TAMIL NADU AFFAIRS

Physical Education in Tamil Nadu schools.
The recent announcement by the School Education Department that physical education teachers will be appointed in all government schools has been a long-standing demand for many.
In addition to this, teachers have also welcomed the announcement to set up Sports Schools of Excellence in each district.
At present, there are over 37,000 government schools, which include primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools but just a little over 6,000 posts for physical education teachers.
This announcement is a step in the right direction to ensure that physical education teachers are appointed in all schools irrespective of the strength.

In a survey carried out by Sportz Village, an EduSports in-school Physical Education and Sports programme, which involved 5,891 students across schools in Chennai from August to September 2022, a significant number of students performed poorly in various physical fitness parameters.
Two out of five children were found to have an unhealthy range with regard to their Body Mass Index.
One in three children were lacking when it came to flexibility.
Three out of five had poor upper body strength and
One out of two had poor lower body strength.
a syllabus for physical education would be released.

High-speed Internet service for homes at low rates.

About Bharatnet Project:

BharatNet is a flagship project implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL).
It is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) set up by the Government of India under the Companies Act, 1956 with an authorized capital of Rs 1000 crore.
Currently, it is being implemented by the Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Communications

National Optical Fiber Network:

National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) was launched in October 2011 and renamed as Bharat Net project in 2015.
Aim: to achieve broadband connectivity to gram panchayats.
The Ministry of Communications has launched a National Broadband Mission to facilitate universal and equitable access to broadband services across the country, particularly in rural and remote areas.

Purpose:

Facilitating delivery of e-Governance, e-Health, e-Education, e-Banking, Internet and other services to rural India.
Connect all 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country and provide 100 Mbps connectivity to all Gram Panchayats.

Kaveri – Gundar linkage project

About Cauvery Godavari Linkage Project:

Tamil Nadu has recently launched a project to link inter-state rivers by constructing a canal from Cauvery to Vaigai and Gundar as part of the Godavari-Kaveri Linkage Project.
The rationale for the project, considering the environmental and geological features of the area, raises concerns that have developed over the years.

Purpose

The Cauvery – Gundaru Linkage Project is part of the Peninsular Rivers Development component of the National Perspective Plan.
The latter envisages diversion of surplus flows from the Mahanadi basin and Godavari basin to the Krishna, Penneru, Cauvery, Vaigai and Gundaru basins in the south.
The Cauvery – Gundaru Linkage Project seeks to divert surplus flow from the Cauvery to the water-scarce southern parts of the state.

Tamil Learning SMS app in Other Languages to be released soon.

In order to sensitise the people who are speaking other languages, about the sweetness of Tamil language and the pride of Tamil Nadu, a Directorate of Learning Tamil in other languages including Dravidian language is being established on behalf of the of Agaramudali.
K Vijayaraghavan, project director of the Tamil Nadu government’s ‘Senthamamizh Etymological Dictionary’, said the app, which will be developed at a cost of Rs 30 lakh, will be launched soon.