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Stage set for second dose of vaccination Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Additional Collector (Revenue) V. Chandrasekhar on Friday instructed officials of the District Medical & Health Office (DMHO) to make arrangements for the second dose of vaccination. Reviewing the progress with officials from the departments concerned, he said there were no instances of vaccine reactions in the district and encouraged frontline staff to take part in the drive without apprehensions. DMHO A. Kondal Rao...

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Mentally ill persons rescued Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Five wandering mentally ill persons were rescued in Mannargudi and handed over to an NGO functioning at Thiruthuraipoondi on Thursday. Nesakaram, a federation of social service organisations and traders’ associations in Mannargudi, identified these persons who were roaming in the town and initiated steps to get them lodged at Nambikkai Home for the Mentally Ill functioning at Thiruthuraipoondi. All of them were taken to the G...

Two persons were injured after a lorry transporting salt rammed a private college bus from behind on the Tiruchi -Chennai national highway at Nedungur near here on Friday. The accident occurred in the

Autorickshaw driver, who attempted suicide, dies Updated: Updated: Share Article An autorickshaw driver, who attempted suicide, died without responding to treatment here on Friday. According to the police, the deceased was identified as D. Saravanan, an autorickshaw driver residing near Ammapet. He was distraught over the Central Government’s proposed vehicle scrappage policy in the Budget which said commercial vehicles over 15 years and personal vehicles over 20 years would be scrapped. H...

The station house officer (SHO) of Lodhi Colony has been sent to the district lines and two beat constables suspended after a raid by a vigilance team found gambling in the area, an officer said on Fr

AMU to start UG, PG courses online Updated: Updated: Varsity will have global outreach: V-C Share Article Varsity will have global outreach: V-C As the government allowed universities to offer fully online degrees to widen access to higher education and to raise the profile of Indian institutions globally, Aligarh Muslim University became an “early mover” in the online education space after being granted permission to start online B.A, B.Com, M.A and M.Com courses from this year. According ...

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UN agencies flag Yemen’s child malnutrition crisis Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA About 400,000 children under the age of five are in danger of dying of acute malnutrition in war-torn and impoverished Yemen, UN agencies said on Friday. They said half of those in the most vulnerable age bracket, or 2.3 million small children, are projected to suffer from severe malnutrition this year. “These numbers are yet another cry for help from Yemen where each malnourished child also means a famil...

Erode district on Friday reported 15 new cases, taking the district’s tally to 14,590. While 28 persons were discharged, 178 persons continue to be under treatment. Nine positive cases were reported i