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Kanjipani Imran: Tamil Nadu Q Branch sets up massive search

COLOMBO (News 1st) Wanted drug trafficker Kanchipani Imran is on the run from Sri Lankan Authorities and the ‘Q’ Branch of the Tamil Nadu police is actively searching for whether he is hiding in Tamil Nadu. The Q Branch is one of the Criminal Investigation Department wings of the Tamil Nadu Police.Look-out notices have been issued to all airports to prevent the criminal from fleeing abroad.The Sri Lankan government has also sought India’s help to capture Imran. The Central Intelligence Agency has also warned the Tamil Nadu government in this regard.An intensive search is being conducted in 14 coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and fishing village areas.Q Branch Officers told Indian media that its personnel are questioning several local people and fishermen to determine if Imran had sneaked into Rameswaram.A Sri Lankan court has already ordered the guarantors for Najeem Mohammed Imran alias Kanjipani Imran to appear in court.Kanjipani Imran, who is a leading drug trafficker in the country, had fled to India and is now preparing to enter Pakistan from there.Imran's mother, brother, and another individual are listed as guarantors.Kanjipani Imran faces serious charges in Sri Lanka including murder, and he was released on a Rs.

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Health Ministry finds eye drop of standard quality' after CDC flagged concerns: Report

NDTV. Even the Tamil Nadu Drugs Control Director PV Vijayalakshmi had said earlier that they found 'no contamination' in samples of eyedrops. Earlier, the New York Times, citing the US CDC, reported that three deaths, eight cases of blindness and dozens of infections had been traced to eyedrops under the brand name EzriCare Artificial Tears.

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Tamil Nadu man with Covid symptom dies, H3N2 testing underway

H3N2 influenza virus. Several states of the country, including Tamil Nadu, are witnessing rising cases of the H3N2 influenza virus.

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Tamil Nadu health dept to conduct 1,000 fever camps on Mar 10 amid rising cases

The Medical and Family Welfare Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ma Subramanian, announced on Tuesday that the state's health department will conduct more than 1,000 fever camps on March 10. This decision was made due to a reported increase in fever cases among the public in the state. Subramanian added, "Tamil Nadu Health Department to conduct a mega fever camp where 1000 camps all over the state to be conducted on 10th March from 9 AM.

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No monkeypox cases in Tamil Nadu, says Health Minister, after 4th monkeypox case reported in the country

Monkeypox. The chess players who come from overseas for the 44th Chess Olympiad would have to get tested, too," Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian told news agency ANI.

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Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin tests positive for Covid

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Tuesday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. MK Stalin said he was feeling tired and got himself tested for Covid-19, which came back positive.

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IIT Madras COVID cluster: 11 more test positive; total tally rises to 182

Another 11 people tested positive for COVID-19 in IIT Madras and with that, the total positive cases in the area are now 182, Dr J Radhakrishnan, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary, informed.

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Tamil Nadu: Covid cases rise to 60 in IIT-Madras, CM Stalin to hold meeting on Monday

Ma Subramanian, along with Principal Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan and senior department officials, inspected the IIT-M campus today to take stock of the situation.

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IIT Madras: 25 more students test Covid positive ; total infections now at 55

Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J.Radhakrishnan on Saturday said that 25 more people have tested positive at IIT-Madras taking the total number of infected cases to 55 up from 30 and turning the educational institute into a Covid-19 cluster.

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Covid-19: These two Tamil Nadu districts report zero active infections

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Tamil Nadu: Prevalence of Covid spread will emerge this week, says health minister

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Tamil Nadu: Covid positive Nigeria returnee suspected for Omicron variant

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Tamil Nadu: 13 passengers arriving from 'at risk' and 'non-risk' countries test positive for Covid-19

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Tamil Nadu Health Minister asks for additional 1 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines

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Tamil Nadu district makes Covid vaccination mandatory to buy alcohol

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Tamil Nadu students back in schools after 17 months, strict Covid rules in place

Schools in Tamil Nadu reopened for Classes 9 to 12 today with coronavirus guidelines in place. The students were given sanitisers and social distancing was maintained inside the classrooms.

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Covid vaccine effective in preventing deaths among frontline workers: ICMR study

Tamil Nadu policemen who have been inoculated showing significant results.

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Tamil Nadu reports 486 covid deaths, highest single-day spike, 30,016 more cases

Financial assistance to orphaned childrenTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has announced that children orphaned or those who lost either of their parents to coronavirus will be provided an assistance of ₹five lakh. Further, the state government will bear all expenses towards their education till graduation.

