With its order stopping volunteers to give essentials and food to the needy during the lockdown period coming under severe criticism by opposition parties, the Tamilnadu government today issued a clarification.
Day: April 13, 2020
With the 21-day lockdown announced by the Union government to fight coronavirus ending tomorrow and amid expectations that the Centre would extend it, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaiswami today held review meeting with top officials about the steps to be taken if the lockdown is extended.
Tamilnadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today conveyed their Tamil New Year wishes.
A coronavirus lockdown in Liberia’s capital Monrovia got off to a chaotic start on Saturday, as some police officers used truncheons against residents who had ventured out into the streets to buy food and withdraw money.
After its request to the ruling AIADMK to convene an all party meeting to discuss the coronavirus preventive measures was rejected, the Principal Opposition DMK has convened an all party meeting on 15 April.
A woman, who was tested positive for coronavirus, delivered a ‘healthy’ baby boy at the Government Hospital in Erode, where she was isolated and undergoing treatment.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday welcomed a deal to cut oil production reached by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some other major oil producing countries, known as OPEC+, as it will save hundreds of thousands of US energy jobs.
The UK has recorded 737 new coronavirus-related hospital deaths, taking the total number to 10,612 on Sunday.
As the corona positive cases in Tamilnadu kept increasing with each passing day and crossed the 1,000 mark, the State government today barred directed distribution of essentials by individuals, NGOs and political party functionaries to prevent spread of coronavirus pandemic.