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The Hindu
14-07-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
AI training programme launched for government school students in Thoothukudi
In a significant initiative to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) training to school students in Thoothukudi district, Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi has launched an AI training programme at Government Model School in Vallanadu on Monday. The initiative, organised with the support of NavGurukul Organisation, Anudip Foundation, JanSoch, Google and Asian Development Bank, is also being implemented in three other government schools in the district including Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Kovilpatti, S.M. Girls Higher Secondary School in Tiruchendur and Government Higher Secondary School in Kayalpattinam. Speaking at the launch event, Ms. Kanimozhi emphasised the role played by AI in the current world. 'We are moving forward in a way that we cannot even identify what is generated by AI and what is not.' AI technology was becoming an inevitable part of society.' She pointed out that AI tools such as Chatgpt had made tasks much easier compared to other platforms and had significantly saved time in the creation of various essential outputs. Stressing the importance of early exposure, she said AI training had already been introduced in schools across the world. Addressing the students, Thoothukudi Collector K. Elambahavath said the training programme had been planned for the past three months, during which the need for AI education was carefully evaluated. 'By the time you complete your higher education, in various technologies that govern this world, AI technology will be a significant one.' He exhorted the students to take full advantage of the opportunity and explore the vast possibilities of AI. Ottapidaram MLA M.C. Shunmugaiah, Thoothuudi Corporation Mayor Jegan Periyasamy, Chief Education Officer Ganeshamoorthy and others were present at the event.
The Hindu
14-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Kanimozhi calls for spirited checking of voters' list to thwart BJP's plan to have ‘manufactured victory'
Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi on Monday urged the party cadre to give their best in popularising the DMK government's welfare schemes and checking the voters' list to include genuine voters and delete bogus names since the BJP had successfully employed the strategy in Delhi and Maharashtra fabricating its victory. Addressing a party workers' meeting held at Senkulam near Palayamkottai on Monday, she said several challenges and obstacles for Tamil and Tamils were being created by the BJP-led Union Government. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was the only person from Tamil Nadu who was questioning the atrocities of the BJP, and the DMK was the only political movement from the State resisting its sinister designs. The ancientness of Tamil was being obliterated by the Union Government and Hindi was being imposed through the Centre's New Education Policy. Even the Central funds were being denied to Tamil Nadu to hamper its development. Hence, 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' had been launched to mobilise Tamils under one umbrella to strengthen its resistance. One crore new members had been enrolled in the DMK during the drive. Since each family in Tamil Nadu had received at least one welfare assistance from the government, the DMK had every right to meet the people and seek their support. The DMK men should tell the people about the betrayal of the AIADMK. At the same time, the drive had given the cadre an opportunity to meet the people at their doorstep instead of election eve. Moreover, 'Ungaludan Stalin' would be launched on Tuesday for mobilising all government departments at one place to take the government services closer to the public. The DMK functionaries should facilitate the exercise. Ms. Kanimozhi appealed to the party workers to check the voters' list as the BJP was pinning its hopes on preparing a 'fabricated voters' list' for the Assembly election. 'The DMK men should thwart the attempts of opponents by checking the voters' list. We should be prepared to face these challenges and keep the documents ready for including genuine voters and delete the fake ones. It is necessary for the DMK's victory this time.' During an informal chat with reporters, Ms. Kanimozhi, without naming Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam founder and actor Vijay, said a few actors, who had justified custodial deaths in their movies, were staging a protest against lock-up deaths. 'It is a comedy.'
New Indian Express
06-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Will introduce Bill for defenders of human rights: MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
TIRUCHY/ THOOTHUKUDI: Thoothukudi MP and DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Saturday promised to introduce a private member bill in Parliament for a Human Rights Defenders Protection Act. Kanimozhi made the comment after unveiling a bust of late Fr Stan Swamy at his native village of Viragalur in Tiruchy on the fourth death anniversary of the Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist. Swamy died in judicial custody in 2021. Highlighting his legacy, Kanimozhi said Fr Swamy had registered a case for the release of hundreds of Jharkhand tribal youths who were incarcerated for asserting their rights over land. Accusing the union government of suppressing dissent, she said, 'Anyone who raises questions is branded anti-national or an urban naxal.' VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan praised Fr Swamy's work for the marginalised. 'He gave voice to the voiceless, especially tribals, educating them about laws safeguarding their land rights. How is this anti-national?' he asked.
The Hindu
05-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Interactive session held for aspiring law students in Thoothukudi
An interactive session, Kundrena Nimirndhu Nil, was held for students enrolled in law courses under the Naan Mudhalvan scheme at the Collectorate here on Saturday. Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi, Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Minister P. Geetha Jeevan, former Madras High Court Judge Chandru and Collector K. Elambahavath participated. Addressing the students, Justice Chandru highlighted Article 39 (a) of the Indian Constitution, introduced in 1976, emphasised equal justice and free legal aid for the poor. He urged the students to understand the law deeply and serve the common people with commitment. He further explained the framing of the Indian Constitution and noted that November 26 was celebrated every year as Constitution Day in India. The fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution cannot be changed. Everyone should learn law and create awareness among the people, he added. Ms. Kanimozhi expressed her happiness at the growing number of girl students enrolling in law courses. 'The dream of Periyar, Aringnar Anna and Kalaignar Karunanidhi is being fulfilled,' she said. She highlighted that 99% students from Thoothukudi district, who completed school education, had enrolled in higher education. Emphasising the need for social justice alongside legal knowledge, she exhorted the students not to limit themselves within a boundary and to set higher goals in order to achieve greater heights and meaningful changes in their chosen field. The Collector said a total of 204 students had applied for law courses through career guidance programmes. Of them, 73 students had successfully enrolled so far, including five in School of Excellence in Law, one in Tamil Nadu National law University in Tiruchi and 67 in Government Law colleges affiliated to Dr. Ambedkar Law University. He added that most of them were first generation graduates from government and aided schools. EOM
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Business Standard
30-06-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Mango drink makers using less pulp content to 'circumvent' GST: Kanimozhi
In a letter to Union Food Processing Minister Chirag Paswan, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Lok Sabha member Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has highlighted the distress that mango farmers in Tamil Nadu are facing because of a sharp reduction in pulp content in mango-based beverages. In the letter, which she posted on her social media handle on Monday, Kanimozhi said pulp content has been reduced from 20 per cent in 2022 to 11 per cent in 2024. She said this decline is driven by companies attempting to 'circumvent' higher goods and services tax (GST) rates and 'misusing regulatory loopholes by rebranding products as 'fruit drinks' instead of 'fruit juice', which violates Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) norms'. According to Kanimozhi, manufacturers have resorted to this because drinks with more than 10 per cent real fruit content attract 28 per cent GST—the same as carbonated drinks. She said beverages with real fruit content below 10 per cent fall under the 18 per cent or lower GST slab. The current regulation mandates a minimum of 10 per cent fruit content to label a product as 'fruit juice', but companies are now marketing products as 'fruit-based beverages' or 'fruit drink', which fall under a lower regulatory category that requires only 5 to 10 per cent fruit pulp, she said. 'I have urged the ministry to take immediate corrective measures to restore 20 per cent pulp usage and prevent dilution of standards affecting farmer livelihoods,' Kanimozhi said.
