-The Hindu 2021 deaths surge reverses decline in mortality After registering a lower number of deaths overall in 2020 compared to 2019, Kerala witnessed a significant increase in the overall death count due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, resulting in an estimated 15,222 “excess deaths” till May 31, month-wise data from the Civil Registration System show. The overall “excess deaths” for the period April 2020-May 2021 were 13,868,...
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Family loses its breadwinner to lathi blows -SP Saravanan
-The Hindu Future of my three children is in question, says wife of Murugesan who died after police assault in Salem Salem: “We have not only lost our breadwinner, but the future of all my three children,” said an inconsolable Annakili, wife of A. Murugesan, who died after being caned by a special sub-inspector, as she waited at the Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday. Recalling the incident, she...
More »Tamil Nadu to enact a Right to Services Act
-The Hindu The Tamil Nadu government will enact a Right to Services Act, Governor Banwarilal Purohit announced on Monday. In his customary address to the Assembly, Mr. Purohit said the Act will streamline the delivery of various public services by government agencies. The Governor said providing a clean administration was the top priority of the government, and the Lok Ayukta would be revitalised and empowered to deal with complaints against public authorities, including...
More »Esther Duflo, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian in economic advisory council to Tamil Nadu CM -Janardhan Koushik
-The Inidan Express A white paper detailing the true state of Tamil Nadu’s finances will be released in July, said Governor Banwarilal Purohit during the first session of the 16th state legislative assembly in Chennai. Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government will form an economic advisory council comprising Nobel laureate Esther Duflo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan to advise the chief...
More »Labour of love: Kerala's 'White Army' has been building houses for the poor -George Poikayil
-The New indian Express The White Army -- a collective of 30 masons, painters, auto drivers, students, and an electrician of Arayi village -- has been helping build houses for the poor for the past eight years. KASARAGOD: Vidya Shankar's Tamil Nadu-based husband, a daily wage labourer, died four years ago in Salem. That was the second time she was orphaned. The first was when she was a teenager. The second time,...
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