Day: January 21, 2021

Tamilnadu today registered 596 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of persons tested positive for coronavirus infection in the State so far to 8,33,011.

Bodies of the four fishermen who went missing after colliding with a Sri Lankan Navy vessel have been recovered.

A day after VK Sasikala, the close aide of former Tamilnadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa, was admitted to the Bengaluru’s Government Bowring Hospital after she complained of fever and breathlessness, her nephew and AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran today said she is stable now.

Members of the triumphant Indian cricket contingent, including stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane and coach Ravi Shastri, returned to the country today after their momentous Test series victory over Australia.

Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States of America on Wednesday, declaring that ‘democracy has prevailed’ as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte narrowly won a confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Tuesday, allowing him to remain in office after a junior partner quit his coalition last week in the midst of the raging Covid-19 pandemic.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, suspected to be missing following Beijing’s aggressive crackdown on Alibaba Group, resurfaced on Wednesday.

An hour’s drive southeast of Abu Dhabi is the world’s largest single-site solar plant. Located at Sweihan in Abu Dhabi, Noor Abu Dhabi (which means ‘light’ in Arabic) features 3.2 million solar panels.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, during a visit to Wana, announced that 3G/4G internet services will become operational in Waziristan from Wednesday.