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₹5 lakh assistance to children orphaned by Covid

₹5 lakh assistance to children who lost both the parents due to Covid-19, news agency ANI reported.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announces ₹5 lakh assistance to children who lost both the parents due to #COVID19With this, Tamil Nadu joined the league of states who have already announced financial assistance to children who lost their parents in the second wave of Covid pandemic.Also Read | Upload data of all children orphaned due to Covid on Bal Swaraj portal: NCPCR to statesStates like Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, and Chhattisgarh have announced assistance for such children in one form or the other.While Delhi will bear the cost of education and upbringing of children who lost their parents, the Andhra

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Tamil Nadu extends Covid lockdown till 7 June What's allowed and what's not

Tamil Nadu government on Friday extended the ongoing lockdown for another week till 6 am on 7 June, citing growing cases of Covid-19 in the state.

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₹50 lakh to Tamil Nadu CM Relief Fund amid Covid-19 surge

₹50 lakh to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Relief Fund as the state continues to battle the second wave of Covid-19.Rajnikanth also appealed to the people to follow the guidelines issued by the government in view of coronavirus."To eradicate corona, I have donated ₹50 lakhs to Tamil Nadu CM Relief Fund.

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Film stars step up covid donations

₹25 lakh to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund (CMPRF) to help the state government in the fight against covid-19 this week is the most recent example of film stars stepping up their covid donations.As far as celebrity initiatives go, actor Anushka Sharma and cricketer husband Virat Kohli have collected over ₹11 crore through a fundraiser, while Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have managed to raise $1 million to help people in India. Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna announced that they had donated 100 oxygen concentrators to a non-profit organization called the Daivik Foundation while Salman Khan has extended help to 25,000-odd daily wage workers of the film industry whose lives have been affected due to the pandemic.

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Tamil Nadu industrialists fear another exodus of migrant workers amid covid surge

COIMBATORE : With the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across various parts of Tamil Nadu, some of the industrialists in the State are apprehensive of migrant workers leaving for their hometowns considering the health conditions. The industries recovered from the jolt of the first wave of coronavirus when over one lakh migrant workers from both Coimbatore and Tirupur industries rushed back to their home towns in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha by special trains.

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VK Sasikala's treatment under standard Covid protocol, says Bengaluru hospital

VK Sasikala who tested positive for coronavirus is being treated with standard Covid-19 protocol, Victoria Hospital Bengaluru said on Friday."With the diagnosis of COVID-19 severe pneumonia with Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and hypothyroidism, the patient is being treated with standard COVID-19 protocol at the Trauma Care Centre of Victoria Hospital," read the health bulletin from the hospital.Doctors treating the 63-year-old jailed aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has said that Sasikala has been shifted to a Covid-19 intensive care unit.She was referred to another hospital for a CT Scan and other tests, Director of the Bowring Hospital Dr Manoj Kumar HV has said.Sasikala's nephew TTV Dhinakaran on Thursday said that

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VK Sasikala's health stable, needs oxygen due to secondary infections, says nephew TTV Dhinakaran

ANI.A Rapid Antigen Test of the former AIADMK leader, who had also complained of breathlessness, has come back negative for coronavirus.On Wednesday, she was first taken to the hospital within the Bengaluru jail where she has been serving a four-year term.Within hours she was shifted to the Bowring hospital.The 63-year-old leader was a close associate of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, late Jayalalitha.

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New Covid strain in Tamil Nadu: 3 more UK returnees test positive, total now at 4

new coronavirus strain, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Dr Radhakrishnan has said on Wednesday.With this, the number of the United Kingdom returnees who have tested positive for the new variant in Tamil Nadu has gone up to four.

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Tamil Nadu: 20 UK returnees, 20 of their contacts test positive for Covid-19

Also Read | Ten books from 2020 you must not missThough 1,700 plus passengers tested negative, as a matter of extra precaution, their 1,041 close contacts were traced and tested. The returnees and their contacts were from Chennai, Thanjavur, Madurai, Nilgiris, Theni, Chengalpattu and Nagapattinam.New strain in Tamil Nadu One person in Tamil Nadu who returned from the UK between 25 November and 23 December tested positive for the new variant on Tuesday.

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Tamil Nadu reports one new UK variant of coronavirus

more infectious Covid-19 variant was first detected, between 25 November and 23 December, has been identified on Tuesday.The infected person has been isolated on arrival and is undergoing treatment. "The National Task Force has also said not to change either existing equipment or existing testing protocol," Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan told news agency ANI.Also Read | How Indians lived online during 2020Till date, almost 2,018 passengers had returned from the UK.

