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23.05.2021
13 TN institutes shortlisted for AICTE award
As many as 13 technical institutes, including five deemed universities, from Tamil Nadu have been shortlisted for the final round of clean and smart campus award 2020. The All India Council for Technical Educaiton (AICTE) will conduct the final round online. The deemed universities shortlisted for the award include SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Amritha Vishwa Vidhyapeetham (Coimbatore campus). Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering and Sri Krishna College of Technology have been shortlisted among the colleges. Besides, three polytechnic colleges have also been shortlisted from the state. Of the 29 institutes which have been shortlisted for the award, 13 are from Tamil Nadu.
2 held under Goondas Act for remdesivir sale:
Two men, who were arrested for selling remdesivir medicine in the black market, were detained under the Goondas Act. Commissioner Shankar Jiwal also issued a stern warning to those selling the drug illegally at high prices. An officer said Bhuvaneshwar, 36, owner of Medistar Healthcare Ltd, and Nishith Bandari, 32, of Navkar Distributors, were arrested by the Mylapore special team. The team seized 145 remdesivir and ninavir vials. Nishith Bandari sold the vials to Bhuvaneswar without valid documents. While the city police has so far registered 14 cases of illegal sale of remdesivir and arrested 34 men, this is the first time that the force has slapped the Goondas Act against the accused. So far, 269 vials have been seized.
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