
Two govt. school teachers test positive
The Hindu
Student turnout improves in State-run schools
A teacher of the Mandal Parishad Primary school at Govindapuram in Pinapaka mandal on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19 prompting the authorities to conduct COVID-19 tests for all the 15 students of the school on Friday. Sources said that all the students have tested negative for COVID-19. The teacher, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, quarantined herself at her home. She was fully vaccinated against COVID-19 during the vaccination drive held for teachers in the recent past. The school education authorities are making alternative arrangements to run the physical classes for the students at the Gram Panchayat building by deputing another teacher.
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.











