For the first time in government hospitals, automatic drug vending machines will be set up at Periyar Nagar Government Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital in Chennai.
India's first automated drug vending machine was opened in Coimbatore.
In the Tamilnadu Assembly, the Higher education minister Ponumdi informed that the Government Arts and Science college will be renamed as Kalaignar Government Arts college
Prime Minister Modi lauded the Kanchirangal panchayat in Sivagangai district for producing and using electricity from vegetable waste.