India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, May 28: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday extended state-wide lockdown till 6 am on June 7 without relaxations to help break the chain of COVID-19 transmission.
The decision to extend the lockdown was taken after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin held meetings with medical experts and senior ministers in the government and after assessing the spread of Covid-19 in the state.
He said the move was done considering public good to rein in the pandemic spread and appealed to the people to cooperate with the government and stay indoors.
Stalin said a pack of 13 grocery items would be distributed to rice category ration card holders through Public Distribution System shops from next month.
With the permission of local bodies, provision stores would be allowed to sell…