Engineering team studying silt deposit and examining if rivers have changed course Kushalnagar: Water level at Harangi Dam in Kodagu is slowly depleting. From its maximum capacity of 8.5 tmcft, the Dam level presently stands at 0.3 tmcft. While the current inflow (recorded this morning) to the dam is 103 cusecs, the outflow stands at…
Mysuru: The Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Common Entrance Test for B.Ed and MBA, which was scheduled for Jan.6, has been postponed to Feb.10. While the B.Ed test is from 11 am to 1 pm, the MBA test is from 3 pm to 5 pm. According to UGC order, the last date for admission to…
Washington: Mysuru-born Gita Gopinath has joined International Monetary Fund (IMF) as its Chief Economist, becoming the first woman to occupy the top IMF post. Gita Gopinath took charge last week at a time when she believes the world is experiencing a retreat from globalisation, posing challenges to multilateral institutions. Her parents T.V. Gopinath and V.C….
Somwarpet: A youth from Mysuru, who had been to Makkalagudi Betta near Somwarpet in Kodagu, was brutally assaulted by a person last evening. The victim, who has suffered serious injuries, was provided first-aid at Kodagu District Hospital in Madikeri and was later shifted to a private hospital in Mysuru. The victim is 24-year-old Rakesh, son…
Mysuru: The 2019 Diary and Calendar brought out by the Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) were released at a programme organised at MDJA premises in Agrahara here this morning. Speaking after releasing the Diary, Tharun Giri, Managing Director, The Windflower Resorts and Spa, recalled that Mysuru bagging the Cleanest City tag twice was no mean…
Mysuru: A 35-year-old home-maker has become the first person in the city to be treated for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome using ECMO at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital (NH), Mysuru. She was admitted to a city hospital initially and was on ventilator with negligible improvement. Doctors at NH were consulted after five days and the patient…
Mysuru: A state-of-the-art Dialysis Centre was inaugurated at Columbia Asia Hospital in Mysuru here on Monday. The new Unit boasts of 12 individual dialysis ‘stations’ in a fully air- conditioned area with individual flat-screen televisions, so patients can watch their favourite programmes and use the Centre’s free Wi-Fi facility in comfort. The Unit is scientifically…
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday appointed former UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) Chief Nandan Nilekani as the chairman of a five-member high-level Committee to head the digital payments panel. The Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments will be chaired by Nandan Nilekani, the RBI said in a statement. The Committee,…
Lifetime Achievement Award to Padma Bhushan Dr. B.V. Sreekantan Mysuru: Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA), an autonomous organisation under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, is organising the Eleventh KSTA Conference in association with NMKRV College for Women, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, on Feb.1 and Feb.2 (Friday & Saturday). Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy…
Mysurean loses Rs.1.25 lakh Mysuru: The Cyber Crime Police have arrested a man in Bihar for swindling a total of Rs.1.25 lakh from the Bank accounts of one M.L. Parashuram, a resident of city. The arrested is 31-year-old Brij Kishore Prasad, a native of West Champaran district of Bihar, who was staying at Asansol, Paschim…
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