Madurai Corporation vaccinates 1,820 college students on opening day
The Hindu
‘The special camps will be held until 100% is achieved’
As colleges reopened for undergraduate and post-graduate students, except first year, on Wednesday, Madurai Corporation vaccinated 1,820 students on the first day of special vaccination camp. City Health Officer S. Raja said out of the 25 colleges that came under the corporation limits, special COVID-19 vaccination and testing camps were conducted in 14 instiutions on Wednesday.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.