The Tamil Nadu government will form an economic advisory council comprising Nobel laureate Esther Duflo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan, to advise the chief minister.
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The suburban train services in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad will resume services on June 23 after a gap of 15 months, the South Central Railway (SCR) authorities announced on Monday.
READ | After a gap of 15 months, suburban train services to resume in Hyderabad and Secunderabad on June 23
For assistance on COVID-19-related queries and mental health support in Chennai, citizens can contact the Greater Chennai Corporation's (GCC) COVID-19 helpline 044 46122300 or 044 25384520 | Citizens can also contact the general helpline 104, the 24-hour helplines 044 29510400 or 29510500 and the 24 x 7 mobile helplines 8754448477 or 9444340496 | Citizens can find the nearest GCC-facilitated COVID-19 fever clinic here | For lodging rain-related complaints and assistance during the monsoon, citizens can contact the GCC's monsoon helplines 044 25384530 or 044 25384540 or the control room 1913 (available 24x7)
Tamil Nadu on Tuesday recorded 6,895 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 194 deaths. The caseload so far was 24,36,819 and the death toll till date was 31,580, the bulletin read.
As many as 13,156 people got discharged today, taking the tally to 23,48,353 leaving 56,866 active infections. Tamil Nadu recorded its highest daily infection at 36,184 on May 21 and since then it has been reporting a decline.
Chennai registered 410 new cases taking the total number of cases to 530034. With 24 fatalities on Tuesday, the number of COVID-19 related fatalities in the State capital also reached 8,095. Coimbatore (870) Erode (741) Salem (485), Tiruppur (434) were among the other districts which reported most cases.
The Greater Chennai Corporation on Tuesday said a total of 23,62,991 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the city. Of these 17,58,187 1st doses of vaccines and 6,04,804 second doses of vaccines have been administered. On inquiry, the civic body had found that a total of 89,500 people are due for their second doses for vaccines.
“The details of the persons who are due for their second dose of vaccine were collected and from zonal offices they were informed over the phone to get vaccinated. Through this initiative, 30,480 people have administered their second dose of vaccine and around 59,000 are still due for their second of vaccine,” a statement from the civic body read.
Those who missed their second dose of Covaxin can get vaccinated on June 23 and 24 in all the vaccination centres in the city. A total of 62,050 Covaxin vaccines have been distributed to all the centres in the city to the smooth conduct of the vaccination drive.
Resolutions would be adopted in the Assembly during the upcoming budget session against the Centre’s farm laws and the Citizenship Amendment Act, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Tuesday.
Ever since the three farm laws were enacted by the union government, the DMK had all along demanded the Centre to withdraw the laws, which are “against the interests of farmers,” the Chief Minister said intervening his party MLA Tamizharasi, who spoke on the matter in the House.
The government has made a clear decision to pass a resolution seeking the withdrawal of these three farm laws reflecting the feelings of farmers across the country, he said adding there is no change on that decision.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin writes to Chief Ministers of nine states urging them to express their objection to the new draft Indian ports Bill 2021. He asks all states/UTs to take joint action to prevent any move to dilute the powers already vested with the states.
The Telangana government has decided to rename the Warangal Urban district to Hanamkonda.
In a visit to Warangal city on Monday, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said while the Urban district will now be called Hanamkonda, the Rural district will retain the name Warangal. He instructed the Chief Secretary to issue orders for this in the next few days.
The CM also announced a government dental college on Monday, along with a new 33-floor hospital, which will come up in place of the recently demolished Warangal Central Jail. The multi-super specialty hospital will be ready for operations within 18 months, he said. Rao had earlier laid the foundation stone for the project, for which the 135-year-old Nizam-era jail was vacated and razed.
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The Supreme Court Tuesday said it will hear after three weeks a plea of A G Perarivalan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking grant of parole.
A vacation bench of justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari took note of the fact that the lawyer for Perarivalan has circulated the letter seeking adjournment of hearing in the case.
“There is a letter (for adjournment). List after three weeks before an appropriate bench,” the bench said in its order.
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Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, after a gap of one day, touching fresh record highs across the country. In the national capital, the petrol price rose 28 paise while that of diesel inched up 26 paise.
In Chennai, petrol is priced at Rs. 98.65 per litre while diesel is priced at Rs. 92.83 per litre.
