Automobile companies use half of their workforce and ensure social distancing as lockdown is eased
Officials say the move will help the govt save over Rs 7,000 crore at a time when Covid-19 has hit its finances
Total number of cases in the state now stands at 1,755, with 864 active ones; 114 patients discharged, taking total number of recoveries to 866
Restrictions to remain in force for four days in state capital and in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Salem and Madurai
The state is following surveillance, containment, increasing testing facilities, and ensuring essentials at people's doorstep, among other strategies.
Scheme aims to improve quality of care, strengthen management of non-communicable diseases and injuries, and reduce inequities in reproductive and child health services
Move seen as an attempt to re-assert supremacy after the merger of party's two factions
Effective strength of the assembly before the floor test would be 231