Day: June 29, 2020

In an unexpected move, the Tamilnadu government today extended lockdown in the State till 31 July.

Covid-19 cases continued to increase in a rapid manner today too in Tamilnadu, with the State reporting 3,949 new infections in the last 24 hours.

Tamilnadu Deputy Chief Minister and AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam’s younger brother O Raja has tested positive for Covid-19. He is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Madurai.

France has recently announced that it does not have information to corroborate a possible link between the origin of the novel coronavirus and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Another 36 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 43,550, the British Department of Health and Social Care said.

Sri Lankan authorities announced that a night curfew which was imposed in the island nation on 13 June, would be lifted completely due to the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said the window is closing for the country to curb the surge of coronavirus cases.

Telecom industry body COAI has again written to the Finance Minister seeking financial relief with refund of unutillised input tax credit (ITC) and rationalisation of regulatory levies as the industry goes through a tough time amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

With the Centre taking a tough stand on imports from China amid the border tensions, several industries that depended on inputs from that country are facing delay in getting their supplies as the goods are held up at ports and airports and are being subjected to stricter Customs scrutiny.

PepsiCo Inc (PEP.O) will stop advertising on Facebook Inc (FB.O), FOX Business Network reported here on Sunday, citing sources.