CHENNAI PLUS

National, 26th May 2022 : Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech platform with over 9 million users, has made efforts to increase financial literacy and Bitcoin education through its various initiatives around the world. Paxful's aim is to provide financial freedom and give everyone, everywhere equal access to finance.  In April 2022, Paxful hosted a series of educational events in India at Delhi Technology University Esummit ’22 with over 400 attendees from four different colleges. This Esummit aimed to educate students at one of Delhi's top universities about Bitcoin and also to on-board students onto the Paxful platform in order to participate in a trading competition. The team trading competition received over 70+ registrations. Along with the summit, Paxful hosted a workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs interested in learning more about trading on the Paxful platform. Through this workshop, the students learned about digital assets, bitcoin blockchain infrastruct...

  Kalaichemmal B.R.Annapillai, Founder of Tamil Nadu Arts & Crafts Improvement Association and Ex General Council Member, National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi has 50 years of service in rural art field and artist development. As a special grade Art Master he has conducted and participated in Annual exhibitions, Group shows Artists camps etc. B.R.Annapillai established the Artists’ Village at Padappai.   Veteran Artist B.R.Annapillai aged 88 years having 50 years of service in rural art field stated that the Government should do a lot more for the welfare of the artists and encouraging art culture to flourish. He further stated that the Government can encourage and support the artists by providing grants, giving awards etc. Veteran artist B.R.Annapillai resides at Kodambakkam. He can be contacted on 99413 22175.

  As part of spreading the ill effects of one time use and throwaway plastics carry bags, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India instructed all units of national green Corps (NGC) units to involve Eco clubs students to take green pledge.    Accordingly Eco clubs students of Angels Babyland higher secondary school, Tondaiarpet, Chennai -81 took green pledge in the presence of Mr.Thangaraj, District Coordinator, NGC Mrs.Jaqueline, Mrs.Sruthi & Ms.Bagya Lakshmi to minimise garbage’s, to segregate degradable and non-degradable, to use public transport system to minimise air pollutions and to plant more trees.

  The Inauguration of AHTC – Anti Human Trafficking Club,   ICWO/HSF Pilot Project in Tamilnadu on 21 st May 2022 at ICSA- Jivana Jothi, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai was followed by “One Day Training and Strategic Planning for NGO Directors on AHTC – Anti Human Trafficking Club in Tamilnadu”. The Chief Guest Dr.Volker Lennart Plan, Resident Representative – HSS India inaugurated the ICWO/HSF Pilot Project by lighting the kuthuvilaku, welcomed by Mr.A.J.Hariharan, Secretary-ICWO, Philosophy of AHTC by   Dr.P.M.Nair, IPS. (Retd.), International Expert, Human Trafficking Matters. HSF Contribution in AHT Matters Dr.Volker Lennart Plan, Resident Representative – HSS India, Vote of Thanks by Ms.Usha Subramanian, HSS India. Speaking on the occasion Dr.Volker Lennart Plan, Resident Representative – HSS India said- It's a pleasure to side with ICWO and Dr Nair on this project. Human Trafficking is a transboundary and international issue. Hanns Seidel Foundation India is a p...

  Chennai, 18 th May 2022 : Bone health is critical in maintaining physical health which in turn contributes to overall wellbeing. As we go through the various stages of life, we face different challenges in keeping our bones healthy. It could be a birth defect, fracture, accident or bone loss due to ageing. It’s essential we know how to deal with these in order to keep our bones healthy. Apollo Hospitals launched ‘ Apollo Ortho Wellness Circle’ – a support group which provides medical guidance on dealing with various Ortho related issues. This group meets online every month to discuss solutions to common ortho issues and is headed by a committee of specialist Orthopedicians from Apollo Hospitals.   This group is open to anyone who is interested and aims to build a community to provide support in this regard. ‘ Apollo Ortho Wellness Circle’ was launched in the presence of Actor Arya at ‘Fork to Farm Adventure’ , a cycling event organized by Ignite 101 Gym. The support gr...

Inauguration of pilot project to initiative   Anti Human Trafficking Club by ICWO- Indian Community Welfare Organisation and HSF- Hanns Seidel Stiftung India on 21 st May 2022 at ICSA Egmore, Chennai from 10 am   onwards will soon lead to having 100 Anti Human Trafficking Clubs in colleges and institutions in Tamil Nadu. The main guests that will be participating in the event are namely, Dr.P.M.Nair, IPS (Retd), International Expert, Human Trafficking Matters, Dr.Volker Lennart Plan, Representative-HSS India, Usha Subramanian, HSS India and Dr.T.Arul Roncalli, Project Manager-HSS India. Moreover other top dignitaries from various disciplines   from 38 NGO’s directors will be participating. There is no doubt that trafficking of children and women for sexual and other forms of exploitation is a grave violation of their rights and dignity. It is one of the largest organized exploitations in Tamil Nadu, as much as in India. Human trafficking involves recruitment, harbour...

VIP Chief Guest Mr.Anurag Thakur, Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports accepting the invitation by Mr.Purushothaman, General Secretary on behalf of Khelo Masters Games Association inaugurated the event in the presence of Adam Sinclair, Olympian and  President of Khelo Masters Games Association.  Rouble Nagi, artist, sculptor & social activist had graced the Khelo Nationals occasion. . An overall number of 4000 athletes from 21 states actively participated in the 2nd Khelo Master Games a New Delhi from 30th April to 3rd May 2022 for multiple disciplines. It was a fantastic outing for the 158 members of the Tamil Nadu Contingent. Tamil Nadu State won a rich haul of medals as every participating athlete took home a medal. Tamil Nadu won 32 Gold, 18 Silver and 7 Bronzes. Athletics brought in a medal tally of 26, Basketball women and Volleyball men picked gold’s, while Basketball Men, Hockey women and men picked silvers in 5 categories. The sprint events, Long Jump and ...