UK RETURN PASSENGER IN CHENNAI TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19; NEW STRAIN NOT COFIRMED

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• UK return passenger in Chennai tests positive for COVID-19; new strain not confirmed.
• UK announced that a news variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been found referred to as B.1.1.7.
• Central Govt. of India and Tamil Nadu govt. ...

TAMIL NADU REPORTS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE OF 5,849 CASES, RECORD 518 DEATHS IN 24 HOURS

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• According to the report made by Death Reconciliation Committee in Greater Chennai Corporation, those additional 444 deaths were because of co-morbidities and other terminal illnesses

• Tamil Nadu has 186,492 cases of COVID-19, while 3,144 people have los...

AIR INDIA REPATRIATES 40 TAMIL NADU FISHERMEN STRANDED IN IRAN

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• In the last month, the government had deployed INS warship Jalashwa to bring back 687 stranded fishermen from Iran

• All the fishermen have been sent back to their districts in separate vehicles said the Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar

According...

TAMIL NADU'S FAILED COVID-19 RESPONSE BEHIND CHENNAI'S CRIPPLING ECONOMY

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• The Unlock 1 guidelines issued by the Central Government allowed reopening of majority of businesses including salons and restaurants

• The 17-day complete lockdown imposed by the Tamil Nadu state government has dented most of the businesses in Chennai

TAMIL NADU IS THE SECOND INDIAN STATE TO REPORT MORE THAN 1 LAKH COVID-19 CASES

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• The state of Tamil Nadu has 102,721 cases of coronavirus and had previously imposed strict lockdown in five districts including Chennai

• Till Friday, Tamil Nadu has conducted total 1.27 million tests with the help of its 91 facilities

• T...

NEYVELI BOILER BLAST: SIX PEOPLE DEAD, 17 INJURED IN THE EXPLOSION

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• This explosion took place in the morning when workers started their work for the day

• Injured workers were immediately taken to the NLC Lignite Hospital with burn injuries

• This is the second such incident of boiler blast at the same pla...

WITH 357 DEATHS IN 24 HOURS, INDIA SEES DEADLIEST DAY OF COVID-19

• Current Total Cases: 286,579

• Total Deaths : 8,102

• Cumulative recoveries : 141,029

• Top five states that has the maximum number of cases : 

Maharashtra: Cases 94,041, number of deaths 3,438. New deaths 149

Tamil Nadu...

30 JAIL INMATES TEST POSITIVE IN HIGH-SECURITY PUZHAL PRISON: 7 HOSPITALIZED

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• Tamil Nadu government worried after jail inmates test positive for corona virus
• Tamil Nadu’s spike in cases are a direct consequence of people returning to the state, especially from Maharashtra

Amid the growing dread of coronavirus...

Modification of petrochemical production hubs by Modi

The state plans to revitalize and expand the four oil, chemical and petrochemicals investment regions (PCPIR), which have struggled as expected to suit other petrochemical hubs across the world.

D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India, declared a...