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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…
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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.
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Tamil Nadu: Amid Under-reporting of COVID-19 Deaths, Case Fatality Rises Two-Fold
20 May 2021
Tamil Nadu has the fourth highest death toll in the country and the case fatality rate in the state has more than doubled in the past month.
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TN this Week: Daily COVID-19 Count Breaches 8,000, Stricter Restrictions Anticipated
17 Apr 2021
The state's active caseload has exceeded 60,000 for the first time since the begnning of the pandemic. As many as 61,593 people, including 22,423 in Chennai, are presently under treatment for COVID-…
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TN Elections: Once a Pioneer in Public Healthcare, the State has Taken Wrong Turns Under Palaniswami
31 Mar 2021
Chennai: For decades, Tamil Nadu was lauded for its public health system.
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TN Elections: A Declining Women Workforce Must be Tackled, Freebies Will Not Suffice
24 Mar 2021
A lot of the schemes reinforce the status quo of women in society. The status quo is also strengthened with a steep decline in the female labour force participation rate, pushing more and more women…
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TN Elections and Cash Politics: Biased Raids and Blatant Disparity in Assets
21 Mar 2021
According to the ECI Tamil Nadu chalked up the highest amount in seizures so far ahead of the polls in four states.
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Tamil Nadu Elections: Is the State no Longer a Pioneer of Transgender Rights?
19 Mar 2021
Tamil Nadu established the country’s first Welfare Board for transgender persons under the DMK government in 2008.
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TN this Week: Election Campaigns in Full-Swing, Brutal Police Attack on Protestors, Four Manual Scavenging Deaths
20 Feb 2021
The state witnessed many protests against the exorbitant hikes in petrol, diesel and LPG prices. The protesters condemned the 217% excise duty on petrol price over the past six years and the price of…
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TN this Week: Farmers, IT Employees, Sanitation Workers and the Differently-Abled Hit the Streets Demanding Basic Rights
13 Feb 2021
After IT giant Cognizant increased its workday by an hour and made it a ten-hour workday for its employees a protest demonstration was held in Chennai this week.