Russian nuke engineer robbed in Tamil Nadu

A Russian nuclear engineer at the Koodankulam nuclear power project in southern Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, about 650 km south of here, was robbed of his expensive camera while taking a walk at a nearby beach on Sunday afternoon.

Alexander V. Chernov (45), who was with his daughter Victoria (23) when the incident took place, is one of the 100 Russian engineers from various disciplines who are assisting in setting up Nuclear Power Corporation's (NPC) two 1,000mw reactors at Koodankulam.

Tirunelveli Superintendent of Police Ashra Garg told Hindustan Times on Tuesday that the robbers, about seven of them, were in the age group of 20 to 30 years.

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Two young Indian delegates to meet G-8 world leaders

A 16-year-old girl from Koraput, Orissa and a 17-year-old boy from Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, will be representing India at the Junior 8 summit in Rome this year

The J8 summit, to be held from 4-10 July, is now in its 5th year and takes place parallel to the annual G-8 summit

Sanjukta Pangi and Samuel Venkatesan will leave for Rome on Friday, but before they emplane, they will meet with the media at the UNICEF India Country Office Selection to the J8 presents these young people to join a group of 56 young people, where they will work together on youth-oriented solutions for this year’s three main G8 topics: climate change, the world financial crisis and development

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Chennai’s second master plan round the corner

The much-awaited Chennai’s second master plan is about to be unveiled. Having crossed all the hurdles, the plan, overdue more than a decade, is awaiting the chief minister’s nod, expected to come through before this week-end or month-end.

Both the builders and developers in the city have been awaiting the second master plan, which had to face several legal hassles, before it could get the final touches. The first master plan for the city, which came into being in 1975, expired in 1995.

“All issues have been sorted out, except the one on ‘low income group housing’, which we have taken up with the government. We expect the second master plan to be released anytime from now,” Prakash Challa, president, Credai Tamil Nadu chapter told Financial Chronicle.

According to him, the draft of the second master plan had insisted that private developers to set aside 10 per cent of the area for ‘low income group housing’ for developments involving one acre of land and more.

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“Smart Talk”

Talking they say, is a smart thing to do. Especially when it comes to taboo subjects, because it opens doors and eases the hesitance between people. To transform words into action, one needs to talk even more. The BBC World Service Trust, the charitable arm of BBC which specializes in development communications, has launched a four phase campaign to push men to talk more and more about a taboo subject.

To be run over a period of two and a half years, the media mix for the project consists of TV, radio and cinema, supported by billboards and print. The first phase of the campaign, called Jo Bola Wohi Sikander (JBWS), is under way and the BBC World Service Trust is strategically making attempts to generate interest, compel the target group to take action, and thereby create awareness about the taboo subject. The JBWH contest will run between November 30 and December 20, 2007, and will be seen in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu.

In a clever move, the BBC World Service Trust has rolled out the campaign in the form of a riddle. The riddle is thrown as a bait at the target group (primarily SEC C, D and E men in the reproductive age band), who are pushed to enter a contest, answer a simple question and take away prizes.
The TVC has been dubbed in five Indian languages, including Hindi, depending upon the state in which the contest runs. Audiences will be given a local number to call up and leave their answers on – the lucky winners will receive a mobile phone with free talk time.