Day: May 24, 2021

Tamilnadu today registered 34,867 new cases, and the total number of infections has touched 18,77,211.

Cyclone Yaas is feared to strike the Odisha and West Bengal coasts in a very severe shape, as deadly as last year’s Amphan, at a maximum wind speed of 155-165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph on 26 May evening.

Tamilnadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi today said that the government has asked for an explanation from the PSBB school management regarding the allegations made by a group of students against a teacher for his misconduct.

Nine MLAs including Tourism Minister M Mathiventhan and Minister for Backward Classes Welfare S S Sivasankar took oath as the legislators of the 16th Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly today.

Three persons were murdered in separate incidents near Hosur in 24 hours. One of them was a realtor, who was shot dead by a gang.

Egypt has received the first batch of the raw materials to manufacture China’s Sinovac vaccine, said the Chinese embassy in Egypt on Sunday.

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 166.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.45 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

The Israeli Ministry of Health has issued a severe travel warning for Russia, Argentina, and Seychelles, citing a high level of coronavirus morbidity in the three countries.

The United States has begun restricting visas for people undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying it is time for the international community to take action in a conflict that has sparked allegations of ethnic cleansing and fears of famine.