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Inside Koyambedu market in Chennai on April 25, the day before the city went into a four-day shutdown within the lockdown.

Tamil Nadu records highest number of cases in a day

Tamil Nadu recorded its highest number of coronavirus positive cases today, 527, nearly two months after the first case was reported. The spike is att

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Dr J. Radhakrishnan, who has been appointed nodal officer for Chennai.

COVID cases rise alarmingly in Chennai; lockdown extended across India

The runaway increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Chennai has prompted the Tamil Nadu government to take steps to curb its rapid spread. The ste

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Keshav Desiraju, a file picture.

‘If government does not spend now, when will it?’

Interview with Keshav Desiraju, former Union Health Secretary.

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In Chennai on April 25, people thronging a temporary market at the Corporation playground, Chinthadripet, ahead of the lockdown announced for four days.

Government order on total lockdown triggers panic buying in Tamil Nadu cities

The Tamil Nadu government’s ill-thought-out order on total lockdown in hotspots from April 26 trigged panic buying across the cities, with people thro

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Police deployed at a burial ground in Anna Nagar, Chennai, where locals refused to allow the last rites of a COVID-19 victim.

Mob tries to prevent doctor's burial in Chennai, 20 arrested

The Chennai Police on Monday arrested 20 persons in connection with the attack on an ambulance that had arrived at a city burial ground with the body

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Police stopping motorbikes for violating curfew norms, in Chennai on April 16.

Tamil Nadu police collect more than Rs.1 crore as fine for curfew violations

The Tamil Nadu police collected, until April 18, more than Rs.1 crore in fines from persons who ventured out of their homes in defiance of curfew norm

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DMK Chief M.K. Stalin .

TN government denies permission for DMK’s all-party meet to discuss COVID-19

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government in Tamil Nadu, which has refused to convene a meeting of the major opposition politic

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Walk-in Sample Kiosk (WISK) to test for COVID-19 set up at Ernakulam Medical College in Kerala on April 6.

WHO comes under fire for COVID-19 response but wins support

Even as United States President Donald Trump seeks to deflect criticism and blames, among others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the massive

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Isolation centre for COVID-19 patients at the NSCI dome at Worli in Mumbai on April 9.

COVID deaths double in India in five days

From the time the first COVID-19 case was announced in India on January 30, it took about nine weeks for the cases to reach the 2,500 mark. It took le

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At the testing centre set up at the K. A. P. Viswanatham Government Medical College in Tiruchi on April 7.

Tamil Nadu, with 690 positive COVID cases, takes solace that most are from one source

On March 7, the first COVID-19 case was reported in Tamil Nadu. A month later, on April 7, the number of positive cases was 690. This is despite abysm

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Kamal Haasan hits out at Narendra Modi’s handling of COVID-19 crisis

Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decisions since the coronavirus outbreak, which hav

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah receives a cheque for 116 crore donated by paramilitary forces personnel to PM-CARES Fund to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

A new fund and many questions

Many questions are being asked about the setting up of the new fund by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) when there is a Prime Minister’s National Rel

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