Day: January 6, 2022

Tamilnadu today registered 6,983 new Covid-19 cases, and the total number of infections has touched 27,67,432.

For the first time in its history, the Tamilnadu Assembly proceedings were telecast live today.

The Tamilnadu Assembly today condoled the deaths of former Governor and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr K Rosaiah and India’s first Chief of Defence Services Gen Bipin Rawat.

A day after the ruling DMK demanded the resignation of Governor R N Ravi for ‘sitting on’ the legislation passed by the Assembly seeking exemption from NEET for nearly four months and not forwarding it to the Centre for the President’s consideration, Chief Minister M K Stalin today said an all-party meet on the issue will be held Saturday.

Senior AIADMK leader and former Minister K T Rajenthra Bhalaji, who was arrested in Karnataka by the District Crime Branch (DCB) police in connection with the Rs three crore job scam, was on Thursday remanded to judicial custody till 20 January.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday that compulsory Covid-19 tests required by overseas travellers no earlier than 48 hours before arriving in England will be scrapped from Friday morning.

Director Susi Ganesan of Thiruttu Payale, Kandhasamy, and Five Star fame is all set to make a biopic on Velu Nachiyar.

V Vijayakumar and Logeshwari Vijayakumar has produced The Bed for Srinidhi Productions starring Srikanth and directed by Mani Bharathi.

The WHO official told journalists that it was possible to be infected by both influenza and Covid. However, since the two are separate viruses that attack the body in different ways, there is little risk of them combining into a new virus.