Close to 3,000 COVID cases recorded in TS
The Hindu
The State recorded close to 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, in a grim reminder of the unprecedented rise in infections during the first wave of the pandemic last year. As many as 2,909 cases were detected o
The State recorded close to 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, in a grim reminder of the unprecedented rise in infections during the first wave of the pandemic last year. As many as 2,909 cases were detected on Friday as 1,11,726 samples were tested. The last time more than 2,900 cases a day were recorded in Telangana was during the peak of the pandemic last August. The highest single-day tally of 3,018 was logged on August 25. Of the total tests conducted, the results of 4,533 persons was awaited. This was the second consecutive day when over one lakh samples were examined.For the first time in a Lok Sabha election, the AIADMK forfeited deposits in seven constituencies. For the ruling DMK, the verdict is seen as a popular endorsement of the functioning of its three-year government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The outcome indicates that the BJP, whose Hindutva ideology has all along been considered alien to the political ethos of Tamil Nadu
Cardiologist and MP-elect from Bengaluru Rural C.N. Manjunath, who contested from the BJP and defeated three-time Congress MP D.K. Suresh, said he was the “people’s candidate” and that it is their aspiration to see him in the Union Cabinet. In an interview with The Hindu, he claimed his victory was possible because those who were treated at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research became his “ambassadors”.