In Hyderabad, petrol costs Rs. 101.33 per litre and diesel costs Rs. 96.17 per litre.
A seven-year-old boy, who had frequent epileptic fits, was killed by his mother and two aunts as they thought he was possessed by a “evil spirit”, at a village in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu.
Thilakavathi (30), who lost her husband Karthi two years ago, had been residing with her son Sabari near KV Kuppam in Vellore. Thilakavathi’s sisters Bakiyalakshmi (29), Kavitha (28), who are unmarried were also staying with her.
A couple of days ago, the sisters started believing that Sabari was possessed by evil spirits. The family took the boy to Vanthavasi to get him “treated” by a godman. The women spent the night near the panchayat union premises after the auto-rickshaw driver dropped them near the Kannamangalam town bus stop.
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A total of 23,62,901 people have been vaccinated in Chennai till date, with 32,761 people inoculated on Monday alone, according to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC).
After the lockdown came to an end in Telangana on Saturday, film shootings have resumed in the state. Recently, the team of Nithiin’s Maestro wrapped up its filming in Hyderabad, while Adivi Sesh’s Major will commence its production in July. On the other hand, the shooting of SS Rajamouli’s magnum-opus RRR began on Monday in Hyderabad.
Hairstylist Aalim Hakim mentioned on Twitter that the shoot of RRR has resumed. Sharing a photo of himself and Ram Charan, he wrote, “Today In Hyderabad, Lockdown 2.0 is lifted and the movies have resumed their shoots.. Starting my day with a Haircut for Superstar Ram Charan @AlwaysRamCharan for the Movie #RRR directed by everyone’s favourite @ssrajamouli Sir.”
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Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister PK Sekar Babu’s remark that women could be appointed priests in the 35,000-odd temples in the state is long overdue. This transformative idea must be emulated in temples across the country. There are, properly speaking, no religious obstacles for doing so. What stands in the way is the dead hand of convention, the power of patriarchy, and politics.
The term “priest” denotes a vast range of social, ritual and redemptory functions: From purohits to pandas, to being a medium of divine power. Women have performed many of these. These functions are also embedded differently in different Hindu traditions: Sakta, Saivism, and Vaishnavism, Smarta etc. There are several examples in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra where women perform all rituals. Often, priesthood was an inherited office. In Raj Kali Kuer vs Ram Rattan Pandey 1955, the Supreme Court held that women have the right to succeed to religious office.
It ruefully noted that standard codifications like Digest of Hindu Law on Contracts and Successions: With a commentary by Jagannatha Tercapanchanana, disqualified women from performing certain ritual functions. But it held that this disqualification was not sufficient grounds to deny them priestly office. This judgment notes that many priestly offices in Indian temples were hereditary, and “hereditary is not a principle of competence.” In many temples, priestly office-holders subcontracted particular ritual functions when needed. So even if women could not participate in particular rituals, that could not be grounds for denying them priestly authority.
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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated a newly-built 'Integrated district offices complex', an administrative block of Kaloji Narayana Rao Health University, besides performing 'Bhumi Puja' for a super-speciality hospital at Warangal on Monday. Describing Warangal as the second most important town in Telangana (after Hyderabad), Rao said the town should emerge as a major centre of education, health and industries.
He announced taking up the next phase of state government's 'Palle Pragati' (progress of villages), 'Pattana Pragati' (progress of towns) and 'Harita Haram' (massive plantation drive) programmes from July 1 to 10. He said an 'integrated health complex' which would house all major medical specialities should come up in Warangal and asked officials to work on it.
He disapproved of spreading false and improper information related to COVID-19 that frightened people even as he stressed on the need to face the virus without fear. He also said he could recover from the infection with paracetamol and antibiotics. He appreciated the services of doctors and other medical personnel during the pandemic. He praised healthcare personnel for participating in a door to door fever survey which was organised as part of the fight against COVID-19. (PTI)
The suburban train services in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad will resume services on June 23 after a gap of 15 months, the South Central Railway (SCR) authorities announced on Monday.
The MMTS (Multi-Modal Transport Service) services were suspended from March 23, 2020 in the wake of a nationwide lockdown at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year.
With the gradual opening of train services, the Indian Railways has now approved the resumption of MMTS train services to cater to the travel needs of the intra-city and suburban rail commuters in the twin city region.
