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COVID-19: Southern Tamil Nadu in Focus after Surge, Cases Drop in Chennai
10 Jul 2020
While Chennai has seen a slight drop in the number of cases this week as compared to the previous one, alarm bells have gone off in Madurai, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari
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COVID-19 Lockdown: DYFI Launches Website to Record Job Losses, Testimonials Narrate Tragic Stories from Tamil Nadu
09 Jul 2020
People from various backgrounds including small vendors, rural workers and employees of the IT industry have recorded their experiences on the website.
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TN This Week: COVID-19 Cases Cross 1 Lakh, Communal Propaganda of Sangh Outfits Continue, Manual Scavenging Claims 4 Lives
04 Jul 2020
The workers of the famed Tamil film industry, most of them being daily wage workers, are struggling to earn their income due to the lockdown.
Dharani Balasubramaniam
Tuticorin: Four Youths Die of Asphyxiation while Cleaning Septic Tank
04 Jul 2020
The number of people killed while cleaning sewers and septic tanks has increased in the last few years, despite legislation against the occupation.
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COVID-19: Positive Cases Shy of One Lakh, Government Suspends Public Transport till July 15
03 Jul 2020
A total of eight members of the legislative assembly, including the higher education minister, have tested positive so far, as have scores of front-line workers.
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NLC Boiler Blast: Privatisation of Maintenance Work Behind Accident, Allege Workers’ Union
02 Jul 2020
The union has demanded that the organisation shut the plant until a stability test is carried out on the boilers by an expert committee.
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Tamil Nadu: Second Industrial Accident in 2 Months at Neyveli Plant, Six Die
01 Jul 2020
Eight workers from the same power plant had suffered burn injuries in a similar incident in May.
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Thoothukudi Custodial Deaths Expose Brutal Treatment of Suspects by Tamil Nadu Police
29 Jun 2020
The state occupied the second spot for the number of custodial deaths in the country in 2018, next only to Gujarat. Recent incidents of suspects apparently slipping in bathrooms and fracturing their…
T. Jayaraman
Failing to Flatten the Curve: How Tamil Nadu is Losing its Way in the COVID-19 Fight
26 Jun 2020
In contrast to its neighbours, the TN government has failed to invest in public action, instead insisting on channelling all its efforts through the bureaucracy.
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COVID-19: Praise Galore, but Amenities and Compensation still Elusive for Front-Line Sanitation Workers in Chennai
25 Jun 2020
The GCC has also been accused of not listing the names of workers who have succumbed to COVID-19, in order to avoid paying compensation.