Chennai, Tamil Nadu Omicron coronavirus case today live:

Workers en route to a construction site at the Sipcot Hi Tech Sez campus near the Foxconn factory in Sriperumbudur, Chennai on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 (PTI Photo / R Senthil Kumar)

After a brief hiatus, iPhone supplier Foxconn reopened its manufacturing plant near Chennai on Wednesday as the company decided to resume operations, government sources said. The factory, located on the outskirts of town, opened after being closed for more than three weeks amid protests by workers over a mass food poisoning incident in the off-site dormitory . Private buses were seen carrying employees wearing face masks inside the Sriperumbudur campus, about 40 km from Chennai.

Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered the state government to allocate 50% of super-specialty seats in DM / Mch courses in government medical schools to practicing Tamil Nadu doctors for the current academic year 2021-2022. Judge M Dhandapani gave direction to this effect while making final orders on a written request from Dr D Suresh, assistant professor of general medicine, Madras Medical College.

After listening to the arguments made by lead counsel P Wilson and counsel G Sankaran for the petitioner, the judge adopted the orders for the implementation of an earlier government order dated November 7, 2020 which awarded 50 for 100 places in super-specialty courses for practicing doctors in Tamil Nadu, for the current academic year.