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Vijayan claims Rahul shying away from attacking BJP

Spike in COVID-19 cases in Kerala; 19 test positive

10:38 pm April 21, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported a spike in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with 19 people testing positive, after a decline in the numbers in the past few days, as the total infections touched 423 in the southern state. Kannur recorded 10 cases, Palakkad four, Kasaragod three and Malappuram and Kollam one each, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told […]

Two journos test positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu

8:36 pm April 19, 2020

Chennai: In a first in Tamil Nadu, two city-based journalists on Sunday tested positive for coronavirus, more than a month after the first case was reported in the state, authorities said. A reporter working for a Tamil daily and a sub-editor with a Tamil news television channel have tested positive for coronavirus, officials told PTI. […]

Dead bats create panic in Gorakhpur's Belghat area

Bat coronavirus found in two Indian bat species: study

3:07 pm April 15, 2020

New Delhi: As the world grapples with coronavirus, researchers have found the presence of a different kind of coronavirus — bat coronavirus (BtCoV) –in two bat species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, according to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). There is no evidence or research to claim […]

India could've seen 8.2L COVID-19 cases by Apr 15 sans lockdown, containment steps: Health ministry

Tamil Nadu facing depletion of stocks of essentials

10:31 pm April 10, 2020

Chennai: The ongoing national lockdown and other market conditions are leading to depletion in stocks of essentials like pulses in Tamil Nadu with rising labour and transport cost adding to woes of traders. Even the prices of rice, the state’s staple diet, have gone up in the wake of shortage in packing material, while stocks […]

One more COVID-19 death in TN: 77 test positive

10:13 pm April 10, 2020

Chennai: A 70-year-old woman died of coronavirus in Tamil Nadu on Friday, taking the toll in the state so far to nine, while 77 people tested positive, pushing the total to 911, Chief Secretary K Shanmugam said. The woman died in Tuticorin, he said. Read: Biker spits on woman The Chief Secretary said all the […]