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Home2016July

Month: July 2016

Health

Lessons I Learnt While Dealing with my Father’s Cancer Treatment

July 26, 2016 A Bala

Lessons I Learnt While Dealing with my Father’s Cancer Treatment Six months ago, my father was diagnosed with grade 3 squamous cell carcinoma – that’s the fancier name for oral cancer.  Since that day, life

Health

​New campaign eyes a Hepatitis C- free Chennai

July 26, 2016 Dr Rifa Tazyeem Khan

New campaign eyes a Hepatitis C-free Chennai It is not one of those killers that are widely discussed or feared by the masses, but an estimated 80,000 people in Chennai currently live with the insidious

Society

Women’s Safety – No One’s Concern?

July 19, 2016 Kameswari Padmanabhan

WOMEN’S SAFETY – A LONG WAY OFF? I was walking home from the grocery store in my neighbourhood of R.A Puram the other day, when the driver of a passing rickshaw stuck out his tongue

Civic

Teach your Dog some Etiquette

July 14, 2016 Aarti Madhusudan and Meenakshi Ramesh

Of Dog Owners, Dog Lovers and Dog Poop – an ANGRY citizen I like dogs. I like people. I am a really nice person. Sweet tempered and non confrontational – This is a fact even

Environment

Chennai Trekkers clean up Theosophical Society

July 8, 2016 News Desk

For over 10 weeks now, Friday after Friday, volunteers from CTC and other organisations, have been tirelessly cleaning up the Adyar river, inside the Theosophical Society grounds. While it is distressing to see the amount

Health

Blood Donation Camp in aid of Thalassaemia Patients in VHS Hospitals

July 8, 2016 News Desk

Blood donation is a simple, yet profound gesture – donate to an anonymous recipient, and who knows, someday an anonymous donor will save the life of someone close to you! Donate blood regularly, and be

Governance

Say Yes to an inclusive Chennai – take the #selfieonrampchallenge !

July 8, 2016 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

The Schizophrenia Research Foundation of India; the Southern Railway Ticket Reservation Centre at ICF South Colony, AnnaNagar; the Hitech Diagnostic Centre on Dr. Nair Road, T.Nagar, the Indian Bank ATM in Chetput opposite the KMC

Infrastructure

Why Chennai’s ration card holders are unhappy, despite PDS revamp

July 7, 2016 Nileena MS

Fake ration cards The issue of bogus ration cards is an important concern reported across India, and the central government has announced that ration cards may no longer be used as legitimate proof of identity

Infrastructure

Public Distribution System in Tamil Nadu

July 4, 2016 Nileena MS

Even as the Tamil Nadu government has introduced digitization of the Public Distribution System (PDS) and smart PDS cards, ration card holders from many parts of the district complain of lack of access to the

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Constituency round-up: Sitting MLA takes on DMK’s youth wing organiser and poet-lyricist from MNM in Virugambakkam

Constituency round-up: Infrastructure woes a key concern for voters in Velachery

Constituency round-up: Sitting DMK MLA hopes to retain seat in the cosmopolitan constituency of Harbour

Constituency roundup: Villivakkam set for battle between K Anbazhagan’s grandson and 2011 winner

Constituency round-up: Industrialised Sriperumbudur wants water and sewage woes fixed

Constituency round-up: Sitting DMK MLA takes on 2011 winner in Sholinganallur contest

Constituency round-up: Young female candidates from MNM and NTK to take on seasoned leaders in Egmore

Constituency round-up: Udhayanidhi Stalin draws eyes to Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni

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