Chennai, Sep 22 : Veteran Tamil Scholars V I Subramaniam and 'Kaviko' Abdul Rehman have been selected for this year's 'Veteran Tamil Scholar and Literary awards', given annually by popular Tamil daily Daily Thanthi on the occasion of its founder C P Adityanar's birth anniversary.
The Veteran Scholar award carries a silver meddalion and a chase prize of Rs 1.5 lakh, while the Literary award, carries a cash prize of Rs one lakh.
CHENNAI: The leather industry in Tamil Nadu has reconciled itself to lower export growth this fiscal. Against the projected 14 to 15 percent growth, export expansion was only 8.5 percent in the first quarter.
The industry is, however, hopeful that a price increase of 3 to 4 percent in leather products in the future would enable it to compete against Chinese products and increase realisations.
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