Chennai News highlights: The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee on Monday adopted an unanimous resolution urging Rahul Gandhi to lead the party. In the party’s state general council meet held here, a resolution proposed by TNCC President K S Alagiri, seeking Rahul Gandhi to assume the office of All India Congress Committee President was passed unanimously.
The National Education Policy 2020 announced by the Centre lays great emphasis on Indian languages and Indian knowledge systems, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday. The policy is “rooted in Indianness and emphasises on learning in the mother tongue”, Pradhan said at the 36th convocation of SASTRA Deemed University here. “NEP 2020 lays great emphasis on Indian languages and Indian Knowledge Systems. An icon like, Saint Thiruvalluvar is no less than any other literary figure, scholar or philosopher. It is our duty to take Thiruvalluvar’s philosophy and Indian Knowledge Systems to the globe,” he tweeted.
In other news, as many as 8,17,276 people were inoculated against Covid-19 in the 37th mega vaccination exercise held in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, the health department said. A total of 28,285 people received the first dose, 1,83,073 the second dose, while 6,05,918 people were administered the precautionary booster jab, a press release said here. The total number of people who were vaccinated above the age of 18 years with the first dose comprised 96.54 per cent and the second dose 91.37 per cent.
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