Chennai, which was the worst affected district, continued to top the fresh cases table with 155 cases followed by 58 cases in Chengalpet and 55 cases in Coimbatore.
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu added 574 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Friday, which pushed the cumulative case tally to 8,33,585. With eight death, the death toll touched 12,307. There were 5,073 people still under treatment for the viral infection as per public health registry.
While Perambalur was the only district to report zero fresh cases of the viral infection on Friday, at least 32 districts reported zero deaths.
While Chennai reported four deaths, four other districts Chengalpet, Coimbatore, Ranipet and Vellore reported one death each.
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu
Indian apparel exporters should aspire for a double-digit share of the world apparel market, from the current level of 5-6%, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Apparel Export Promotion Council’s (AEPC) 24x7x365 virtual exhibition platform, Naidu said he was confident that the efforts, along with textile ministry’s support, would boost apparel exports. “We should soon aspire to reach double-digit share in export of fabrics along with proper encouragement and branding,” he said quoting the popularity of Modi jackets among youngsters.
Naidu said that though India is the leading producer and exporter of cotton, jute, silk and manmade fibre (MMF) yarns, it lacks the competitive edge in fabrics and apparels when compared to Bangladesh and China. “They are the biggest buyers of Indian yarn. They add value to it and sell the fabrics and apparels at a lower cost than India. This is largely because th
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COIMBATORE: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 16.5kg of gold worth about Rs 8.65 crore smuggled through the Coimbatore International Airport from gulf countries last year. Of the 21 passengers arrested, 15 became smugglers as they didn’t have enough money to buy flight tickets to reach India.
“These 15 passengers were either working or travelling with tourist visa in gulf countries. The Covid-19 pandemic forced them to return to India, but they didn’t have enough money to buy tickets. Knowing this, the passengers were approached by gold smugglers who offered to bear their travel expenses if they accepted to carry gold,” a senior official said.