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CHENNAI: Up to nine people can get infected while travelling on a half-full city bus with one Covid-19 positive passenger, shows a study by scientists at the Anna University and Puducherry-based ICMRVector Control Research Centre. The numbers can increase if there are more infected patients or if the bus is more crowded or if the passengers travel longer distances. In the study, recently published in...

CHENNAI: Traffic was affected on the arterial Anna Salai and the Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai in Egmore as the various employee unions of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) took out a rally to draw the chief minister's attention to their various long-pending demands, including wage revision and filling of vacancies.The rally was held as announced earlier, even as...

CHENNAI: The traffic police have booked and fined nearly 42,000 violators in the last 22 days, deploying personnel at key junctions to photograph the offences. Of these, 17,043 were booked for not complying with the stopline rule, 13,484 for not wearing helmets, 7,564 for riding on the wrong side and causing hindrance to motorists, 3,511 for jumping signals and 1,103 for riding/driving with defective...

CHENNAI: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology - Madras (IIT Madras) have developed a three-dimensional (3D) paper-based portable device that can detect adulteration of milk in 30 seconds. The test could be performed at home. It can detect multiple substances used as adulterating agents, including urea, detergents, soap, starch, hydrogen peroxide, sodium-hydrogen-carbonate, salt and...

CHENNAI: South Western Railway will continue to run biweekly express special fare special trains between Shivamogga Town and MGR Chennai Central till June end.No 06223 Shivamogga Town - MGR Chennai Central biweekly special fare special will leave Shivamogga Town at 7pm on Sundays and Tuesdays (April 2, 4, 9,11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, May 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 and June 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25 and...