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Saturday, 17th November 2007
The British scientist who led researchers and created Dolly the sheep will abandon cloning using embryos for a rival method, which makes stem cells without them.

In Lucknow, lawyers assaulted three Jaish-E-Mohammad terrorists in the session’s court premises while they were being taken by the police to be produced before the chief judicial magistrate.

In New Delhi, a government stamp vendor who took Rs.10/- as illegal gratification from a man while selling him a non-judicial stamp paper is sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment.

Sunday, 18th November 2007
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) says that the organization has completed 40% of the research to develop the technology of a hydrogen-powered engine of a bus engine, which will hit the roads in 2008.

At least 28 people including 6 Indians were killed in a fire accident on the Haradh Uthmanian Gas pipeline in a gas processing plant at Hawiyah in Saudi Arabia.

A 30-year-old woman is arrested when she attempted to gatecrash into the Sabarimala shrine defying the ban on entry of women in the temple under the 10-50 age groups.

Monday, 19th November 2007
Tamilnadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi inaugurates the MRTS train service between Velachery and Thiruvanmiyur. Shipping and surface transport minister T.R.Balu and union minister of state for railways R.Velu, were also present.

The eight day old BJP government in Karnataka collapses after the chief minister B.S.Yeddyurappa faced with the withdrawal of support by the J.D.(S)

A Brazilian professor and psychic warns the Indonesian government that a powerful earthquake of 8.5 magnitude will strike the Sumatra islands on or around 23rd December 2007.

Tuesday, 20th November 2007
A metal company in Tokyo has made a 41 cm tall Santa Claus statue weighing 20 kgs pure gold, studded with 1.7 carat diamonds, carrying gold coins in a woven gold sack, and will be on display at the shop until Christmas day.

Tamil brahmi script dated first century BC has been excavated at Queseir-al-Qudia, an ancient port with Roman settlement on Red Sea coast of Egypt.

Alaska, a school drop out received an honourary high school diploma at her 100th birthday party, she quit attending the on room school in the year 1925.
Wednesday 21st November 2007
7 year old Kaushik Ram a class III student of a Chennai school has been fined Rs.500/- and suspended from class for a few days, for coming to school with Mehendi on his hand which he had applied during the Pooja for the annual pilgrimage to Sabarimala in his house. His parents, both lawyers have lodged a complaint to the human rights commission.

Pakistani authorities freed cricket legend Imran Khan who was on a hunger strike from prison where he was detained for the past week.

The Tamilnadu chief minister signs a MOU to establish a Health village in Elavur near the city, the first of its kind in the country with a 1000 bed hospital with a biotech park.

Thursday 22nd November 2007
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen was moved to Jaipur after protest by a muslim outfit in Kolkatta demanding her deportation turned violent.

Rome-The image of an eagle the symbol of the ancient Roman Empire on the vault of an underground grotto believed to be the place where a she-wolf nursed the city’s legendary founder Romulus and his twin brother Remus.

The three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants nabbed in Uttar Pradesh last week had plans to garland Rahul Gandhi with grenades before kidnapping him to put up their demands.

Friday 23rd November 2007
Commonwealth heads of government meeting (CHOGM) suspends Pakistan from the 53 Nation Club at the grand inaugural of CHOGM 2007 at Kampala South Africa.

A series of near – simultaneous bomb blast out side courts in Varnasi Lucknow and Faizabad kills at least 13 people while 45 others were injured.

Following the assurance of the Tamilnadu chief minister medical students have called off their strike in Chennai but the fast in Coimbatore continues.

Air is something that can be felt, but cannot be seen or tasted. On the earth, it is everywhere. Air contains a lot of gases, the major components being Nitrogen and Oxygen. Apart from the ordinary gases, air contains rare gases like neon, helium, krypton, etc.
Air extends hundreds of kilometers above the surface of the earth. Since air contains gases, which have mass and hence weight, it also has weight. This weight is felt by all things on the surface of the earth. This is known as atmospheric pressure.

Diptheria is a serious disease caused by bacteria, which enter our body through the mouth and nose and infects the throat first. The infection may spread into the larynx, thereby blocking the air passage. In this, a person experiences sore throat and fever. The heart and nerves may also get seriously damaged. Diptheria is caused by a tiny, rod shaped bacillus which produces the toxin, the main factor causing the disease. It attacks mainly children, within the age group of two to five. The antitoxin, which can prevent the serious poisonous effects of the disease, was invented by Enil von Behring in 1890. Nowadays, there are very rare cases of diphtheria due to the usage of preventive measures. The injection prescribed for this produces antibodies in our body and protects the body from these bacteria.

