Swami Gautamanandaji is new RK Math and Mission president
Swami Gautamanandaji has become the next president of Ramakrishna Math and Mission.
A team of central government officials arrived in Chennai on Saturday to assess the drought situation in Tamil Nadu following a plea by the state government, official sources said.
The team is expected to visit drought-hit areas and discuss the situation with senior state officials, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIDMK) sources said.
Chief Minister O Panneerselvam had on January 16 urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to depute a central team to study the extensive damage caused to agriculture crops and to take stock of the drinking water scarcity in Tamil Nadu.
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The state government had urged the Centre to sanction Rs.39,565 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund towards mitigation measures.
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