Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Government is battling to stop the spread of COVID-19, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has launched spraying of disinfectants (Fumigation) in all 65 wards. Speaking to SOM, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde said that spraying of disinfectants (Sodium Hypo Chloride) has begun from Wednesday. Pointing out that four vehicles have been drawn…
Private clinics must be kept open during lockdown: DC
March 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has ordered private doctors to keep their clinics open, which were shut over Coronavirus fear. The doctors claimed that they had shut the clinics to ensure the infection does not spread among other patients. However, after getting complaints from citizens, the district authorities spoke to the general practitioners’ body and…
Coronavirus etiquette means keeping your distance
March 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: We must all make sacrifices in the COVID-19 Age. It’s the new etiquette. Visit a supermarket or a medical shop or a neighbourhood store today and you’re likely to be greeted outside by a member of staff. But they won’t be helping you with your shopping. Instead they’ll be ensuring you stick to the…
Udupi man kills self fearing he had contracted Coronavirus
March 26, 2020His suicide note asks family to get tested Udupi: A 56-year-old man in Udupi allegedly committed suicide yesterday fearing that he had contracted the deadly COVID-19. Found hanging near a tree outside his house, the man had left behind a suicide note to his family which stated that he had contracted Coronavirus, and thus his…
No charge on cash withdrawals from any bank’s ATM for 3 months
March 26, 2020New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that debit card holders who withdraw cash from any bank’s ATM can do it free of charge for the next three months to promote digital financial transactions at the time of coronavirus pandemic. “ …so you may have a debit card from a bank, a particular bank,…
Former Somali footballer dies of Coronavirus
March 26, 2020London: The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Somali Football Federation (SFF) have announced the passing away of Somali legend Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah after suffering from Coronavirus. Farah passed away at a Northwest London Hospital on Tuesday after testing positive to the deadly virus last week. He was 59. Before his death, Farah was…
Free fodder to cattle owners
March 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following the lockdown, the MCC will supply fodder (grass) from its Sewage Farm to cattle owners of the city free of cost. The MCC’s gesture comes after a letter written by K.R. MLA S.A. Ramdas, seeking distribution of fodder for free in the wake of lockdown. In a big relief to cattle owners, the…
What this Virus has taught me
March 26, 2020By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A Gaur Gopal Das sermon, which I wanted to share with SOM readers: Any of you getting frustrated at what is happening now ? Or any of you are disappointed that your plans are not going through ? Things are only going wrong in your life? You must…
A Pair of Goddesses
March 26, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Across India, there are many temples where the Goddess is worshipped as a pair of women. In Nainital, Uttarakhand, we find the temple of Nanda and Sunanda Devi. At this temple, we find the Goddess worshipped as a pair — Nanda and Sunanda. In Gujarat, we…
Lessons from Lockdown
March 26, 2020Even as the land’s media has been drumming up the unsavoury phenomenon of slowdown of the nation’s economy, invoking global rating agencies as well as World Bank and Asian Development Bank along with India’s noted economists, we are presently facing another unheard of and unprecedented happening, now familiar to all as lockdown emerging dramatically after…
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