With 90,928 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 3,51,09,286 today.
Day: January 6, 2022
Australia and Japan are signing a treaty today to increase defence and security cooperation in a move that has been hailed as ‘historic’ but which might anger China.
The Tamilnadu Assembly session, which began here Wednesday with the customary New Year address by Governor R N Ravi, will last for only two days till 7 January in view of the surge in Covid cases and spread of Omicron variant.
The Madras High Court has dismissed writ appeals filed by the Opposition AIADMK challenging the Single Judge order quashing the acquisition of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence ‘Veda NIlayam’ to convert it into a memorial.
A whopping number of 9.80 crore passengers have travelled in Chennai Metro Rail from 29 June 2015 to 31 December 2021, the CMRL has said.
The Tamilnadu government has urged the Centre to take immediate steps to secure the release of 68 fishermen and 75 boats currently in Sri Lankan custody, while exhorting the External Affairs Ministry to resume direct talks with the Island Nation to find an amicable solution to this issue.
As the Covid cases surge, the Tamilndu government has announced night curfew from today, while ordering total lockdown on Sundays to prevent spread of the virus.
Despite having intelligence inputs about protesters, Punjab Police did not follow the ‘Blue Book’ and had not prepared a contingency route for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, according to a senior official of the Union Home Ministry.
The Tamilnadu Health department has sounded an alert to officials across the State in view of increase in Covid-19 cases.