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Advisory committees in every school, a central compliance cell and a self-audit tool are among the measures that have been laid down in the guidelines issued by the Tamil Nadu government on Monday to ensure protection to students from sexual harassment while attending online classes. The rules will be applicable for all schools across the state.
There has been a growing demand for new guidelines on online classes following recent sexual harassment cases lodged against faculty members of a couple of schools in the state.
As per the guidelines, every school will have to constitute a ‘student safeguarding advisory committee’ comprising the principal, two teachers, two parent-teacher association members, a management representative, a non-teaching staff and an external member (optional) to continuously review and monitor the situation and issue recommendations on all aspects of students’ safety.
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The ruling YSR Congress finally secured a majority in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council after four of its nominated members were sworn in on Monday. The YSRC's strength has now increased to 19 in the 58-member House.
Pro-tem Chairman Vitapu Balasubrahmanya administered the oath of office to Lella Appi Reddy, Thota Trimurthulu, Moshen Raju and Ramesh Yadav. The four were nominated to the Council under the Governor's quota.
The YSRC's strength will further rise by at least 14 as and when elections to fill three seats under the MLAs' quota and another 11 from the Local Authorities Constituencies are held.
The Telugu Desam, which so far enjoyed an upper hand in the Council, is now relegated to the main opposition with 15 members. (PTI)
An African national was detained at the Hyderabad airport on Monday after he was found to be in possession of suspected contraband substances. This is the third time an African national has been arrested at the Hyderabad airport this month for smuggling drugs.
The officials from the Hyderabad unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 3kg of narcotic substance that was identified as heroin upon further examination. The same is worth Rs 19.5 crore in the international grey market, said DRI.
The accused, a man from Tanzania, was nabbed following specific inputs. He arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad from Johannesburg via Doha in the early hours of Monday.
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The Telangana government today decided to conduct the TS EAMCET entrance test from August 1 to 10, state Education Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy said.
The EAMCET (engineering) entrance test will be held on August 4, 6, 8 and the agriculture and medical exam will be held on August 9 and 10.
The TS LAWCET will be conducted on August 23, while TS POLYCET will be held on July 17. The minister said the government has decided to conduct these tests in line with the Covid-19 guidelines.
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Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has been ranked first among agricultural universities in the southern States and third among the State agricultural universities in the country.
The ranking was done by Education World India magazine which conducts a survey on educational institutions every year and ranks them.
The ranks are based on faculty competence, faculty welfare & development, research and innovation, curriculum and pedagogy (digital readiness), industry interface, placements, infrastructure, internationalism, leadership/governance and range and diversity of study programmes, said a press release from TNAU. (PTI)
Spotify has collaborated with international EDM icon DJ Snake and Tamil singer Dhee to bring its Singles programme, aimed at providing artistes a platform to rerecord their existing songs with a fresh new take, to India. The platform also allows artists to cover a song of their choice by other artists.
Globally, Spotify Singles programme has brought together artistes from different music cultures to create something unique.
“We are thrilled to announce our first Single from India with DJ Snake, one of the biggest global music icons, and Dhee, who has such a powerful voice. Music is borderless and through such collaborations, we want listeners to experience different cultures.’’ said Andy Sloan-Vincent, Head of Global Music Programs at Spotify.
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The Greater Chennai Corporation on Monday began the second mass cleaning drive of the city. The drive will continue till June 26, across 15 zones in the city. Officials have identified as many as 614 spots by the officials to conduct the drive. The officials aim to eradicate 4,500 tonnes of construction waste and 1,000 tonnes of garbage waste during the second phase of the clean-up drive.
Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi said senior engineers have been appointed as the monitoring officers. These officers have been asked to send a daily report of their zonal activity to Principal Secretary Bedi.
During the first mass cleaning drive in May, the officials removed 13,345 tonnes of waste – 3,260 tonnes of garbages and 10,085 tonnes of construction waste.
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A 27-year-old man, declared brain-dead after meeting with an accident in Salem, has given new lease of life to two individuals in Chennai, MGM Healthcare said on Monday.
The patient, hailing from Salem, suffered a traumatic brain injury in the road accident and was admitted to a private hospital there. He was declared brain-dead by doctors at that hospital.
After his family agreed to donate his organs, the heart and lungs were airlifted to Chennai from Salem, said a press release from MGM Healthcare.