Lions Club of T.Nagar jointly with Kalamandir Matriculation Hr.Sec School conducted an AIDS awareness programme for the parents of IX std students. Lions Club president Ln. S.J. Sharma explained the role of Lions Clubs in creating the awareness of AIDS among the public, especially among the students and the parents . Mrs. Hemalatha, P.G. Teacher trained by the Dept of Education has explained the causes, preventive measures to the parents. The parents were also supplied with pamphlets containing sources, what is AIDS / HIV? how it spreads? symptoms and its preventive measures by the Lions Club of T.Nagar. Nearly, 70 parents attended the programme

Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr.Kalaignar inaugurated the Chettinad Health City at Kelampakkam on 15th November 2007 at 5.00 p.m. Hon’ble MRK Panneerselvam, health minister, Fred Kaplan, Consul General of US, MAM Ramasamy, managing trustee of Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiyar Charitable & Education Trust, MAMR Muthiah, director Chettinad Health City and Dr.Ravikumar were present.

The Montford Community Development Society (MCDS), an NGO, has created a mobile dental clinic unit inside a Mahindra van with an aim to make the people and school children aware of dental diseases and to promote dental hygiene. The dental clinic on wheel goes around the Corporation and other Government Schools located in Santhome, Thoraipakkam and Mylapore. Medicines are distributed free of cost. So far, more than 2000 school children have been educated about the importance on dental hygiene. For more details about mobile dental clinic and the future dental health care programmes of the Montford Community Development Society, contact: 24914078 / 24460526

The Alliance Co has published 120 short stories written by Octogenarian Ra.Ki.Rangarajan. These books have been published under six titles. These books were released at a function held on 16th November at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan premises in Mylapore. Filmdom personalities Kamalahasan, S.Ve.Sekar, Crazy Mohan and other personalities Jayakanthan, Jagathrachagan and Sudargan graced the function and offered felicitation.

The C.S.I High School for the Deaf at No-12, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, Chennai-4, was founded by the church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS) in the year 1912. It was called CEZMS school for the Deaf, Mylapore, Chennai. Subsequently on the 4th September 1956, the school was registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 as “Church of South India School for the Deaf, Mylapore, Chennai-4

An English missionary, Mrs.Florence Swainson started this school in 1912 in the face of much oppositions with only 7 children. It was a residential school. Over the years other buildings were put up. The present main classroom block was opened in 1962, the boy’s hostel in 1971 and the girls hostel in the year 1975. From the beginning oral method of education was used but English was the only medium of instruction. From 1947 Tamil was introduced but English still continues.

The school has been upgraded in 1985 and is now called as the C.S.I High School for the Deaf. At present there are 170 children and more than 50% reside in the school hostel.

The Church of South India Diocese of Madras under the board of higher education now runs the school. World Vision helps 2/3 of the school children because most of them come from very poor families.

The school as a government aided institution is recognized by the department of rehabilitation of the disabled under the social welfare department, Govt of Tamilnadu. All the deaf children starting from 3-5 years with no additional handicap are admitted and educated upto SSLC level. Normal curriculums as in normal schools are followed. Creative activities like art work, wood work and needle work are taught. Games are a part of the curriculum. There are at present 25 government aided teaching staff; all are fully qualified teacher of the deaf.

Mrs.Rebecca Doraipandian, the headmistress of the school is specially qualified in educating the hearing impaired. She is very interested in the all round development and improvement of the school and the pupils.

The C.S.I Higher Secondary School for the Deaf can be contacted on 24985675. The school HM Mrs.Rebecca can be contacted on 9840228182

The present educational institutions are not equipped much to produce a well-trained IT professionals that immediately suits the industrial requirements. Even students placed in campus recruitment from premier institutions have to undergo a pre-training period before they join the company; This reveals that there is a need for some professional skills such as communication skills, cognitive and behavioral assessments, interpersonal skills, body language for the students apart from technical and academic abilities. IT Finishing School is a supplementary training institute that attempts to groom them to industry expected standards. It plays a pivotal role in bridging gap between industrial requirement and quality talent pool graduating from educational institutions. This institute hosted an interactive session on “Need for IT Finishing Schools in India” at Marina-I Hall, Comfort Inn Marina Towers, near Albert Theatre in Egmore at 12.00 p.m. on 23rd November 2007.
For more information contact: Karthikeyan, Ph-044-42146123. E-mail: karthik@bluelotuspr.com

Gopu Kiran, a disciple of the Dhananjayans and staff of Bharatakalanjali, Chennai, bagged the first rank in M.A degree in Bharatanatyam and received the certificate from the Governor His Excellency Surjit Singh Barnala on the occasion of convocation held on 12th November, 2007, in the Madras University campus. The much sought after male dancer Gopu Kiran had earlier studied Bharatanatyam under Smt.Girija Chandran of Regatta Cultural Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Last year, he had been selected to go to the USA to paticipate in the programme “Eakaantha Seetha”. Gopu Kiran can be contacted by mobile: 9884102731