Day: December 23, 2021

The probe into the shocking and mysterious death of a 10-year-old a girl due to burn injuries in a school campus in Dindigul district has been transferred to CB-CID wing of the State police.

The Tamilnadu police have issued a lookout notice against former Minister and AIADMK leader Rajenthra Bhalaji. Eight special teams have been formed and the search is on for him in Tamilnadu and the neighbouring States of Kerala and Karnataka.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that Japan will keep its strict border control measures for the time being amid concerns over the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

US President Joe Biden said he received another Covid-19 test on Wednesday, five days after exposure to the virus from a member of his staff, but has not received the results yet.

Portugal’s health minister on Wednesday predicted the Omicron variant would trigger a record number of infections in the coming days as authorities reported nearly 9,000 new cases, the highest since early February and up from 5,754 the previous day.

Since its launch, a whopping 22,51,000 hours of content have been streamed on BookMyShow Stream, with Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ scoring the highest streams.

Adding on to the excitement and the celebratory mood of the holiday season, Huawei Consumer Business Group India has announced a slew of year-end discounts on latest range of smart wearables.

FMCG major CavinKare as part of its retail expansion plans, has announced its foray into the QSR (quick service restaurant) segment with a new brand – Jango’z. Launching its maiden outlet in Chennai, the brand further plans to set up over 100 outlets across strategic locations in India by 2026.

With 7,495 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 3,47,65,976 today.

As many as 80 medical doctors from various parts of the country have appealed to the Tamilnadu government to not permit Jallikattu events, which are to be organised in January.