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Chennai: Lessons on artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive AI, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), HTML and coding will be introduced in 5,000 schools on a pilot basis, school education minister Rajmohan said on Friday.After chairing his first review meeting with department officials and chief and district education officers, Rajmohan told reporters that infrastructural changes in schools…

Chennai: The state govt has created 1,328 new physical education (PE) teacher posts and 297 physical education director grade-II posts for state-run schools.The state has 5,597 high and higher secondary schools—2,864 govt and municipal high schools; and 2,913 higher secondary schools. But there are only 4,571 PE teacher posts, 93 PE director grade-II posts and…

Chennai: Taking strong exception to the Tambaram corporation and water resources department’s failure to plug sewage contamination of Madambakkam lake, the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the civic body to fast-track implementation of the underground sewerage scheme.Until the project is completed, the tribunal has directed the corporation to operationalize an…

Chennai: Madras high court on Friday directed the Union govt to respond to a public interest writ petition challenging the circular directing playing of the national song and national anthem before Tamil Thai Vaazhthu in functions attended by the state governor.Admitting a plea moved by Ananya Radhakrishnan, the first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind…

TRICHY: Tamil Nadu govt on Friday announced a Rs 134.83 crore kuruvai special package to support paddy cultivation, but it failed to enthuse farmers as water for irrigating the crop could not be released as scheduled (customarily on June 12) from Mettur dam due to low storage. This has left thousands of farmers in the…

Chennai: There was a time when monsoon meant putting travel plans on hold. Families waited for the summer, and tour operators treated the rainy months as a lull between peak travel seasons. That seems to be changing—welcome to the era of flip climate tours and coolcations, where people travel to destinations with change in weather…

Chennai: Assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar issued a show-cause notice to four former AIADMK MLAs who resigned from their posts and joined the ruling TVK. He has sought their explanation on the charges levelled against them by AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami under the provisions of the anti-defection law.Addressing the media in his…

Chennai: Nearly two weeks after the state information commission and a week after the school education department ordered private schools to display their fee structures on their notice boards, compliance remains patchy.A TOI visit to city schools on Tuesday and Wednesday, coinciding with chief and district education officials sharing a compliance report with the private…

TNNChennai— Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M) have built a three-dimensional atlas of the human brainstem, charting more than 200 structures at the resolution of individual cells — a feat that experts say could transform how doctors diagnose and treat neurological diseases.The brainstem, a stalk-like structure connecting the brain to the…

Chennai: Tamil Nadu has stepped up surveillance for the Nipah virus following another case reported in Kerala. The Directorate of Public Health (DPH) directed officials to closely monitor fever cases at primary health centres and govt hospitals across the state for any signs of clustering. Health authorities said the enhanced surveillance aims to ensure early…