Chennai: On the second day of his foreign trip today, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami continued to visit and interact with various investors and top officials in the United Kingdom.
On the first day of his visit to London yesterday, Palaniswami signed three key partnership agreements in the health sector. He also interacted with Parliamentarians there on various aspects and said that Tamilnadu is a heaven for investors. He said that Tamilnadu is a front-runner in health sector and added that there are plans to implement a few health schemes and technologies followed in England.
An MoU was signed between Tamilnadu government and the International Skills Development Corporation. Another MoU was signed with the King’s College 
London to establish a branch in Tamilnadu and the third was a Statement of Intent, signed with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Palaniswami will leave London 1 September and will reach New York on 2 September.
Health Minister C Vijayabaskar who is accompanying Palaniswami in London will travel to New York as well. There they will be joined by Ministers Rajenthra Balajee, Udumalai Radhakrishnan, R B Udhayakumar. The ministers will be leaving from Chennai tomorrow.
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| The pictures of Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in suit during the signing of various MoUs in London have gone viral on social media. It may be noted that ‘News Today‘, in an article titled ‘EPS’ foreign plans’ dated 27 August, was the first to reveal that Palaniswami would undergo an image makeover during his foreign trips. |