Auto meters in Chennai <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-return-of-the-meter/article5141779.ece> start ticking </a> after the government issued a new rate card. Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/gh-in-chennai-to-celebrate-350-years-in-nov/article5151076.ece> will turn 350 </a> in November. The oldest existing medical institution in the country was started in November, 1664, and currently receives 10,000 to 12,000 outpatients every day. Photo: M. Karunakaran
Thirty women from Keelamathu have undergone training in <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/taking-their-village-back-to-nature/article5152977.ece> vermicomposting and bio-fertiliser production </a>, and are hoping to wean their village away from chemical fertilizers. Photo: G. Karthikeyan