Month: March 2020

R Ganesan, a 54-year-old street vendor, broke into tears when asked about the loss of livelihood during the COVID-19 lockdown. He runs a tiffin centre on a hand cart in Trichy city to feed his family of four. Over 5,000 vendors who don’t own or run shops in rented buildings are not being permitted to […]

Trichy: Despite the crackdown against curfew violators, people continued to venture out unmindful of the risk of being infected by Covid-19 in central region of Tamil Nadu on Monday. In Trichy city, 48 cases were booked and more than 100 people were arrested on Sunday. Instead of booking each individual, the police are booking cases […]

TRICHY: Considering the risk health professionals have to face in treating Covid-19 patients, a Trichy-based firm has supplied two robots that will help doctors and health workers avoid interactions with patients that are not necessary. The firm – New Propeller Technologies – manufactures robots for educational purpose. The two models supplied are Zafe and Zafe […]

TN turns silent on day one of lockdown (Roundup) Chennai, March 25 (IANS) With shops, offices and factories closed, Tamil Nadu turned silent on Wednesday, the first day of the 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The day passed without any untoward incident. The state […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The district now has the second highest number of persons under home isolation next to Palakkad with nearly 12,000 persons being brought under surveillance in the past four days alone. The capital had the highest number under home isolation till Saturday with 18,094 persons and by Sunday the number further rose slightly to 18,145. […]

Trichy: Over the last two days, S Moorthy, 51, an organic farmer in Pudukottai, had distributed over 1,000 kg of vegetables to under privileged families in Pudukottai town. He made free door-to-door supply of vegetables worth Rs 15,000, of which a portion was grown on his own farm. Acknowledging that the preventive lockdown has affected […]

Trichy: After restoring food delivery services, the city police have instructed delivery executives of Swiggy and Zomato to obtain identity cards by submitting applications immediately. The services of the food aggregators had been suspended as part of the Covid-19 lockdown. The state government has now allowed them to deliver food to ensure food for the […]

TRICHY: With Covid-19 outbreak and the resultant lockdown bringing normal life to a grinding halt across the delta region, farmers, who had raised summer crops are in dire straits. Paddy cultivators are struggling to get their crops harvested and those who had raised other crops are suffering without fertilizers. There is no labour, harvesting equipment […]

Trichy: The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department and Trichy City Corporation have joined hands to feed a section of the homeless in the city by distributing food prepared at temple kitchens. On Saturday, food prepared at Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple and Thiruvanaikoil Jambukeswarar temples were distributed by Srirangam zone to at least 150-200 homeless […]