TAMILNADU AFFAIRS

Chief Minister unveils logo for Global Investors’ Meet 2024

  • Chief Minister M.K. Stalin unveiled the logo for the upcoming Global Investors’ Meet 2024, to be held in Chennai.
  • The logo is centred around the Tamil letter ‘த’ which signifies the Tamil language, people and the State.

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  • GIM would attract investments of several lakh crore rupees, boost employment opportunities, especially for women, and also help the State march towards the goal of achieving a $1 trillion economy by 2030.

First fuel outlet run by women convicts

  • The nation’s first retail fuel outlet run by women convicts who are still serving their prison sentences was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu.
  • Named Freedom Filling Station, it is located on Ambattur Road at Puzhal, abutting the Special Prison for Women (SPW-Puzhal). 
  • It will go a long way in reforming and rehabilitating the convicts, the Tamil Nadu prison department said.
  • For the first time in India, a petrol retail outlet will be fully managed by convicted women prisoners. 
  • About 30 female prisoners will be employed at this petrol retail outlet.
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