Sixty-six students, sources say, tested positive at IIT Madras this month. Highlight 66 students tested positive at IIT Madras this month: Sources Teachers and students have been asked to work from home Students who are still in shelters receive packaged meals, said the IIT Chennai: IIT Madras has closed its …
Read More »Former HC CS Karnan Judge Arrested in Chennai for Comments on Judges
By: Express Web Desk | Chennai, New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 5:51:04 pm Former HC CS judge Karnan Former High Court Judge CS Karnan was arrested in Chennai on Wednesday, a month after being reserved for your comments against various former and acting judges of the Superior Court …
Read More »Tamil Nadu College Reopening: Senior UG Classes starting December 7; Government of Tamil Nadu | Chennai News
CHENNAI: The government of Tamil Nadu announced on Monday the reopening of undergraduate final year courses in colleges / universities, including arts, science, technology, engineering, agriculture, fisheries and veterinary medicine starting on December 7. Hostels can also allow students. “The blockade runs until December 31,” Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami …
Read More »Cyclone Nivar: Puducherry imposes prohibitive orders, allows opening stores that sell essential products
Puducherry authorities imposed ban orders and said only dairy, gas stations and pharmacies will be allowed to operate as Cyclone Nivar is expected to cross the shores of Tamil Nadu and Union territory and make landfall on Wednesday for the night like a severe cyclonic storm. Puducherry District Magistrate Purva …
Read More »The Pfizer vaccine has an ‘extraordinarily high degree of efficacy’: Fauci
The success of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine trial may help persuade more people to get vaccinated amid a surge in new coronavirus cases, according to Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease physician. The Pfizer vaccine, developed in collaboration with BioNTech SE of Germany, has “an extraordinarily high degree of efficacy: …
Read More »Arundhati Roy’s book is withdrawn from the University syllabus following an ABVP complaint in Tamil Nadu
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in the Tamil Nadu city of Tirunelveli decided on Wednesday to withdraw a book written by Arundhati Roy from its syllabus following a complaint by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, it reported. The Hindu. The author said that “she was not at all surprised or shocked by the …
Read More »Tamil Nadu delays reopening of schools for classes 9-12 next week
TN Schools Reopening: Schools have been closed in Tamil Nadu for over 7 months (Representative) Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has postponed its decision to reopen schools from November 16 for classes 9 and above, almost two weeks after announcing the reopening of classes 9 to 12 with coronavirus safety …
Read More »BJP challenges Tamil Nadu government to hold Vel Yatra without permission
BJP Vetri Vel Yatra: “Worship is my constitutional right,” said Tamil Nadu BJP chief L Murugan. Chennai: One day after the government of Tamil Nadu denied the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) permission to hold a “Vetri Vel Yatra” (March of the Victorious Spear), the party said today that it will …
Read More »Manusmriti row: actor Khushbu was arrested on his way to protest against VCK chief Thirumavalavan
By: Express Web Desk | Chennai | October 27, 2020 11:54:23 am In a video taken after his arrest, Khushbu said that he used to call Thirumavalvan as ‘Anna’ (as a brother), but after his comments, he cannot address him in the same way. Actor Khushbhu, who resigned from Congress …
Read More »Tamil Nadu Covid-19 envelope: Almost a third of Chennai’s population is exposed to the virus
Written by Janardhan Koushik, Shivani Ramakrishnan | Chennai | Updated: October 22, 2020 9:03:01 am A guard checks a woman’s temperature at a temple in Chennai. Photo Express: Srinivas K The results of the second serological survey, which was recently carried out in Chennai to detect the transmission of the …
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