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Sruti MD
TN This Week: Chennai Mayor Reserved for SC Woman; Many Police Atrocities Reported
22 Jan 2022
Easwaran (34) set himself ablaze in front of a statue of Dr Ambedkar located near Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) college alleging police harassment.
Sruti MD
Online Gaming and the Struggles of the State Governments
20 Jan 2022
Gambling is a state subject in India; states can formulate and implement laws banning and regulating them. However, states that have passed laws on online gaming and gambling don't have a method to…
Sruti MD
TN This Week: COVID-19 Casualty Spikes, AIADMK Accuses DMK of Taking Undue Credits
15 Jan 2022
Although COVID-19 cases were swelling in the state, permission was granted to hold the bull-taming Jallikattu competition in Madurai.
Sruti MD
COVID-19: Rising Positivity Rate, Limited Testing, Many Unreported Cases in Tamil Nadu
13 Jan 2022
The state likely has a vast disparity in the actual number of infected people than those reported.
Sruti MD
‘We are Treated Like Modern-Day Bonded Labourers’: TASMAC Employees
11 Jan 2022
The employees of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation work for 12 hours a day without minimum wages.
Sruti MD
TN This Week: Active Cases Cross 30k, 9 Dead in Firecracker Blasts
08 Jan 2022
The daily COVID-19 caseload has increased more than six times from the first day of this year to January 7, going from 1,489 to 8,981.
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu Records Fourfold Increase in COVID-19 Cases within one Week
05 Jan 2022
Hospitals have turned into ‘amplifying spaces of infection’ and the unvaccinated population is large with respect to absolute numbers.
Sruti MD
TN This Week: Steep Rise in COVID-19 Cases, Sudden Rain Halts Chennai
01 Jan 2022
Commuters were stuck in traffic jams for several hours due to waterlogging, and three died from rain-related electrocutions.
Neelambaran A
TN This Week: Bank Strike Successful, 3 School Students Die in Wall Collapse
18 Dec 2021
3,000 women workers of Foxconn blocked the Chennai-Bengaluru highway after the health of 8 workers affected by food poisoning was not disclosed.
Neelambaran A
Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies May Get Representatives Soon after 10 Years
13 Dec 2021
People are unable to raise their concerns in the absence of elected representatives.