Day: December 19, 2020

Hours after hitting the campaign trail for the Assembly elections due in 4-5 months time, Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday announced that the free special Pongal package along with a cash incentive of Rs 2,500 will be distributed to all the ration card holders in the State from January four to enable them to celebrate the harvest festival in January next year.

It is said that every five minutes, somebody in India is being diagnosed with blood cancer, thalassemia or aplastic anemia. Many patients are children and young people whose only chance of recovery is a stem cell donation.

Australia moved into driver’s seat as they ended Indian innings at 36, the visitors’ lowest total in Test history, in the first session on the third day of the first Test at the Adelaide Oval today.

Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Satish Kumar entered the final of boxing’s Cologne World Cup in Germany by defeating France’s Djamili Dini Moindze in the semifinals.

Puducherry today registered 45 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the total caseload to 37,715.

Though many IIT-Madras and Anna University were tested positive, the Covid-19 numbers in the city have stabilised with active cases lowering each day.

Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over farmers’ protest against the Farm Laws of the Centre.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today kick-started his election campaign for the upcoming State polls, from his hometown Edappadi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said reforms brought in by his government have changed the perception about India on the global platform.