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List of voters whose names were in the Tamil Nadu Electoral Rolls as of 2025 but are not included in the Draft Roll of 01.01.2026.

Pragyan (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञान, romanized: prajñāna, lit. wisdom Pronunciation was the rover of Chandrayaan-2 and is the rover for the Chandrayaan-3 mission, two lunar missions developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chandrayaan-2 launched on 22 July 2019.

Pragyan was destroyed along with its lander, Vikram, when it crash-landed on the Moon on 6 September 2019 and never got the chance to deploy. The launch of Chandrayaan-3 occurred on 14 July 2023, at 2:35 pm IST, and landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023.

The 26kg rover called Pragyaan (the Sanskrit word for wisdom) was carried to the Moon in the Vikram lander's belly.

It was landed on Moon 23/08/2023 at 6.04pm.
After landing 24/08/2023, panels on one side of Vikram opened to deploy a ramp to enable Pragyaan to slide down to the lunar surface.

It will now roam around the rocks and craters, gathering crucial data and images to be sent back to Earth for analysis.

Pragyaan is carrying two scientific instruments which will try to find out what minerals are present on the lunar surface and study the chemical composition of the soil.

Pragyaan will communicate only with the lander which will send the information to the orbiter from Chandrayaan-2 - which is still circling the Moon - to pass it on to the Earth for analysis.

Railway Board has approved the introduction of Train No. 06421/06422 Coimbatore – Pollachi – Coimbatore Unreserved Special Express (Daily). Dr L Murugan, Hon’ble Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying will flag off the Inaugural Train No. 06421 Coimbatore – Pollachi Unreserved Express as a special service from Coimbatore at 15.00 hrs o­n 24th December, 2023

The timings and stoppages of Special of Train No. 06421 Coimbatore – Pollachi - Coimbatore Unreserved Express Special is as follows:

Train No : 06421 Coimbatore - Pollachi daily unreserver express will start at 5.20 am from Coimbatore Station and it will reach on the same day at 06.25 am

Return direction Train No. 06422 Pollachi – Coimbatore Daily Unreserved Express Special will leave Pollachi at 20.55 hrs and reach Coimbatore at 22.15, the same day

Travel Time: 1h 5m 2 halts ( Podanu, Kinathukadavu )
Distance: 46 km Avg Speed: 42 km/hr

Train No. 56184/56183 Pollachi- Coimbatore- Pollachi Passenger Service.
is replace with The new Train 06421 / 06422.

Coimbatore to Pollacthi Trains Schedule

Daily Trains - Coimbatore to Pollachi
1. 06421 5.20 am to 6.25 am
2. 16721 2.30 pm to 3.28pm

1. Pollachi Express Special Train No. 06419 runs on M,T,W,T,F,S 6.40pm to 8.00pm (not on Sunday)
2. Tirunelveli Special Train No. 06029 Only on Monday 8.40pm to 10.03pm

Pollacthi to Coimbatore Trains Schedule

Daily Trains - Pollachi to Coimbatore
1. 16722 10.23 am to 12.10 pm
2. 06422 8.55 pm to 10.15pm

1. Mettupalayam Special only Monday - From Pollachi to Coimbatore 4.47 am to 6.25pm
2. Coimbatore Express runs on M,T,W,T,F,S 7.25am to 8.40am (not on Sunday)
3. CBE UR Oneway SPL only Sunday 10.23am to 12.10pm.

The World Health Organisation has a new naming system, using the Greek alphabet, for coronavirus variants of concern. The Delta variant was previously known as the “Indian variant”, as it was first found in India. It's one of three sub-lineages of the Indian variant, and is also known as B.1.617.

"UK variant" B.1.1.7 and "South African variant" B.1.351, the "Indian variant" B.1.617 is another variation of the virus that causes COVID-19. the variant was first identified in Maharashtra, India, in October,and spread to more than 40 other countries, including Australia.

CORONO -DELTA VS Covaxin

A study by researchers from the National Institute of Virology in Pune, the Indian Council of Medical Research and vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech has found that Covaxin is effective against the Beta and Delta variants of Covid-19.

CORONO -DELTA VS Covishield

A preliminary study conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Delhi claimed that the presence of COVID-19 Delta variant (B1.617.2) is predominantly found even after getting a single dose or both doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

The study included 63 people who got breakthrough infections; of which 36 patients received two doses, while 27 had received one dose of vaccine.

236 million doses of the COVID vaccine have been given in India. More than 45 million people have received 2 doses of the vaccine and are considered fully vaccinated.

Nov 26, 2022 PSLV-54

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch PSLV-54/EOS-06 mission with Oceansat-3 and eight nano statellites on board from Sriharikota spaceport.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C54) will launch the satellites at 11.56 a.m. (Today Nov 26,2022) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The EOS-6 is a third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series of satellites.

The eight nano satellites

ISRO Nano Satellite-2 for Bhutan (INS-2B),
The INS-2B spacecraft will have two payloads namely NanoMx and APRS-Digipeater.
While the NanoMx is a multi-spectral optical imaging payload developed by Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, the APRS-Digipeater payload has been jointly developed by the Department of Information Technology and Telecom-Bhutan and the UR Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.