Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami writes to PM Modi, seeks 20 lakh doses of Covid vaccine from Centre
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Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami writes to PM Modi, seeks 20 lakh doses of Covid vaccine from CentrePTI
Last Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 12:57 PM IST
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In a letter to Modi, the chief minister said directions are being issued by National and certain State regulators, prioritising supplies by individual manufacturers to certain states and restricting Remdesivir sales only within the state where the drug was being produced.
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The Tamil Nadu government on Friday urged the Centre to allocate an assured supply of 20 lakh doses of covid vaccines to ensure unhindered immunisation and batted against any restriction on supply of Remdesivir, used in COVID-19 treatment. Chief Minister K Palaniswami told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that an Integrated Vaccine complex near Chennai was ready and appealed that it be brought to working condition at the earliest to augment production o
Time for voters to have their say in Tamil Nadu
As for Stalin, his party has been out of power for two consecutive terms and is confident of victory now, keen as it is on exploiting anti-incumbency in a wave-less election.
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DMK president MK Stalin (L) and Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami (File photo | EPS)
A total of 3,998 candidates have taken position after high-octane political campaigning reached a heady crescendo during the last few days before one of the most riveting poll battles in the history of Tamil Nadu, scheduled for today. They will be vying for the preference of 3,19,39,112 women, 3,09,23,651 men and 7,192 transgender people to be elected across 234 constituencies to the 16th Legislative Assembly. For AIADMK’s Edappadi K Palaniswami and the DMK’s M K Stalin, it’s a do-or-die battle. Palaniswami’s last-minute announcements of 10.5% Vanniyar quota and 7.5% reservation for government school students in NEET as also a slew of
Voters stand in a queue at Kasimedu in Chennai on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: MK Stalin-led DMK and Tamil Nadu chief minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami-led AIADMK are locked in a tight battle in the state which voted on Tuesday. The two parties, which were similar in some respects, have slowly become more dissimilar.
Similarities
The most common point between the DMK and the AIADMK was that the two were led by charismatic leaders. The DMK was headed by M Karunanidhi from 1969 till his death on August 7, 2018. He was a screenwriter in Tamil films who rose to become the chief minister of the state on several occasions.
Tamil Nadu elections 2021: Political Jigarthanda in last five years
The demise of State’s tall leaders, accompanied by protests, cyclones, and defections, have added more colour to the upcoming elections.
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The demise of State’s tall leaders, accompanied by protests, cyclones, and defections, have added more colour to the upcoming elections. Here are those whose political charts fluctuated over the last five years
Man of the match
He was considered the lucky one. In a State where many like MK Stalin were standing in a long queue for the CM chair, Palaniswami, who had been keeping a low profile until then, made it to the post. Not just that.