ChennaiPlus Archives: May 2008
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24 May 2008
Saturday, 10th May 2008
The eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth Peter Philips, son of Princess Anne gets married to Antwin Kelly at the Windsor Castle.
The 132nd flower show was inaugurated at the Ooty Botanical gardens. There are more than 300 types of flowers and 7000 potted plants.
Edward M. Kennedy, younger brother of assassinated U.S. President John F. […]
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24 May 2008
What is the colour of your food?
We all know that colour gives life to everything but do you know that colour gives us a healthy long life.
More colourful diet make your life more colourful. Our food gets the colour from the fruits and vegetables that we include in our diet. Fruits and vegetables get their colour from the various pigments present […]
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24 May 2008
Ayurveda
Ayurveda is the name, which the ancient Indians gave to their science of medicine. ‘Ayul’ means life and ‘veda’ to know or attain. Ayurveda therefore is the science by the knowledge of which life can be prolonged or its nature understood. The Vedas are the earlier sacred books of India. They are four in number, […]
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24 May 2008
‘Travel and tourism’ helps the spas and seaside resorts
‘Travel and tourism’ is one of those great twenty first century paradoxes – the leisure industries, encompassing vast employment and investment exceeding those of such major industries as steel, automobile, textiles and electronic industries. Over 500 million tourists move worldwide spending billions of dollars every year in the countries they traveled on accommodation, catering, […]
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24 May 2008
Puppet Workshop For Children
Dr. R. Bhanumathi, Managing Trustee of Pavai Centre for puppetry conducted a funfilled puppetry workshop for children to create animal puppets recently at the Arcadia – The place beyond school based at Besant Nagar, Ch - 90. Niveditha, a student of Sri Sankara School, Adyar who attended the workshop told the Chennai Plus reporter Elwyn […]
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24 May 2008
Factors influencing the growth of tourism
1. Greater affluence and more leisure for an increasing number of people, particularly in the developed countries.
2. The emancipation of the young and the relatively higher wages they possess (when they have no family responsibilities) enabling them to travel.
3. Transport facilities especially air, very much better and cheaper and there is […]
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24 May 2008
Encourages and motivates students for best performance
Mrs Hemalatha Muralidharan is the founder and president of Arcadia – The place beyond school, which is Chennai’s first integrated student life cycle management service provider. Hemalatha, a software professional, started her career in the year 1989. During her stay abroad, working as a teacher, she observed the difficulty faced by the working […]
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24 May 2008
Contonment Board Election Winners
The St. Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board elections was held on Sunday, the 18th May 2008. According to the official sources, the following are the election winners.Ravi (DMK) won in ward No.1, Vasuki – AIADMK won in ward No.2, Gokulakrishnan (Congress) won in ward No.3, Manoharan (DMK) won in ward No.4, […]
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24 May 2008
Seminar Cum Workshop For Women Entrepreneurship
Centre for Women’s Studies of Bharathidasan University at Trichy and Tamilnadu Women Entrepreneurs Forum jointly organise a two days seminar cum workshop for women enthusiasts on “Enterprise and Export” on 27th and 28th June 2008 in Trichy, under the sponsorship of the union govt and various state govts. Central ministers, state ministers, bureaucrats of various […]
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24 May 2008
Prestigious Award For Alndur Municipality
The Union Urban Development Ministry has given the National Urban Water Award, at a function held at Hyderabad to R.S. Bharathi, the Alandur municipality chairman, for taking steps towards effective water management and for the excellence in community participation in the underground drainage project system under public-private partnership.The Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi congratulated and […]