Day: April 1, 2020

Tamilnadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, who was actively seen fighting the coronavirus by personally visiting hospitals and other places and addressing press conferences, is not seen in much action for the past few days.

In a sharp increase, 110 people from Tamilnadu who attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi, tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of cases to 234.

With as many as 386 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry today said the spike was “not a national trend” and was primarily due to travel by those who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation.

A total of 1,131 Muslims from Tamilnadu participated in the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi, which led to a sudden increase in coronavirus positive cases in the State yesterday.

State-owned Punjab National bank today said all nation-wide branches of United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce has started functioning as PNB branches.

In a massive surge in fresh cases led by 82 in Maharashtra and 57 in Tamilnadu, 315 new coronavirus infections were reported in the country on Tuesday — nearly double the previous day’s number — taking the total number of cases detected in India galloping to 1,618.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic which has brought the sporting calendar to a grinding halt, tennis star Roger Federer is trying whatever he can to remain in touch with the sport and hone his skills.

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has launched an app which will help in real time monitoring of those who are home quaratined due to Covid-19.

Seeing is believing. You see the picture and realise if you are not ready to believe what we said in the heading. Like any normal day, vehicles were jampacked on the Padi flyover late this morning.