While the state government has been ramping up the medical infrastructure to address the disease, the health minister has appealed to the people not to spread any misinformation regarding the disease.
Besides its hardcore cricket fans, Chennai has been nurturing a rich culture of Chess, which has become an important factor why Chennai is more than just the host.
These tragic events have left the people anguished and alarmed the government to study and address the prevailing factors that led the students to end their lives.
Stunningly, this suicide has become the third such incident in the state in two weeks after the death of two Class 12 girls, one each from Kallakurichi and Tiruvallur.
On behalf of Rajinikanth, his elder daughter Aishwaryaa has received the award from Tamilisai Soundararajan, the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
As the state government has transferred the Collector and SP of Kallakurichi after the incident, the funeral happened under the watch of the new administration.