Day: January 25, 2021

Tamilnadu today registered 57 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of persons tested positive for coronavirus infection in the State so far to 8,35,280.

The Republic Day celebrations are scaled down this year due to the pandemic. It would be without the usual festivity and fervour, with rigorous restrictions and stringent protocols.

Puducherry Public Works Department Minister A Namassivayam resigned from the Cabinet today. He is likely to join the BJP in a few days.
He was the second in command in the Congress-DMK government led by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the National Voters Day was an occasion to appreciate the remarkable contribution of the Election Commission to strengthen the country’s democratic fabric and ensure smooth conduct of elections.

Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in a brawl in north Sikkim last week, with soldiers from both armies suffering injuries, reports said today, quoting officials familiar with the development.

Former AIADMK leader V K Sasikala is conscious and alert, after testing positive for Covid-19 last week, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) doctors said today.

DMK president M K Stalin will commence his election campaign from 29 January.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has said mock trials for remote voting facility for electors would begin soon.

US President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office, a person briefed on the decision tells The Associated Press.