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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 10:01 AM IST,
Vatican
Pope Francis 'resumes some work' after 'slight improvement' in health, Vatican says. Over the weekend, the Pope suffered a "prolonged respiratory crisis" that required a high flow of oxygen, as well as an "initial, mild" kidney problem.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 01:01 AM IST,
Chennai
A recent peer-reviewed journal paper published in Nature Scientific Reports (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10370-1.) has shown the excellent efficacy of Indomethacin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, as an antiviral agent in the treatment of mild and moderate COVID-19 patients.
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Friday, May 14, 2021 08:37 PM IST,
Chennai
COVID has struck again, taking away one of our brilliant officers. Ragothaman, a brave and fiery officer, deserved police honours at his funeral, but sadly the pandemic protocol would not allow any such grand farewell. Ragothaman was SP and Chief Investigating Officer in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, and handled the case brilliantly, securing a conviction for the accused and revealing the whole conspiracy behind the assassination.
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Sunday, May 02, 2021 07:23 AM IST,
Chennai
Southern Railway has announced some changes in suburban train services. In view of the restrictions imposed by the state government to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases, suburban workmen specials are to be suspended between 10 pm and 4 am.
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Sunday, May 02, 2021 07:15 AM IST,
Chennai
Actor Siddharth has pulled up the Centre for the shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in the country. He has also questioned the preparedness (or the lack of it ) on the part of the government to tackle the second wave of coronavirus.
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Saturday, May 01, 2021 02:05 PM IST,
New Delhi
Several state governments have said they won't be able to start the Phase 3 vaccination drive from May 1, 2021, because they do not have sufficient vaccine doses.
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Saturday, May 01, 2021 01:19 PM IST,
Chennai
India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin's wife Prithi has posted on social media on the ordeal of her family in dealing with Covid-19 as 10 persons in her family had tested positive
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Friday, September 11, 2020 09:58 PM IST,
Chennai
Nephew of late MG Ramachandran, M C Chandran, son of MG Chakrapani, MGR's elder brother, succumbed to Corona-virus attack on September 11, 2020. The death came at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General hospital in Chennai where he was undergoing treatment for the last few days. He was 75.
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Thursday, May 23, 2019 12:43 PM IST,
New Delhi
Nearly half of the world’s population is at risk from malaria – it kills more than 4 lakh people a year, most of them in Africa, where a child dies every two minutes from the disease. But now hopes have been raised of an end to it : the first malaria vaccine is being launched in immunisation programmes in Malawi, Ghana and Kenya.
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 11:46 PM IST,
New Delhi
Former Prime Minister and veteran BJP leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose oratory enabled his party to form government at the Centre in 1996, 1998 and 1999 general elections, died at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi on August 16, 2018. Born on 25 December 1924, he was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first term for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004.
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 12:13 AM IST,
New Delhi
The condition of former Prime Minister and BJP stalwart, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is critical, said an AIIMS bulletin on August 15 night. Vajpayee was on life support systems, it said. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi rushed to the hospital to enquire about his condition.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018 09:12 PM IST,
Chennai
Actor Rajjnikanth visited the Kauvery hospital in Chennai to enquire about the health of DMK president M Karunanidhi who is undergoing treatment at the hospital over the last three days. Rajni said Karunanidhi was a senior leader of the country, and he was glad that he was recovering speedily.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018 08:16 PM IST,
Chennai
A photo of Congress president Rahul Gandhi at kauvery Hospital in Chennai has proved that DMK president M Karunanidhi is much better and that he is improving. The photo shows DMK Working President and Karunanidhi's son M K Stalin speaking to Karunanidhi who is very much conscious and not on any life-saving support.
Rahul Gandhi is seen standing next to Stalin, along with other doctors.
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Monday, June 25, 2018 10:02 PM IST,
Chennai
Chennai Police detained over 50 PMK members when they attempted to lay siege to the BJP office at T Nagar in Chennai on June 25, 2018, to condemn its state president Tamilisai Soundararajan’s criticism of their party leader and founder Dr S Ramadoss.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018 11:24 PM IST,
Tiruchirapalli
The Tamil Nadu government has announced that the much-anticipated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will come up at Thoppur near Madurai at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore.
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Friday, February 03, 2017 11:36 PM IST,
Bengaluru
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader and former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss suffered a mild heart attack in Dharmapuri on
February 3 evening and was rushed to the Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bengaluru.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 06:42 PM IST,
Chennai
Apollo Hospitals has informed the Madras High Court that it was ready to submit details of treatment provided to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a sealed cover.
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Friday, December 16, 2016 06:00 PM IST,
Chennai
The president of the DMK and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi, was readmitted to the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai on Thursday night following breathing difficulty due to heavy cold and lung infection. The 92-year-old leader underwent a tracheostomy procedure to optimise breathing, the Kauvery Hospital stated.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2016 12:47 AM IST,
Chennai
O Panneerselvam was elected as the AIADMK Legislature Party Leader shortly after the death of Jayalalithaa was announced by Apollo Hospitals on Monday night.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2016 12:26 AM IST,
Chennai
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa died at Apollo Hospital around 1130 p.m,. on Monday night. The death was announced by Apollo Hospitals in a press release.
