Steep fall in vegetable prices in Vellore!

vegThe prices of vegetables have come down by at least Rs. five to Rs. 10 when compared to last week.One of the reasons for the dip is increase in supply as some of the vegetables have to be harvested as it could perish quickly in this climate.

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Post Office Savings Bank ATMs

post officeWithin six months, the Department of Posts will roll out post office savings bank ATMs at all 94 Head Post Offices (HPO) in Tamil Nadu.Mervin Alexander, Postmaster-General, Chennai city region, informed this while participating in a function to release Permanent Pictorial Cancellation on Christian Medical College (CMC) Hospital on the occasion of the 144th birth anniversary of CMC founder Ida Scudder.

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Gold price has increased Rs.352 per sovereign

The cost of gold has increased by Rs.352 per sovereign on Monday ( Dec 15, 2014 ) . As a result a sovereign was Rs.20,416.00 and a gram will be priced Rs.2,552.00 Read More…

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Modern teaching techniques and ideal Student-teacher ratio for best teaching

Matt Skoss, Maths/Science Coordinator of the Centralian Senior College, Alice Springs, Australia, said that reduced student strength in the classroom would be more conducive to better learning,

He deals with only 24 students in his classroom as against nearly 40 in the Arcot government school.

Group activity should be encouraged among the students who should be divided into 3 or 4 groups which could discuss among themselves and communicate to each other for a better understanding of the lessons. Read More…

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All-out check on prohibition offenders

The Vellore police have formed 13 teams to crackdown on prohibition offences. The teams had carried out intensive raids against prohibition and registered 84 cases till now.

Teams were formed under the supervision of P. K. Senthilkumari, Superintendent of Police, Vellore and led by Ashok Kumar, Additional Superintendent of Police, Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW). Read More…

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