Central region records 283 cases
The Hindu
The central region on Wednesday recorded 283 fresh COVID-19 cases, 106 of them from Thanjavur. Two shops in the congested Gandhi Market in Tiruchi were closed for sanitisation while samples were lifte
The central region on Wednesday recorded 283 fresh COVID-19 cases, 106 of them from Thanjavur. Two shops in the congested Gandhi Market in Tiruchi were closed for sanitisation while samples were lifted from vendors after five people, including four vendors, tested positive on Tuesday. Meanwhile, there was an increase in the number of deaths due to the viral infection with five patients, two from Nagapattinam and one each from Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Tiruchi succumbing.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.