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The Hindu
6 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
KSEB invites EoI to construct new substation at Kodiyathur
Addressing a long-pending demand of village consumers, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has finally invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for acquiring 30 cents under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act for the construction of a 33-kV substation at Kodiyathur in Kozhikode district. The project is expected to provide a solution to power outage and transmission issues now being faced by domestic and industrial consumers in Kodiyathur and Karassery grama panchayats. According to officials, the high voltage transmission lines from 110 kV substation at Augustianmuzhi or the 220 kV substation at Areekode can be connected to the new rural substation on completion of the work to streamline power supply. It was in 2010 that an official declaration related to the construction of a new substation in Kodiyathur village came from the authorities. However, the project got delayed for 15 years following technical hurdles related to the acquisition of a suitable plot. Though a local quarry operators' group was willing to hand over the required land in a rural area at Kottakkayam, it was not acceptable to the KSEB because of some issues related to distance and cabling works. The officials had also then pointed out that the ideal spots should be around Nellikkaparambu, Pannikkode, Kodiyathur and Cheruvadi villages. Functionaries of 'Sangamam', a voluntary organisation from West Kodiyathur, said they would extend all support to the KSEB to find a suitable spot at the earliest as their organisation had been fighting for years for the realisation of the project. Organisation secretary P.K. Faizal said there were several occasions when they directly took up the rural consumers' grievances with the KSEB authorities for action.
The Hindu
20-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
AUT-MUTA to organise Statewide protest seeking CAS salary benefits
In line with the recommendations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Seventh Pay Commission, the Tamil Nadu government issued a Government Order on January 21, 2021, outlining provisions for career advancement of faculty members in universities and colleges, said J. Gandhiraj, president, Association of University Teachers, at press meet here on Sunday. He added that implementation guidelines were subsequently released by the Directorate of Collegiate Education on May 4, 2021. While faculty members in government colleges have consistently received Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) benefits along with the corresponding pay and arrears, their counterparts in government-aided colleges continued to be excluded from such entitlements, he noted. 'Following repeated representations from the teachers, career advancement pay was briefly extended to aided college teachers in Coimbatore and Thanjavur regions. In the remaining six regions – Chennai, Tiruchi, Vellore, Dharmapuri, Madurai and Tirunelveli, only promotion orders to the post of associate professors have been issued, while the corresponding salary revisions and arrears remain unpaid,' he added. P.K. Periasamy Raja, president, MUTA, said that the Higher Education Minister Govi Chezhiaan at a meeting with the union representatives on June 23, 2025, gave a verbal assurance that the long pending CAS salary benefits would be incorporated in the July 2025 payroll, but, as of now, no steps were taken to fulfil the assurance. 'Condemning the State government and demanding our needs, we have planned to conduct a Statewide full-day demonstration on July 28 at all eight Regional Joint Director offices of the Collegiate Education across the State,' he said. Next to that, a mass appeal on August 8 at the Directorate of Collegiate Education will be organised.
SoraNews24
11-07-2025
- Business
- SoraNews24
7-Eleven Japan introduces extra large size coffees at stores… but how big are they?
We discover the truth behind Japanese portion sizes. For many years, 7-Eleven Japan has been famous for its coffees, which are a major driver of sales for the convenience store chain. As a pioneer in offering affordable, freshly brewed coffee in convenience stores, many customers still make 7-Eleven their top choice for a cup of Joe, but now they can get an even bigger fix, as the chain has now added a never-before seen extra large size to its lineup. With regular and large sizes satisfying customers for years, some are speculating the new larger size might have something to do with demand from overseas customers, who are now visiting the country in record-breaking numbers. Whatever the reason for it, it's now being rolled out at branches around Japan, but with one glaring omission — the millilitres it contains. To find out just how much a 7-Eleven extra-large size coffee in Japan might be, we decided to buy one, along with a large size, for an in-depth investigation. As we were after an iced coffee, we picked ours up in the freezer section, where there were instructions to keep the lid until extraction is complete, using the dedicated Seven Cafe machine at the counter after paying. The lids next to the machine are only for regular and large sizes, which is why you'll need to keep the extra large lid in your hand after popping the cup into the machine to fill it with coffee. One other interesting quirk about the XL lid is it doesn't have a hole for a straw, which is something to keep in mind if you prefer to drink your coffee with a straw. At 300 yen (US$2.05), the XL is 50 yen more than the 250-yen L size, so we were curious to know — how much more coffee do you get for that extra 50 yen? To find out, our reporter P.K. Sanjun got out a tea strainer to catch the ice as he poured the liquid from the large-sized coffee into a measuring jug. Although he took this photo before tipping all the liquid in, he found that the large size contained exactly 300 millilitres (10.1 ounces) of coffee, so the price per millilitre was about 0.84 yen. Next, he measured out the extra large size, where he found that it contained 430 millilitres, so