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Coronavirus new strain: 2 in Kolkata, 1 each in TN and Karnataka on UK flights test positive

India finds more with Covid on UK flightIn another similar case, a passenger, who returned from the UK via Delhi to Chennai, has tested positive for coronavirus.Speaking to news agency ANI, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said, "We are testing for Covid-19 passengers of flights originating or halting in UK. One such passenger tested positive yesterday.

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Tamil Nadu CM inaugurates 2,000 Amma mini-clinics for COVID-19 testing

CHENNAI : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami inaugurated Amma 2,000 mini-clinics for COVID-19 testing at an event in Royapuram, Chennai."Two thousand mini-clinics have been opened simultaneously all over Tamil Nadu," the chief minister said.While addressing the gathering, Tamil Nadu Deputy CM, O Panneerselvam, said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appreciated our government's efforts in controlling coronavirus. We have conducted a home-to-home campaign to trace the spread of COVID-19.

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IIT-Madras shuts down after 104 students test Covid positive in past 2 week

NEW DELHI : The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras here has been hit by the coronavirus outbreak with over 100 people, a majority of them students, testing positive for the contagion, a top health official said on Monday.A total of 104 students and others have contracted the disease and all were doing well in a hospital, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said, allaying fears of further spreadOf the 444 samples lifted till date, 104 have tested positive for COVID-19, he said, adding from December 1 to 12, samples from the institute turning positive steadily increased from a few to 33 specimens today."All of them are being treated at the King's Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research as per the directive of Chief Minister K

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Sabarimala devotee from Tamil Nadu tests covid-19 positive

PATHANAMTHITTA : A devotee from Tamil Nadu, who was on a pilgrimage to Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday during the mandatory antigen test conducted at Nilackal for pilgrims visiting the hill shrine, health authorities said. As per the Covid-19 guidelines, pilgrims need to carry a negative COVID-19 test certificate issued by a verified laboratory 48 hours prior to their visit.

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Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit tests negative for Covid-19

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who was under treatment for COVID-19, on Friday tested negative, a private hospital here said. "We are very pleased to inform that Governor Banwarilal Purohit has tested negative for COVID-19 today.

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With record 6,993 cases in last 24 hrs, Tamil Nadu's Covid-19 tally crosses 2.2 lakh

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Monday launched a free mask distribution scheme to benefit over 69 lakh families in the first phase, as part of measures to help fight COVID-19.The initial phase envisages distribution of 4.44 crore reusable masks -bought at a cost of ₹30.07 crore- to 69.09 lakh families in town panchayats, municipalities and corporations barring the Greater Chennai Corporation, an official release said.There are 2.08 crore ration cards that covers a total of 6.74 crore individuals, who are part of the families of the card holders and the plan is to distribute two masks for each member of a family.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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Record spike in Covid-19 cases in southern states; UP, Gujarat, Bihar too register surge

COVID-19 cases in a day, taking the tally to 3,10,455 while 258 more people succumbed to the disease, including 149 deaths in the Mumbai metropolitan region, the state Health department said.Tamil Nadu reported a new single day high of 4,979 fresh COVID-19 cases as the overall tally crossed 1.70 lakh in the state, the second worst affected after Maharashtra.Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on the COVID-19 prevention measures.During the phone conversation, Palaniswami apprised Modi that 48,000 coronavirus tests - a national high - were being done daily (average) in Tamil Nadu, an official statement said.A single-day high of 5,041 COVID-19 cases was registered in Andhra Pradesh as the overall

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Modi speaks to TN CM over COVID scenario

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on the COVID-19 prevention measures and aspects related to treatment in the state, where the infection count has crossed 1.65 lakh, the government said. During the phone conversation, Palaniswami apprised Modi that 48,000 coronavirus tests - a national high - were being done daily (average) in Tamil Nadu, an official release said here.The Prime Minister was briefed about the COVID prevention measures and information related to treatment for people who have tested positive.

