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Sruti M.D.
Tamil Nadu: Eurolife Workers Run from Pillar to Post for Salaries
18 Jun 2021
The company, formerly known as Boxter India, was bought by Eurolife Healthcare four years ago. Since the change in ownership, employees say that they have been overworked and find themselves under a…
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu: Royal Enfield Management Attempting to Destroy Trade Union, Claim Workers
15 Jun 2021
The management has allegedly set up two parallel trade unions and is forcefully inducting these young workers into it. They are also accusing the management of forcefully deducting union levy from…
Sruti MD
TN This Week: Shortage of Vaccine, Black Fungus Drug; Workers in Lockdown-hit Sectors Demand Relief
12 Jun 2021
Workers from different sectors took to the streets to demand COVID-19 relief for their loss of livelihood in the past few weeks.
Omkar Poojari
With its Strident NEP Opposition, Stalin's DMK Asserts Dravidian Credentials
12 Jun 2021
The vocal, sustained and fiercely vehement opposition of the DMK to the New Education Policy ever since its draft released in 2019, has been barely a matter of surprise to close watchers and…
Neelambaran A
TN: Auto Drivers Reel Under Lockdown and Spiralling Fuel Prices
11 Jun 2021
Auto rickshaw drivers held a state-wide protest on June 10 demanding a cash relief of Rs 7,500 for the lockdown period and an extension till December on loans, insurance and licence renewals.
Neelambaran A
Irregularities in Civil Supply Tenders Allegedly Cost Exchequer Rs 2,000 Crore During AIADMK Regime
09 Jun 2021
The estimated loss to the state government has been put at Rs 2,028 crore in tenders for dal, palmolein and sugar. The Chennai based anti-corruption organisation, Arappor Iyakkam (API), has lodged a…
Subodh Varma
COVID-19: The Second Wave Is Not Over Yet
03 Jun 2021
Daily new cases are nearly 40% more than the peak of the first wave and in many states, the virus is still actively spreading.
K. Kalpana
My Mother, Comrade Mythily
02 Jun 2021
Veteran communist leader Mythily Sivaraman’s daughter Kalpana recalls how it was growing up in a communist household, and how she had always seen her mother typing, reading, writing, making notes, on…
Sabrang India
Madras HC Raises Concern Over Shortage of Covid Vaccine, Black Fungus Drugs
25 May 2021
The court observed that Tamil Nadu and Puducherry had managed the second surge and the cases were now on the decline.
Sruti M.D.
TN This Week: Mounting COVID-19 Cases and Deaths, Medical Facilities Overwhelmed
23 May 2021
Hospitals in and around Chennai have begun reporting a significant rise in the number of mucormycosis cases or black fungus infections as well.