Covid cases rises in state University semester exams in Tamil Nadu slated for later this month have been deferred indefinitely, the government said on Monday. Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi said the decision has been taken in consultation with Chief Minister M K Stalin who was keen about students’ welfare.
“All university exams are being deferred indefinitely due to the surging covid numbers. The revised schedule will be announced later,” he told reporters here. Presently, colleges are closed for study holidays and if there are complaints of any institution remaining open, they will be asked to close down, he added.
Amid a steep rise in its coronavirus cases over the past few days, Tamil Nadu on Sunday reported 12,895 new cases while its active infections touched 51,335. With a steep rise in coronavirus positive cases and the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday launched the precaution dose against COVID-19 for healthcare workers, frontline workers and those above 60 years of age with co-morbidities in the state.
The photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not appear on the Covid vaccination certificates in these states. Five poll-bound states as the Model Code of Conduct has come into effect following the Election Commission of India’s announcement. The Union Ministry of Health has applied filters on the CoWIN portal government web portal for Covid-19 vaccination registration–to exclude PM Modi’s photo from the vaccine certificate.
Model Code of Conduct comes into force immediately after the poll schedule is announced by the Election Commission and stays in effect till the elections are completed. Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur, and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7 in seven phases.
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The counting of votes for all five states will take place on March 10. In March last year, Union Health Ministry had taken a similar initiative during the elections held in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry as suggested by the Election Commission following complaints raised by some political parties.
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