The organs were then transplanted in two critically-ill patients at MGM Healthcare here and their condition was stable, the release said. (PTI)
A total of 104 flights will be operated between Chennai and major cities today, with 53 arrivals and 51 departures scheduled at the Chennai International Airport.
The Hyderabad-based Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN) in collaboration with the Telangana government will begin the fourth round of community-based sero-surveillance survey on Tuesday in Jangaon, Kamareddy, and Nalgonda districts in the state.
While the number of Covid-19 cases in Telangana has been under control, the study gains importance as experts have warned of a third wave of infections in 6 to 8 weeks if Covid-appropriate behaviour is not followed.
Three rounds of similar surveys were conducted in these districts in May, August and December 2020. While the earlier surveys included adolescents in the age group of 10 to 17 years as well as adults and healthcare workers above 18 years, the latest survey will include children in the age group 6 to 9 years.
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Telangana on Monday added 1,197 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 6,14,399, while the death toll rose to 3,576 with nine more fatalities.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 137 followed by Nalgonda (84) and Suryapet (72) districts, a state government bulletin said.
The number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases on Monday with 1,707 people recovering from the infectious disease, taking the cumulative number of recoveries to 5,93,577. The number of active cases was 17,246, the bulletin said.
It said 1,19,537 samples were tested yesterday and the total number of samples tested till date was 1,76,45,176. Samples tested per million population were at 4,74,077.
The case fatality and recovery rates were at 0.58 per cent and 96.61 per cent, respectively. (PTI)
Tangedco has announced that power will be suspended in parts of Chennai today from 9 am to 1 pm for carrying out maintenance work in the city.
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Karnataka State Road Transport Corporations (KSRTC) will begin inter-state bus operations to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh starting from Tuesday, following the relaxation of Covid-19 lockdown rules.
The state-run corporation had stopped the operation of inter-state bus services due to the Covid lockdown.
"Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will restart bus ops to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as per guidelines of respective States from 22nd June based on traffic density & need with 50% seating capacity, " a statement from KSRTC said.
Passengers can book tickets online at ksrtc.karnataka.gov.in/; ksrtc.in or through KSRTC/Franchisee advance reservation counters. The Karnataka road transport Corp also mentioned a helpline number for queries--080-26252625.
Tamil Nadu recorded 7427 positive cases of Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the state tally to 24,29,924. Among these, Chennai reported 439 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,29,650. The state recorded 189 deaths on Monday, putting the state toll at 31,386. 151 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 15,281 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 23,37,209.
As of Monday, the number of active Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 61,329. Till date, 14,21,293 males, 10,08,593 females and 38 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in the state.
According to a bulletin released by the Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu, 3,13,40,264 samples from the state have been tested till date, with 1,70,923 samples having been sent yesterday. There are 272 Covid-19 testing facilities in the state, out of which 69 are government and 203 are private facilities.
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Tamil Nadu recorded 7,427 positive cases of Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the state tally to 24,29,924. Among these Coimbatore reported 891 cases, Chennai reported 439 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,29,650. The state recorded 189 deaths on Monday, putting the state toll at 31,386. As many as 151 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 15,281 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 23,37,209.
The Greater Chennai Corporation on Monday began the second mass cleaning drive of the city. The drive will continue till June 26, across 15 zones in the city. Officials have identified as many as 614 spots by the officials to conduct the drive. The officials aim to eradicate 4,500 tonnes of construction waste and 1,000 tonnes of garbage waste during the second phase of the clean-up drive.
Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi said senior engineers have been appointed as the monitoring officers. These officers have been asked to send a daily report of their zonal activity to Principal Secretary Bedi.
During the first mass cleaning drive in May, the officials removed 13,345 tonnes of waste – 3,260 tonnes of garbages and 10,085 tonnes of construction waste.
The Tamil Nadu government will form an economic advisory council comprising Nobel laureate Esther Duflo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan to advise the chief minister.
The other members of the council will be former chief economic advisor to the central government Arvind Subramanian, development economist Jean Dreze and former Union finance secretary S Narayan, Governor Banwarilal Purohit announced in his ceremonial address during the first session of the 16th state legislative assembly in Chennai on Monday.
“Based on the recommendation of the council, the government will revitalise the state’s economy and ensure that benefits of economic growth reach all segments of society,” Purohit said.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday announced that the lockdown across the state will be extended by another week. However, he did give a host of relaxations to the existing norms.
