in which student admission has remained less in the past...
Adding insult to fatal injury: Man shot dead in Tuticorin firing receives summons from inquiry commission
Glaston, 42, was among the dead in the Tuticorin firing. His family members tearfully recounted to a visiting team from inmathi soon after the incident about how he helped them flee the spot but he himself became a victim. Now, the inquiry commission has summoned him to appear before it and...
Dear farmers: We can transform our village just like this Pudukottai village did
My dear farming friends, all of us are well aware that many dams in the state are brimming to capacity and some have opened to release excess water, flooding villages. Television screens are full of these images and that of people being moved to safety. Not many can remember when was the last...
Fully organic may be a pipedream, but it’s wise to integrate organic and inorganic
In recent years, in an overzealous pursuit of organic farming with concern for protecting the environment, use of fertilizers and agricultural chemicals has been discouraged, and it is advocated to supply all the plant nutrients through organic manure only. Total organic farming may be a...
Mullaiperiyar Dam: What TN can do to help Kerala
Let us face it. Kerala is facing its worst ever floods. The full dimensions of the crisis will unfold for a long time to come. It’s everyone’s duty to do their best to help that state in this hour of unprecedented disaster. The rainfall in Kerala is still high. Even on Aug 18, the rainfall was...
Single, woman, working: Is loneliness a fact of life?
Authorities breaking open a bedsit (a studio apartment) in London, 2006, made a grim discovery. On the sofa, lay the skeletal remains of a 40-year-old woman (38 when she was dead), unnoticed for close to three years by neighbours, family (four sisters), ex-colleagues and friends. The remains...
Looming rice scarcity in TN? By 2041, state likely to produce only half the rice per person
Alarm bells must ring about the food security situation in Tamil Nadu as the acreage of paddy cultivation has been steadily and surely coming down, with the decline being one third compared to 1980. The only saving grace is that the yield of paddy per acre has increased sharply which explains...
Teachers’ National Awards: Interviews to select awardees from this year!
From this year onwards, teachers will be selected only through interviews for being eligible for national awards. The human resources development ministry has announced new guidelines in this regard. Further, the number of national awards for some of the finest teachers given to those from...
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