Tamilnadu today registered 27,936 new cases, and the total number of infections has touched 20,96,516.
UK may require NHS workers to take Covid-19 vaccine
The British government may require National Health Service workers to be inoculated against Covid-19 — a contentious proposal that was immediately criticised by opposition leaders as counterproductive.
Students abducted after gunmen attack school in Nigeria
Nigerian police on Sunday said a group of gunmen killed one resident and abducted some students following an attack in the country’s north-central state of Niger.
Ex-Tarzan actor among 7 plane crash victims in Tennessee
Investigators on Sunday continued searching for the bodies of seven people believed killed in the crash a day earlier of a small jet into a Tennessee lake, including an actor who portrayed Tarzan in a 1990s television series.
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 170.1mn
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 170.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.53 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Plus 2 exam: Supreme Court seeks reply from Centre
The Supreme Court today set deadline till 3 June for the Centre to take a decision on class 12 board exams.
Delhi HC dismisses plea to halt Central Vista work
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a challenge against the ambitious Central Vista redevelopment project, and fined the petitioner Rs 1 lakh as it called the plea ‘motivated’.
Stalin holds meet on Covid relief 2.0
Chief Minister M K Stalin today held a review meeting with Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan and senior officials about the distribution of second instalment of corona special assistance to ration card holders.
Media expose on PSBB fine, but what about other institutions?
The recent sexual harassment allegations made by students and alumni of several institutions against their teachers have shocked the entire State. It all began after charges made on a teacher of PSBB school came to light through social media.