Including Chennai, the 11 districts in India have reported more than 1,000 deaths of people infected with novel coronavirus. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Chennai Coronavirus News September 14, 15 Highlights: Tamil Nadu recorded 5752 positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the state tally to 5,08,511. Among these, Chennai reported 991 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 1,49,583.
The state recorded 53 deaths on Monday, putting the state toll at 8434. 50 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities.
As of Monday, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 46,912. Till date, 3,06,354 males, 2,02,128 females and 29 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in the state.
According to a bulletin released by the Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu, 59,68,209 samples from the state have been sent for testing till date, with 80,123 samples having been sent yesterday.
The state discharged 5799 patients following treatment yesterday, putting the total number of recoveries at 4,53,165.
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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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