Day: August 4, 2021

Tamilnadu today registered 1,949 new Covid-19 cases, and the total number of infections has touched 25,67,401.

Firefighters using planes and helicopters, and locals with buckets of water, battled wildfires raging for a sixth day near southern resorts in drought-hit Turkey and the government faced fresh criticism of its handling of the disaster.

New York City will soon require proof of Covid-19 vaccinations for anyone who wants to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a performance or go to the gym, Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced, making it the first big city in the US to impose such restrictions.

A car bomb blast followed by sporadic gunfire hit Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday near the heavily fortified Green Zone , leaving three civilians and three attackers dead, security officials said amid an upturn in violence by Taliban militants.

The first budget of the newly formed DMK government will be tabled in the State Assembly on 13 August.

A day after Madras High Court struck down the Tamilnadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act of 2021, State Law Minister S Ragupathy has said that a new law will be passed prohibiting online betting games like rummy and poker with stakes.

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain has lost the semifinals in Tokyo, against Turkey’s Busenaz Surmeneli to settle for a bronze medal in her Olympics debut.

After the Madras High Court came down heavily on actor Vijay for having filed a writ petition in 2012 seeking entry tax exemption for his Rolls Royce Ghost imported from England, a similar plea filed by actor Dhanush in 2015, seeking exemption of entry tax for his imported car, got listed before the court on Tuesday.

MG Motor India has announced a partnership on the Internet of Things (IOT) space with Jio.