Based on the number of Covid-19 cases, the 38 districts of the state have been divided into 3 categories. As per the earlier order, people would still need e-registration to commute from one place to another, but now, this rule has been differentiated for districts depending upon the caseload.
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Outlining the newly-elected DMK regime's policy, Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Monday said the Tamil Nadu government is fully committed to achieving greater autonomy for states. The Governor said the government would maintain a cordial relationship with the Union government as partners in the process of nation building in line with our policy of extending our hand in friendship, even as we speak up for our rights.
Purohit in his ceremonial address to the 16th Assembly, his first after DMK formed the government after winning the April 6 Assembly polls, said the government is guided by the spirit of the Dravidian movement and identifies social justice, gender equality, economic equity, opportunity for all through reservations and progress through education and social reforms as its core values.
"These values will drive every action, every legislation, every scheme, every initiative of this government," he said. (PTI)
A total of 23,30,140 people have been vaccinated in Chennai till date, with 8290 people inoculated on Sunday alone, according to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC).
A truck overshot a berth in the New Mangalore Port on Sunday night and fell into the sea. The authorities have recovered the body of the driver and a search operation is underway to find the other person believed to have been in the same truck.
According to Mangaluru City Police, the deceased has been identified as Rajesab (26), while Bhimappa (22), his associate, is missing.
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A staggering 13,59,300 people were administered the coronavirus vaccine in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, in what could be a world record feat in any single province.
As many as 28,917 staff of the Medical and Health Department, 40,000 ASHA workers and 5,000 other staff made the unique feat possible in a marathon 15 hours in 4,589 vaccination centres across the state, Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar said on Sunday night.
Of the total, 12,67,425 people got the first dose of Covid vaccine and 85,715 the second dose.
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After hitting new record highs on Sunday, petrol and diesel prices were steady across the country on Monday, June 21, 2021. The auto fuel prices had touched record highs on June 20, when petrol rose 29 paise per litre and diesel inched up 28 paise in the national capital.
In Chennai, petrol is priced at Rs. 98.40 per litre while diesel costs Rs. 92.58 per litre.
In Hyderabad, petrol costs Rs. 101.04 per litre and diesel costs Rs. 95.89 per litre.
A total of 3,13,760 Covishield vaccines were distributed to 19 Health Unit Districts (HUD) in Tamil Nadu from the State Vaccine Store (SVS) on Sunday, according to the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. The highest number of vaccines was allotted to Chennai (50,260) while Poonamallee received the least (4500).
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Sunday profusely thanked all those who called on him during his week-long stay in Hyderabad and also lauded the Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and others for the warm welcome accorded to him. According to an official release from the state government, Justice Ramana also thanked the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and the Devasthanams of Yadadri and Srisailam officials for facilitating a holy darshan during a visit to those shrines.
"Me and my wife Sivamala are thankful to all the officials and staff of Raj Bhavan, High Court, Government and Police and journalists who cooperated with me ever since I set foot on the Telugu soil till my departure to New Delhi," the release quoted Ramana as saying.
Describing the people who paid him a vist as true examples of 'selfless' and 'matured Telangana society', he said none of them have raised their personal problems but only asked him to strengthen the judiciary. He cautioned the people to adhere to all the precautions
with regards to the COVID-19 until the government and scientists declare that it is over.
CJ Ramana said he always regretted that his parents were no longer there to cherish his pinnacle position in the judiciary and bless him for his achievements. He however said Telugu people who showered him with blessings and greetings were with him during his trip, filling the void. (PTI)
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday inaugurated various newly constructed government offices in Siddipet and Kamareddy.
During the inauguration programmes, the CM elaborated some of the government's flagship schemes such as Mission Kakatiya, Kaleshwaram Projects, Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bhima, Shadi Mubarak, and others tracing the historical background and in-depth reasons to launch them, the release said.
Rao illustrated with examples of several administrative reforms the government is implementing, implementation of the welfare schemes, and how they were of benefit to the people. He touched upon each and every scheme by its name, scope and results, it said. (PTI)
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has set up zone-wise tele-counselling centres to provide support to people and answer Covid-19 related queries across all 15 zones in Chennai.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday issued an order extending lockdown for another week till June 28. Based on the Covid-19 caseload, the state government has come up with three tiers of restrictions in the 38 districts.
