Day: November 9, 2020

Tamilnadu today registered 2,257 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of persons tested positive for coronavirus infection in the State so far to 7,46,079.

Seven members of a family when their jeep collided with a dumper-truck in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh tonday morning. Five others sustained injuries.

Taking a tough stand in view of deteriorating air quality, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today imposed a total ban on the sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the Delhi-NCR region from 9 November midnight of 30 November. It has decided to put similar restrictions in places where air quality falls in ‘poor’, ‘very poor’, ‘severe’ categories.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines for the opening of universities and colleges. It has said that universities must ensure that not more than 50 per cent of the total students are present at any time.

On a day when the Tamilnadu government held consultations across the State on whether to reopen schools or not on 16 November, Higher Education Minister K P Anbalagan said a decision on reopening colleges on the above date will be taken on 12 November.

A case filed against VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan in the Manusmriti issue was dismissed by the Madras High Court today.  The court asked the petitioner to file the plea by denoting the proper penal codes.

After 52 days of the most closely-contested and widely-watched edition played on alien land in the backdrop of the raging Covid-19 pandemic, it is time for finals as Mumbai Indians take on young and mercurial Delhi Capitals tomorrow.

A three-and-a-half-year old girl baby was allegedly kidnapped from Koyambedu market in the wee hours of today.

With 95 per cent recovery rate and a mortality rate of 1.81 per cent, Chennai has been effectively reducing the adverse impact of the spread of Covid-19.