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Retail inflation for industrial workers eases to 4.79 percent in August
•The All-India CPI-IW (consumer price index-industrial workers) for August 2021 increased by 0.1 point and stood at 123 points.
Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Tirunelveli profile: DMK's Lakshmanan ALS won seat in 2016
Fp Research •Tirunelveli is an open constituency and one of the oldest assembly segments of Tamil Nadu since independence
Tamil Nadu's MS University withdraws Arundhati Roy's book from syllabus after ABVP plaint
Fp Staff •The book, Walking with the Comrades, was removed from the varsity's syllabus as it featured the author's visit to Maoist hideouts, which the ABVP said was an 'anti-national subject'
Serious health hazards force women beedi workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka to quit profession amid COVID-19
Neeradp •A research study found that a large number of workers frequently suffer cough, fatigue, body ache, etc. Worryingly, the study also found that they spend an average of Rs 7,248 per year on medical expenses, which amounts to 29.2 percent of their annual income
Tamil Nadu Lockdown Diary: 'People talk as if COVID-19 came from Melapalayam, not China'; Muslims struggle with health systems steeped in prejudice
Greeshma Kuthar •The experiences of many Muslims in Tamil Nadu in accessing healthcare revealed a system that repeatedly revealed its biases against them.
NIA carries out searches across Tamil Nadu to probe Islamic State-influenced 'conspiracy' to kill Hindu activists
•The agency conducted searches at six locations in these districts as part of further investigation in the ISIS Coimbatore Case
IMD lifts red alert for Kerala, but warns of downpour in coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; no respite from Karnataka floods yet, says Skymet
Fp Staff •Meanwhile, 'Orange Alert' warnings have been issued for Idukki and 'Yellow alert' for Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts in Kerala
Aparna Karthikeyan's Nine Rupees An Hour documents dying livelihoods amid considerations of caste, gender
Aishwaryasahasrabudhe •In Aparna Karthikeyan's Nine Rupees An Hour, one can find the vestiges of dwindling livelihoods and a dying culture narrated in the voices of the rural populace engaged in these age-old artisanal occupations.
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, CBI, five states on petition seeking investigation into illegal sand mining
•SC issued notice to Centre, CBI, five states on a petition seeking investigation into alleged illegal sand mining.The five states are Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Earlier a petition submitted that the court should direct Centre, states to cease all river, beach sand mining activities owing to non-implementation of Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines.
Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for AIIMS in Madurai; Edappadi Palaniswami, O Panneerselvam praise PM
•Palaniswami had assured Tamil Nadu's full support to facilitate early commencement and completion of the project in Madurai for realising late chief minister J Jayalalithaa's dream.