Day: November 16, 2020

Arun, who built eyecare hospital chain from scratch, dead

11:59 pm November 16, 2020

Chennai: Dr A M Arun, who built a healthcare company ‘Vasan Healthcare’ that runs a chain of eyecare hospitals starting from a single pharmacy in Tamil Nadu, died here on Monday. He was 51. While a corporate hospital here said he was brought dead, the police, quoting preliminary inputs, said the death appeared to be only of […]

Girl dies by suicide after ‘edited’ photos circulated on social media

11:56 pm November 16, 2020

Kolkata: A 15-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Monday after her photographs, superimposed on an adult film star, was circulated on social media, police said. The girl, a class 9 student, was found hanging at her home at Shyamnagar in Jagatdal police station limits, leading to tension […]

Nikki Haley and top Republican leaders call for US boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China

Haley warns Americans against not following law

11:53 pm November 16, 2020

Washington: Popular Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley on Monday criticised the violence that erupted on the streets of downtown Washington over the weekend and cautioned fellow Americans of the dangers of deviating from being a country of laws. Violence erupted on Saturday after thousands of supporters of US President Donald Trump held a protest rally […]

Cases over 'Jallikatttu' protests will be withdrawn: TN CM

Allot more centres in TN for PG medical entrance test, Palaniswami urges Modi

11:50 pm November 16, 2020

Chennai: Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Union Health Ministry to allot additional centers in Tamil Nadu for the entrance test to admission for postgraduate medical courses in Institutes of National Importance. Palaniswami, referring to the Institutes of National Importance-Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) to be held on November 20, said some students from Tamil […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

10:18 pm November 16, 2020

Washington: US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday said the Biden administration would get COVID-19 under control by listening to the experts, implementing nationwide testing and tracing, and ensuring vaccines are safe and free for all. The US is the worst affected country by the coronavirus pandemic, with over 11 million cases and 246,000 deaths. “The Biden-Harris administration will […]

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