Palaniswami in a letter to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said: "There is no empirical or validated data to demonstrate that the bursting of crackers has any effect on COVID patients."
All shops, hotels, restaurants, tea stalls, and commercial complexes located in Covid-19 non-containment zones can remain open till 10 pm from October 22 onwards.
Earlier he had written to leaders of global pharmaceutical companies, inviting them to set up units in the state, promising them attractive packages.
He requested people to wash their hands with soap at regular intervals while at home and in office.
The initiative by the government comes in the backdrop of the companies mulling exit from 'certain countries' following the COVID-19 outbreak.
State capital Chennai has continued to record the highest with 569 infections, taking its total tally to 9,364.
Tirunelveli and Kancheepuram districts will be bifurcated to create two new districts headquartered in Tenkasi and Chengalpattu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami expressed anguish over the loss of lives in the incident.
Param Vir Chakra 'is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea, or in the air.'
PMK founder leader S Ramadoss described the coalition as 'an alliance for people's welfare, a mega-coalition and a victorious alliance.'
