
‘Read newspapers to crack competitive exam’
The Hindu
UPSC aspirants benefit from newspaper reading, as emphasized by B. Arjun Nathan at an event in Madurai.
UPSC aspirants must read newspapers every single day as it is the biggest source for general studies, said B. Arjun Nathan, Branch Head, Shankar IAS Academy, Madurai.
Speaking at the inauguration of UPSC Aspirants Club at Mangayarkarasi College of Arts and Science for Women at an event organised in association with The Hindu group of Publications on Friday, he gave an insight into the fundamentals of UPSC exam, periodicity, eligibility and exam pattern for prelims and mains. He also outlined the methodology for preparing for service commission exams and the TNPSC Group I exam pattern.
Principal Uma Baskar, stressing the importance of women empowerment, urged the students to take up civil service to serve the common man with a great purpose. The Hindu Group of Publications donated exam preparation materials worth ₹30,000 to the college library.
Earlier, S. Suganthi, Dean (Arts), welcomed the gathering. College Placement officer Rajeswari proposed the vote of thanks. Academics Dean Chendur Priyadharshini and S. Narayanan from The Hindu were present. Around 800 students from the final year UG and PG participated.

The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











