Chennai, April 30(BPNS) Tamil Nadu has formed a Unified Command Centre (UCC) to manage bed availability in coordination with all the departments and directorates to manage the availability of beds. The command centre will function at the office of the National Health Mission( NHM). This is mainly to co-ordinate the bed availability for critically ill […]
DMK leaders cadres in high spirits following exit polls predicting landslide for party
Chennai, April 30(BPNS) DMK leaders and cadres are in high spirits following almost all the exit polls predicting a landslide for the party led front. It may be noted that the DMK has been out of power for the past ten years and the April 6 elections were a do or die battle for the […]
Very happy and proud to win the Pravasi Bharathi award: KG Baburajan
KG Baburajan , recipient of the Pravasi Bharathi award is a trained Civil Engineer and has constructed major projects in Bahrain. He has more than three decades of rich experience in the construction and management fields. He is the only Indian member of the US based International Accreditation services. He will be felicitated by the […]
Greater Chennai Corporation to increase screening centers and Vaccination centres
Chennai, April 28(BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation is planning to increase the number of screening centres and vaccination centres across the city as there is a huge crowd waiting at these centres creating major health and administrative issues. In Vadapalani at a screening centre people have to wait from 2 to 5 hours for the […]
Stalin for strict adherence to Covid protocol even at home
Chennai, April 28(BPNS) DMK president and party’s Chief minister candidate MK Stalin has called upon the people of Tamil Nadu to strictly adhere to the Covid protocol announced by the state government. He appealed to the people to wear masks even at home and to strictly stand by the state government protocol on Covid. Stalin […]
Greater Chennai corporation allows Private hospitals, hotels to open Covid care centres
Chennai, April 28(BPNS) The Greater Chennai corporation has allowed private hospitals and hotels to open Covid care centres of their own with all the necessary facilities. This was announced by the City commissioner G Prakash on Wednesday. The charges may be fixed by the concerned Covid care centres. Presently the Covid care centres are being […]
Chennai corporation to hire doctors and nurses to tackle Covid pandemic
Chennai, April 28(BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation has called upon the services of Doctors and nurses to tackle the Covid pandemic. The appointment of these doctors and nurses will be purely temporary ,according to a release of the corporation. The corporation will hire 150 doctors and nurses to manage the triage covid care centres. The […]
Madurai police for second dose of vaccination to its personnel
Chennai, April 28(BPNS) Madurai city police have started taking effective preventive measures to fight the second wave of the Covid pandemic. The city policy has commenced a second round of vaccination to its 3500 strong personnel with 500 being inoculated a day. Madurai city police commissioner Prem Anand Sinha while speaking to BPNS said, “ […]
Election commission issues Covid safety measures during counting
Chennai, April 28(BPNS) The Election commission of India has issued detailed guidelines for the counting of votes including Covid -19 security measures during the counting of votes. Candidates and booth agents will be allowed entry to the counting centres only if they have taken both shots of the Covid -19 vaccines or undergone an RT-PCR […]
Puducherry to remain under lockdown on counting day
Chennai, April 28(BPNS) The night curfew and lockdown restrictions imposed up to April 30 in Puducherry is extended to May 3. On the counting day of May 2, the Union Territory will remain under lockdown and only those allowed to come out including essential services will be allowed movement. Those who are on duty during […]