Day: March 19, 2021

Former Puducherry Chief Minister and Congress veteran V Narayanasamy has said if the BJP came to power with its allies in Puducherry, it would merge the Union territory with Tamilnadu.

The Tamilnadu government on Thursday night suspended the former Special Director-General of Police pending inquiry in a sexual harassment case.

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge today said that the Insurance Amendment Bill 2021, passed by the Rajya Sabha Thursday, was ‘flawed,’ demanding that it be sent to a Standing Committee.

Filmmaker Hari who is shooting for his yet untitled movie with Arun Vijay in Palani was admitted to a private hospital with high fever. He was tested for Covid and was found negative.

There seems to no stopping for Coronavirus in India, as the cases continue to increase day-by-day. With 39,726 infections, the country saw its highest single-day rise being recorded so far this year.

The UK is going to face a significant reduction in vaccine supplies from March 29 onwards, the National Health Service (NHS) said in a letter.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported 30 Ebola virus cases and 15 related deaths so far.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) would give a payable loan of $225 million to Afghanistan which is expected to cover 46 per cent deficit in the national budget, a local news agency reported on Thursday.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is due to provide an assessment on Thursday of the safety of Astrazeneca’s vaccine against Covid-19 after several countries temporarily suspended use of the jab over fears about side effects.

Group messaging is part of owner ByteDance’s plan to develop TikTok into more of a social interactions app, one of the sources said. The feature has been part of the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, since 2019.