Tamil Nadu ready to ship rice and drugs to Sri Lanka, MK Stalin tells Center

Chennai: AIADMK Leaders Edappadi K. Palaniswami and O. Panneerselvam along with party MPs hold a walkout during the Tamil Nadu Assembly Session, Secretariat, Chennai on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)
The government of Tamil Nadu has made a remarkable image shift as an ideal destination for global investment, leading to an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) of 41.5%, and measures would be taken to attract more investments in the state by organizing a global investor fair. meet (GIM) by the end of 2023, Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Wednesday.
Efforts would also be made to attract more investment via the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in May, an event in Hannover in Germany, a Global Offshore Wind in June in England and the United States, he said. declared. Making a statement to the Assembly, the Chief Minister said that the government under the leadership of the DMK had managed to secure thousands of crores of rupees as investments.
A rickshaw driver, who ran over a policeman during a vehicle check near Poonamalle on Sunday, was arrested late Wednesday evening, three days after he fled. The driver, Sudharshan, is a resident of Lakshmi Nagar Extension in Porur. The police also seized his vehicle and will take him into custody shortly.
Police said on Sunday, April 3, around 7:15 p.m., Sub-Inspector Pon Raj, attached to Nandambakkam police station, was engaged in a vehicle check opposite Larsen and Toubro on Mount Poonamalle road. When he saw an auto rickshaw speeding up, Raj motioned for him to stop, but instead the driver ran him over and drove off.