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The Hindu
08-05-2025
- The Hindu
Class 12 Board exam results: Pass percentage of prisoners in T.N. is 92.31
The pass percentage of prison inmates in the Class 12 board exams is 92.31, with as many as 122 prisoners passing the examinations this time in Tamil Nadu. For the academic year 2024-2025, 130 prison inmates, including two women, from Central Prisons and Special Prisons for Women across the State appeared for the Class 12 public exams. The Tamil Nadu School Education Department had made arrangements for examination centres at the respective prisons, as per the request of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services. Prisoners of Central Prison, Palayamkottai, and Central Prison, Salem, scored the top three ranks. Convict-prisoner Meenakshi Sundaram scored 524 marks out of 600, followed by Vaithilingam with 517 marks and Kanivalavan scoring 511 marks. A senior officer of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services said imparting education is the foremost measure among various reformation and rehabilitation programmes carried out by the department. Many educational programmes have been launched, as the prison population comprises many inmates who have not received any education. Various educational and vocational courses are being offered for the prisoners, aimed at empowering them towards life-sustaining employment on their release. Elementary schools are functioning with qualified teachers in all Central Prisons/Special Prisons for Women and District Jail, Pudukkottai.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
IIT Guwahati partners with Assam Raj Bhavan to launch Gyan Kalyan Project for digital transformation
Live Events Guwahati: Raj Bhavan , Assam and IIT, Guwahati signed a Memorandum of Association. IIT Guwahati will become a knowledge partner cum consultant and resource support agency to develop the Gyan Kalyan Project Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya was present during the inking of MoA at Raj Commissioner and Secretary to the Governor of Assam Meenakshi Sundaram and Director, IIT Guwahati Prof. Devendra Jalihal signed the agreement to forge a partnership with IIT Guwahati for transforming the functioning of Raj Bhavan both qualitatively and quantitatively. It is the first project of its kind in the country wherein digital transformation of the functioning of a Raj Bhavan is being a part of the MoA, IIT Guwahati will become a knowledge partner cum consultant and resource support agency to develop the Gyan Kalyan a step forward in Digital India and emerging system of e-governance , the Gyan Kalyan Project is proposed to act as an enabler towards digital transformation of the functioning of Raj Bhavan and promote efficiency in public service delivery . The project will incorporate latest digital and information technology tools following 360-degree security guidelines and data protection project also aims at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Raj Bhavan's operations to support the Governor. This also includes a wide range of constitutional responsibilities namely legislative, executive, and judicial functions, statutory functions, ad-hoc functions, and discretionary functions Gyan Kalyan Project will utilise IIT Guwahati's expertise to develop a digital governance framework for Raj Bhavan, comprising the Chancellor's Portal, Governor's Office Portal, Departments and Institutions, visits of Governor, Public Engagement (Public grievances, petitions and memoranda from public), matters related to 6th Schedule areas, initiatives of the Governor etc.
The Hindu
25-04-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
16-year-old girl undergoes robot-assisted heart surgery at Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital
It was a few months before her Class 12 Board Examination that 16-year-old Aarthi (name changed) was diagnosed with atrial septal defect (ASD), after she complained of dizziness and fatigue. Days after the exam ended, the girl underwent robot-assisted ASD closure surgery at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital (TNGMSSH), Omandurar Estate, and is now back on her feet, eagerly looking forward to her exam results. TNGMSSH surgeons said this was the first time a robot-assisted surgery for ASD closure had been done in the government sector in India. 'Till now, we have been performing beating heart surgeries robotically,' Meenakshi Sundaram, Head, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, TNGMSSH, said. Aarthi was raised by a single mother, who works at a roadside pushcart eatery. She was diagnosed with ASD at a private hospital. 'There, they said she should undergo the surgery at the earliest and that it will cost more than ₹3.5 lakh,' her mother, who gets a daily wage of ₹400, said. They approached TNGMSSH in January, where doctors examined Aarthi and told her to come after board exam ended. She wanted her surgery done during the holidays and was keen on returning to normal activity at the earliest, so as not affect her studies. Doctors said this was a congenital heart defect, and the symptoms could show up later in life as was the case with Aarthi. With TNGMSSH having a robotic surgery centre, doctors performed a robot-assisted ASD closure surgery on her on April 3. She was fit for discharge on the fourth day after the operation, Dr. Meenakshi Sundaram said. Robot-assisted surgery has its benefits, he said, adding that the surgery was done through a 5-cm incision on the chest. It provides faster recovery, shorter hospital stay, and patients do not have scars. In private hospitals, open surgery for ASD closure would have cost around ₹5 lakh, while robot-assisted surgery would cost ₹15 lakh to ₹20 lakh, he said, adding: 'Here, the procedure was covered under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme.' Around 100 patients with cancer and over 60 patients with cardiac ailments have benefitted from robotic surgery at TNGMSSH so far, a press release said. Apart from Dr. Meenakshi Sundaram, the surgical team comprised Abinayavalavan and Ezhilan from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Kumar, Head, Department of Anaesthesiology, and Deepthi and Kalaivani from the department.
