Ahead of the assembly session at Kalaivanar Arangam, the Tamil Nadu government had directed all the legislative members to take a COVID-19 test 72 hours prior to the meet. Express Photo: Srinivas K
Tamil Nadu Chennai Coronavirus News Live Updates: The Tamil Nadu assembly session is taking place at Kalaivanar Arangam in Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai today. The session, which will take place on the third floor of the newly built multi-purpose auditorium began at 10 am.
For the first time in 10 years, Tamil Nadu’s Legislative assembly session is taking place outside the historic Fort St.George in Chennai, which is often described as the seat of power. Officials had said that the decision was taken as physical distancing cannot be achieved in the available space at Fort St.George.
Ahead of the assembly session, the Tamil Nadu government had directed all the legislative members to take a COVID-19 test 72 hours prior to the meet. The tests were scheduled to be carried out at the assembly campus and the MLA hostel. All the members, including department officials, assembly workers, security personnel and journalists among other who will be entering the assembly premises were directed to undergo testing in their areas from September 11 through the health officials in each district. The government had made arrangements in the respective areas for the same.
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All members entering Kalaivanar Arangam should obtain COVID-19 negative certificate before entering the premises.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu recorded 5693 positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state tally to 5,02,579. Among these, Chennai reported 994 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 1,48,584. Tamil Nadu recorded 74 deaths on Sunday, putting the state toll at 8381.
The wall made of waste materials.
The ‘Plastic Wall’ project in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district will soon be turned into a solid wall using a Gabion mesh, as per a new experiment by the municipality. The Plastic Wall – a project which was kick-started on June 5, 2020, on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day’ – is now 26.75 meters with at least 12000 kg plastic waste (non-saleable and non-recyclable).
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Talking about the Plastic Wall, PM Malamurugan, sanitary Inspector at the Coonoor municipality, said, “Normally, we build walls with bricks, but these are built by soiled and other non-recyclable waste particles. Our Municipal Health Officer J Ragunathan suggested this idea. Plastics take approximately 120 years to decompose, so we thought why shouldn’t we experiment with this.”
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The Income Tax Department on Friday moved a petition in Madras High Court accusing Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman of evading tax by allegedly routing income through his non-profit organisation, A R Rahman Foundation. Admitting the appeal, a High Court division bench of Justices T S Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan ordered a notice to be issued to Rahman.
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In the petition, the I-T Department has asked whether the composer was using A R Rahman Foundation as a “conduit for accounting his own untaxed income, and as a tool for siphoning his funds”. The petition alleges that Rahman had routed income of Rs 3.47 crore through the Foundation, a registered charitable trust that he directly manages.
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