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Information and Publicity announcements

September 14 , 2021 1172 days 1219 0
  • The Minister for Information and Publicity M P Saminathan announced these measures in the Tamilnadu State Legislative Assembly.
  • He announced setting up of a Journalists’ Welfare Board.
  • Kalaignar Ezhudhukol Award will be awarded to journalists who contribute to the upliftment of the downtrodden
  • Statues of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and former President A P J Abdul Kalam will come up at the prestigious Queen Mary’s College and Anna University in Chennai respectively.
  • It is significant as Abdul kalam mentored students at the institute by staying in a hostel room before his ascension to Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2002.
  • Statues of freedom fighters Veerapandia Kattabomban, and Marudhu Brothers will be installed in Gandhi Mandapam, Guindy at Chennai.
  • The bust of Anjalai Ammal and Keezhapaluvur Chinnasamy will come up at Cuddalore and Ariyalur respectively.
  • A statue will be erected at the Government Guest House in Chepauk in memory of Dravidian stalwart V R Nedunchezhian, who had served in the cabinets of C N Annadurai, M Karunanidhi, M G Ramachandran, and J Jayalalithaa.
  • The Statues in memory of Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy, Moovalur Ramamirthan, and Dr Mu Varadarasanar will come up at Pudukkottai, Mayiladuthurai, and Ranipet districts.

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