Inter-district movement of buses, cars suspended till June 30 in Tamil Nadu

The Chief Minister said that the decision was taken to curb the spread of new Covid-19 cases in the state

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday said that the inter-district movement of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses and private vehicles will not be allowed from June 25 to June 30.

The Chief Minister said that the decision was taken to curb the spread of new Covid-19 cases in the state. “For the next five days, till June 30, transportation within zones not be allowed in the state. Government buses will be functional only within districts. Private vehicles will not be allowed to cross from one district to another,” Palaniswami said.

“Movement of private vehicles to another district will be allowed only after obtaining e-passes from Tamil Nadu government website,” he added. The state on Wednesday reported 2,865 new coronavirus cases and 33 deaths. With this, the total number of cases reached 67,468, while the toll increased to 866, according to Tamil Nadu Health Department.

Pakistan fails to check terror group funding, stays on FATF’s ‘Grey List’

The decision was taken at the FATF’s third and final plenary held virtually because of the Covid-19 pandemic

The global terror financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force, on Wednesday decided to keep Pakistan on the ‘Grey List’ as it has failed to check flow of money to terror groups like the LeT and the JeM, officials said.The decision was taken at the FATF’s third and final plenary held virtually because of the Covid-19 pandemic.The plenary was held under the Chinese Presidency of Xiangmin Liu.“The FATF plenary decided continuation of Pakistan in ‘Grey List’ till its next meeting to be held in October,” an official privy to the development said.

The decision has been taken as Pakistan has failed to check flow of money to terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed , the official said. 

Pakistan remains safe haven for terrorists: US reportPakistan took “modest steps” in 2019 to counter terror financing and restrain India-focused militant groups from conducting large-scale attacks following the Pulwama attack in February, but it remained a “safe harbor” for regionally focused terrorist groups, the US said on Wednesday.The suspension of US aid to Pakistan, which was announced by President Donald Trump in January 2018, remained in effect throughout 2019, the State Department said.  PTI

DMK MLA J Anbazhagan succumbs to Covid-19 in Chennai on his birthday

The condition of 62-year old MLA, who has been fighting for his life with severe Covid-19 pneumonia rapidly deteriorated early this morning

DMK legislator J Anbazhagan who had tested positive for coronavirus and was on ventilator support died of Covid-19 in a hospital in Chennai on Wednesday, a private hospital said. The condition of 62-year old MLA, who has been fighting for his life with severe Covid-19 pneumonia rapidly deteriorated early this morning. “Inspite of full medical support, including mechanical ventilation at our Covid-19 facility, he succumbed to his illness,” Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre said in a statement. Coincidently, today is the 62nd birthday of the MLA.

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Anbazhagan representing the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly seat in the Tamil Nadu assembly is the first Tamil lawmaker to test positive for coronavirus and die of it. The DMK leader was re-elected from the same constituency in 2016. In 2011, he was elected to Tamil Nadu Assembly from Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni seat. Before serving for his present constituency, in 2001 Anbazhagan was elected from T Nagar Assembly constituency. He served there for five years.

The lawmaker was admitted in the hospital on June 2 with acute respiratory distress syndrome and his Covid PCR test returned positive at the time of admission.Initially, he was managed with oxygen therapy through face mask and later on, he was put on ventilator support as his respiratory distress worsened,” the hospital had earlier said.