Day: June 9, 2021

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

11:10 pm June 9, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hailed the power of local languages and stressed the need to conserve each one of them. His remarks came over a media report which said that scepticism about COVID-19 vaccination among tribal villagers in Maharashtra’s Melghat forest is being reversed with advocacy in the local Korku language. […]

Five held for black marketing of black fungus drug

11:06 pm June 9, 2021

Pune: Five people, including a medical shop owner and a nurse, were arrested for alleged black-marketing of a key drug used in the treatment of mucormycosis or ‘black fungus’ in Pimpri Chinchwad area in Pune district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. The accused were selling a vial of Amphotericin B injection, used in the […]

Vaccinate stray animals: Madras HC

11:03 pm June 9, 2021

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Animal Husbandry department to vaccinate stray dogs and cats in the state. “When scavenging opportunities in and around the urban areas decreased, the department should now chalk out a holistic plan for the general treatment of stray animals in the State, providing for a scientific and […]

HC equates temple idol to a minor child, restores property to Palani temple

Is a woman in live-in-relationship entitled to pension ?

11:01 pm June 9, 2021

Chennai: Is a woman having a live-in relationship with a man, entitled to his retirement and pension benefits after his death and following the demise of his legally wedded wife, who is none other than her own sister? This question has been raised in the Madras High Court and a single judge has referred the […]

Oxygen tanker in train leaks in Odisha

10:57 pm June 9, 2021

Bhawanipatna (Odisha): A liquid oxygen– laden tanker attached to a special train to Chennai developed a leakage in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Wednesday, a railway official said. The train with 10 oxygen-filled tankers was going to the inland container depot at Tondiarpet in Chennai from Jharsuguda in Odisha, the official said. The station master of […]