Tier-1 districts where cases continue to remain high will have no additional relaxations. Coimbatore, Nilgris, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Karur, Namakkal, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai fall in tier-1.
In tier- 2, 23 districts namely Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Kanniyakumari, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Perambur, Pudukkotai, Ramanathapuram, Ranipet, Sivaganga, Theni, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Tiruppatur, Tiruvannamalai, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Villupuram, Vellore and Virudhunagar have been listed.
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The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday announced the schedule for the Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET), hitherto known as the Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) 2021.
The notification for EAMCET will be issued on June 24 and the last date for submission of online applications is July 25 without any late fee and up to August 18 with a late fee of Rs 10,000.
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The Telangana Cabinet took strong exception to the irrigation schemes, including Rayalaseema lift irrigation, allegedly taken up illegally by neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and decided to undertake different projects to get its fair share of Krishna river water.
The Cabinet condemned the neighbouring state not heeding to the orders of NGT and the Centre with regard to the projects, an official release on the Cabinet meeting said late on Saturday night.
Telangana has gone to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Supreme Court against AP’s “illegal” projects, according to the release.
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With the Tamil Nadu government having extended the lockdown in the state till June 28, with further relaxations, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) resumed services in Chennai from Monday.
According to a release, trains will operate from 6.30 am to 9 pm with 50 per cent occupancy along the Green (between St. Thomas Mount and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M G Ramachandran Central Metro stations) and Blue (between Airport and Wimco Nagar metro stations) Lines.
Trains operated along the Green Line will have a gap of 5 minutes during peak hour operations from 6.30 am to 9 am and 5 pm to 7 pm, while a gap of 10 minutes will be given during non-peak hours.
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Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Sunday said DMK did not make an electoral promise to effect an immediate cut in fuel prices and had an argument with journalists over the issue.
Work on releasing a white paper on the state’s finances was on and it would be out in about two weeks after the Governor’s Address to the Assembly, he said.
The DMK government has been fulfilling its poll promises and the Rs 4,000 COVID-19 financial assistance to people is among them, he said addressing reporters in Chennai.
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Tangedco has announced a powercut in parts of Chennai from 9 am to 1 pm to carry out maintenance work.
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Telangana on Sunday recorded 1,006 new coronavirus cases, pushing the total positives to over 6.13 lakh while the toll stood at 3567 with 11 fresh deaths.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the highest number of cases with 141 followed by Khammam 88 and Rangareddy 79 districts, a state government bulletin said.
The number of active cases was 17,765. The total number of cases in the state stood at 6,13,202, while with 1798 people being cured, the total recoveries was 5,91,870.
Cumulatively, over 1.75 crore samples have been tested so far. The samples tested per million population were over 4.70 lakh, the bulletin said.
The case fatality rate in the state was 0.58 per cent while the recovery rate in Telangana was 96.52 per cent.
A separate release said as on June 19, over 75 lakh people in the state received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and over 15.58 lakh got their second jab. (PTI)
The University of Hyderabad is inviting online application forms for its entrance examinations and admissions to various courses for the academic year (AY) 2021-22. The application process will be open from June 21 to July 20.
The entrance exams will be held online/offline at 39 centres across the country during August/September 2021. However, the university will not conduct its entrance exam at those centres where the number of applications received is less than 300. There are 2328 seats being offered for admissions to 117 courses.
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An oxygen express train carrying 73.27 MT of LMO (liquid medical oxygen) from Odisha arrived at Irugur near Coimbatore in the early hours of Sunday.
The LMO loaded in four containers arrived from Rourkela, a railway release said.
With this, the total oxygen delivered for Tamil Nadu stood at 5745.86 MT, the release added. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu recorded 7817 positive cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the state tally to 24,22,497. Among these, Chennai reported 455 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,29,211. The state recorded 182 deaths on Sunday, putting the state toll at 31,197. 154 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 17,043 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 23,21,928.
As of Sunday, the number of active Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 69,372. Till date, 14,17,026 males, 10,05,433 females and 38 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in the state.
According to a bulletin released by the Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu, 3,11,69,341 samples from the state have been tested till date, with 1,72,543 samples having been sent yesterday. There are 272 Covid-19 testing facilities in the state, out of which 69 are government and 203 are private facilities.
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