Day: April 18, 2020

Number of Covid-19 positive cases jumped to 1,372 in Tamilnadu on Saturday, with 49 new positive cases.

Air India on Saturday announced it has opened bookings on select domestic and international routes from 4 May and 1 June, respectively.

The Congress today constituted a consultative group with former prime minister Manmohan Singh as its chairman to deliberate on ‘current concerns’ and formulate views and policy of the party on important issues.

An Assistant Commissioner of police, who was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a private hospital in Ludhiana, died today.

The Union Health Ministry today said that 22 new districts in 12 States have not reported any fresh cases in the last 14 days. This, according to officials, is an indication of the impact of coronavirus coming down in the country.

Days after he alleged Prime Minister Modi has  announced lockdown without taking into consideration plight of people below poverty line, Makkal Needhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan today came down heavily on him for allowing foreign vessels to fish in Indian waters.

The lockdown following coronavirus outbreak across the nation has put film industry in a spot of bother. Tamil cinema which boasts of 200 and odd releases every year is staring at an uncertain future.

At least 26 Indian Navy personnel have tested positive for coronavirus at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai, in first case of a major outbreak of the deadly disease in the Indian armed forces.

The S Krishnan Committee, constituted to frame guidelines for opening of select industries after 20 April and for the way forward after the lockdown ends on 3 May, will submit its report to the Tamilnadu government on Monday, based on which some important decisions are to be taken immediately, highly placed sources said.