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As India's Covid-19 tally surges, more cities to come under lockdown

COVID-19 tally rose to nearly 8.5 lakh, authorities were getting ready to reimpose lockdown for varying periods in more cities, including in Bengaluru and Pune, in the coming days, while there appeared to be an improvement in the situation in the national capital.The Uttar Pradesh government decided to implement strict restrictions across the state on weekends to check the spread of coronavirus, joining Karnataka and Tamil Nadu which have been imposing Sunday lockdown.Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Bihar were among the states that have already announced area-wise lockdown for different durations.Karnataka government has now announced a complete lockdown in Bengaluru for seven days from July 14.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K

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Covid-19: Chennai 'intense lockdown' to ease from tomorrow. Food takeaways, shops to open

novel coronavirus cases in the state, Tamil Nadu government announced the ongoing "intense lockdown" in Chennai and other neighbouring areas will ease from Monday, 6 July, until further orders.However, lockdown curbs for Madurai and nearby regions are extended till 12 July, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami added.Chennai has been under tightened restrictions from 19 June till Sunday in order to contain the virus spread and the capital city will now see certain businesses gradually opening.Vegetable and grocery shops, which were closed during the complete lockdown period, will be allowed to open from 6 am to 6 pm while textile and hardware shops can open from 10 am to 6 pm in Chennai and suburban areas under the jurisdiction of Greater

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Madras HC directs Tamil Nadu doctor to move ICMR on his drug for COVID-19

₹2 and the poor would benefit from it, Dr Vasantha Kumar from Krishnagiri said he has not received any response even from ICMR, Union health department till date CHENNAI : The Madras High Court on Thursday directed a doctor in Tamil Nadu to make a fresh representation to the Indian Council of Medical Research on his claim that a particular drug can be used to treat COVID-19 patients.Disposing of a petition by Dr Vasantha Kumar from Krishnagiri district, a Division Bench of Justices Vineet Kothari and R Suresh Kumar also directed concerned authorities to grant him an opportunity to present his case and pass appropriate orders, as expeditiously as possible.Vasantha Kumar in his petition submitted that he has authored an article on the use of

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Tamil Nadu: Palaniswami urges industries to employ local workers

CHENNAI : With the COVID-19 pandemic posing several challenges, especially altering the way of living and displacing the migrant work force, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.

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TN govt to bear education expenses of girl who spent her savings on poor during lockdown

₹5 lakh to help poor during lockdown Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday announced that the state government would bear the higher education expenses of a salon owner's daughter in Madurai who was lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his COVID-19 relief work.The salon owner, Mohan of Madurai district, spent his savings earmarked for the education of his daughter Nethra to buy and distribute groceries and vegetables for the poor during the lockdown period, Palaniswami said and appreciated his gesture."The Tamil Nadu government will bear the higher education expenditure of Nethra," the Chief Minister said, adding, it was to honour Mohan's help for the destitute with dedication, sans selfishness during the

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Tamil Nadu govt issues advisory for incoming flights, includes 14-day quarantine

Tamil Nadu govt has issued standard operating procedure for incoming flights at the Chennai international airport that includes, a 14-day home quarantine for asymptomatic fliers, and institutional isolation for those without facilities for a home quarantine. Apart from 14-day home quarantine, all domestic air travellers coming into Tamil Nadu shall register themselves in TNePass portal.

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Coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu top 9,000, over 55% cases are from Chennai

Tamil Nadu became the third state in India to report over 9,000 coronavirus cases. As many as 509 people tested positive for novel COVID-19 in last 24 hours, taking the total count to 9,227. Nine passengers who landed in Chennai from other countries under Vande Bharat mission confirmed positive for the disease.

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Rajinikanth warns AIADMK government over reopening liquor outlets in the state

CHENNAI : Superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday warned the ruling AIADMK government against reopening state-run liquor outlets in Tamil Nadu, saying if it was done, it should not harbour "dreams" of coming to power again, apparently in next year's Assembly elections.

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Over 1,850 coronavirus cases linked to Chennai wholesale market

The total number of coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu went up to 6,535 after 526 fresh cases were reported in past 24 hours. Till date, Chennai has reported over 3,000 cases while 1,867 cases are linked to Chennai's Koyambedu wholesale market, identified as a hotspot. In Tamil Nadu, 1,824 coronavirus patients have been discharged after treatment. The state government has advised people to strictly adhere to health and travel advisories issued by the government.

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12,000 daily Covid-19 tests happening in TN, hence more positive cases: CM K Palaniswami

CHENNAI : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Tuesday said that ration card holders will be supplied free rice, sugar, and pulses in June as well and that work on sending migrant workers to their home states will be taken up in a week's time.

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COVID-19: TN recruits 1,000 more nurses, extends doctors' services

Appointment orders on contract basis will be given to retain the services of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel who are set to retire on April 30 for two more months, says CM Palaniswami

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0