DMK s president M K Stalin among his supporters
On December 5, 2016, the day Tamil Nadu s sixtime chief minister Jayalalithaa died, Sion s Paul Nagarajan shaved his head. Soon, the black-red-and-white border symbolizing his dyed-in-thewool fealty to AIADMK disappeared from the white veshti of this Tamil shop owner and so did the photo of Amma that used to jut out of his shirt pocket at all times. She was an iron lady. Had she been alive, she would ve been the PM, says the 41-year-old native of Thiruvarur district who is fondly referred to as Mumbai Paul as a hat-tip to his backstory. Paul had arrived in Mumbai as a frail teenager in 1996 with barely one pair of clothes and soon became the moustachioed owner of a men s wear shop each in Dharavi and in Thiruvarur, where he is now preparing to cast his vote for the upcoming TN elections on April 6.
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MUMBAI: Passengers who violate the mandatory Covid safety protocols at Mumbai airport will be fined Rs 1,000, said Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) on Saturday.
Based on a directive issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which came into effect from April 1, the airport has begun levying fines on passengers who don’t follow the safety protocols like not wearing masks that cover the nose and mouth, not maintaining social distancing.
The Mumbai airport has placed relevant messages and guidelines on safety practices across the airport in the form of physical and digital boards, said MIAL. Regular announcements are also made through the airport PA system as well as by on-ground marshals encouraging passengers to follow safety precautions during their journey through the airport. “With the latest directive from the DGCA, these marshals will now levy fines on any individual who refuses to comply. In the event of further non-complianc
Extra beds were brought in for patients at the Nesco jumbo centre in Goregaon on Saturday
MUMBAI: Half of the Covid-19 ICU beds in Maharashtra are still available, according to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s assertions on Friday, but this is not the case in the state’s capital, Mumbai, where only 9% of the 1,800 ICU beds are now vacant.
However, BMC’s additional commissioner Suresh Kakani said that the situation is “under control” in the city because the municipal body is adding both normal and ICU beds every day to its Covid care facilities.
On the morning of April 2, the BMC’s dashboard showed 262 of the then total 1,638 ICU beds (15%) were vacant. Within 24 hours, the numbers changed: only 168 ICU beds of the bolstered ICU bed strength of 1,800 were available.