the price per millilitre was roughly 0.7 yen, which felt like a pretty good deal. However, when he looked at the cups, he saw that the XL clearly had much less ice in it, meaning the ice had melted faster, slightly skewing the results. Adjusting for the melted ice, P.K. figured it was safe to say that the XL would've contained about 400 millilitres of coffee, which amounts to around 0.75 yen per millilitre. By his calculations, the XL is in fact better value than the L size, giving you a saving of close to 0.1 yen per millilitre. Compared to the L though, the ice in the XL melts quickly, so the taste gets watered down and becomes lukewarm faster so that's an important point that coffee lovers will want to keep in mind when choosing sizes. Although the new size is cost-effective, we reckon there's still some room for improvement with it, and we'd like to see them add a straw hole to the lid as well. With staff saying the new XL size was only introduced last week, and it's not even mentioned anywhere on the official site yet, we have high hopes that after a few tweaks it will become as sought-after as 7-Eleven's other coffee sizes so that all coffee lovers can enjoy it, perhaps with a secret 7-Eleven doughnut as well. Photos ©SoraNews24 ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! [ Read in Japanese ]
The Hindu
10-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
MSF takes out protest march to Calicut University
Activists of the Muslim Students' Federation (MSF) on Thursday took out a march to the administrative block of the University of Calicut at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district in protest against the alleged manhandling of staff, who are members of an employees union affiliated with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), during a protest by the Students Federation of India members recently. Opening the protest, MSF State president P.K. Navas alleged that the police and the security staff did not do much to stop the SFI activists from barging into the administrative block. He claimed that the strong iron door was opened for them without any hindrance to enter the building. They also assaulted staffers who are members of unions affiliated to the IUML and the Congress, he alleged. Mr. Navas said that the SFI activists targeted them at the behest of certain members of Left-aligned staff unions. Meanwhile, the MSF members entered into heated arguments with the police personnel deployed on the campus when some of their leaders were blocked from entering the administrative block for talks with the officials. The protest was called off after the Registrar promised to take action against those who reportedly assaulted the staff members.
The Hindu
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Hindu
Four golden cars, seven silver cars of temples to be dedicated before December-end, says Minister
Four golden cars and seven silver cars of the temples will be ready and dedicated to the shrines before December-end, Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment P.K. Sekar Babu has said. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the 'Aani' car festival of Swami Nellaiyppar – Gandhimathi Ambal Temple here along with Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu on Tuesday, Mr. Sekar Babu said 134 cars for 130 temples across Tamil Nadu were being made at the cost of ₹75 crore even as renovation of 72 temples had been taken-up on an outlay of ₹19 crore. Sheds for parking 197 wooden cars of temples had been created at the expense of ₹30 crore to protect them from rain and shine. Following appeals from the devotees, five golden cars costing ₹31 crore and nine silver cars on an outlay of ₹29.77 crore were being fabricated. Of this, the golden car of Periyapalayam Temple and the silver cars of Thiruttani and Kalikambal Temple, Chennai, had already been dedicated. Hence, the remaining golden and silver cars would be ready before December-end. Moreover, Vettuvanam Ellaiyamman Temple in Vellore district would get the silver car soon, the minister said. When asked about AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami's observation that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was suffering from 'panic fever' after seeing the massive turnout for his 'Save people, Redeem Tamil Nadu' election campaign which he kickstarted at Mettupalayam, Mr. Sekar Babu retorted that the DMK would retain power with the people's mandate even though the AIADMK – BJP combine, who were suffering from 'losing fever', were intimidating their political rivals with their CBI, Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax etc. 'None has the power to defeat the Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu,' Mr. Sekar Babu claimed. He also blamed 'certain elements' for creating legal hurdles while the DMK government was carrying out development works in the temples. 'These forces even tried to stay through the courts even the consecration of Tiruchendur temple and are putting blocks for creating more facilities in the temples. But we'll smash all these hurdles,' he said. The minister also informed that 1.50 lakh palm manuscripts in the temples across Tamil Nadu were being digitised and the palm manuscripts would be displayed in the districts from where they were recovered. On the ongoing development works in Swami Nellaiyappar Temple, the minister said laying of tiles on the terrace of Amman Sannidhi at the cost of ₹1.43 crore and the renovation of the stone mandapam in the same area had been completed on an outlay of ₹99 lakh. The 'karu urumaari theerthakulam' renovation work had been initiated at the expense of ₹1.60 crore. 'The trial run of the 450 kg-silver car of Swami Nellaiyappar Temple, which is being made at the cost of ₹5 crore will be conducted before October-end. We've strengthened the temple's security arrangements by installing new CCTV cameras at the cost of ₹30 lakh. Since the shrine attracts more devotees during festivals, food will be served to 500 persons on special occasions against the regular number of 100,' Mr. Sekar Babu informed. He also said cloak room (₹32.60 lakh) and toilets (₹14.70 lakh) had also been built in Swami Nellaiyappar Temple.
