Around 90.1% of teachers in Tamil Nadu schools vaccinated, says Minister
The Hindu
Stage targeting to vaccinate all school staff by September 1 through special camps.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian on Friday said that 90.1 % of teachers and 89.32 % of non-teaching staff in Tamil Nadu’s schools have been vaccinated (with at least first dose) of vaccine. Inaugurating a special camp for vaccinating teachers, non-teaching staff and family members organised by Greater Chennai Corporation in Chennai, he said that officials have been asked to target and ensure that 100 % of teaching and non-teaching staff were vaccinated by September 1, when schools are set to reopen for Class 9 to Class 12. He said that teachers, non-teaching staff and their family members can get their first and second dose of vaccines through such special camps organised across the State in collaboration with the School Education Department. Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi was also present at the event.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.