TAMIL NADU

Delhi court awards 7-yr-jail to ISIS operative

7:18 pm December 16, 2020

New Delhi : A Delhi court Wednesday awarded seven-years jail term to an ISIS operative for conspiring to commit terror acts in the country. Tamil Nadu-based Mohamed Naser Packeer was deported from Republic of Sudan and arrested in the case on December 11, 2015. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had told the court that during […]

COVID-19: India records 22,065 infections, 354 fatalities

2:22 pm December 15, 2020

New Delhi: India’s daily COVID-19 case count fell below 23,000 after a little over five months, while the national recovery rate stood at over 95 per cent, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. The coronavirus caseload mounted to 99,06,165 with 22,065 infections being reported in a day, while the death […]

COVID-19: India’s cumulative tests inch closer to 15 crore

3:04 pm December 9, 2020

New Delhi: An average of more than 10 lakh tests conducted daily for detection of COVID-19 has ensured that the cumulative positivity rate is sustained at low levels and is following a downward trajectory, as India’s cumulative tests near 15 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The cumulative COVID-19 national positivity rate stands […]

Rollout of Sputnik-V COVID vaccine in Prayagraj soon

Clinical trial: 17 volunteers given Sputnik V vaccine in Pune

11:02 pm December 6, 2020

Pune: A total of 17 volunteers have been administered Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at a Pune hospital as part of phase-II human clinical trials, doctors said on Sunday. Sputnik V vaccine has been developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). As per reports, India […]

“Many of the BJP people are associated with Rajinikanth now”, says Congress

2:52 pm December 5, 2020

Bengaluru: The Congress said on Saturday it’s too early to make an assessment on the likely impact of Rajinikanth’s party in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, citing lack of clarity on ideology, programme and electoral roadmap of the proposed outfit. The party’s in-charge of Tamil Nadu affairs, Dinesh Gundu Rao also claimed that “many of the BJP people” are associated with the Tamil superstar […]