Teaching staff draws social distance marking at a govt school campus in Chennai As the Central and state governments allow phase-wise relaxation in curbs to get the life up and running again following over two months of lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
*As one lakh engineering students across the state wait to complete their graduation, Anna University is mulling to hold online exams for finalyear students due to uncertainty in conducting pen-and-paper exams during the lockdown.
*To ensure smooth hospitalisation and treatment, the Greater Chennai Corporation is working on a mobile application that will provide data on bed vacancy, Covid care centres for patients and officials. After reports of some patients being turned away from Covid care centres and a few private hospitals, TN chief secretary K Shanmugham put this initiative in the works.
*The wholesale market at Kothawal Chavadi will be for a week again from Sunday until June 14. Representatives from various associations --chilli merchants, wholesale merchants, food grain merchants, kirana and jaggery merchants – came to a consensus after a lengthy meeting following repeated requests from the civic body and police.