Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundi Hill Gram Panchayat (GP) President Geetha has clarified that necessary facilities have been provided to the residents of Pourakarmika Colony at Chamundi Hill. The GP President also stated that steps have been taken to issue Below Poverty Line (BPL) Cards to the Pourakarmika families and added that groceries to 14 families of the…
Shelter Camp turns into a self-employment training centre
April 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Those who have lost their jobs and shelters following the nationwide lockdown have now been temporarily self-employed. People housed at shelter camps started by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in city are now learning the skills needed to self-employ. For the past four days, those housed at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry are making paper covers. There…
Jain Yuva Sanghtan buys 8,500 kg of watermelons from Mandya farmers
April 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Sthankvasi Jain Yuva Sanghtan, Mysuru, purchased 8,500 kg of watermelons from the farmers of Mandya under its Social Responsibility Initiative during COVID-19 war. This stock of watermelon was unsold due to lockdown and thus, in order to help these farmers, Jain Yuvas purchased them. About 5,000 kg of watermelons were fed to the…
Anubhavati’s ‘Golden Baskets’ reach needy
April 19, 2020Alumni group of St. Joseph’s School provide food for daily wagers and sanitary workers Mysore/Mysuru: While the 21-day lockdown to contain the community spread of the Coronavirus was announced, it had some repercussions. Doctors got busy, IT professionals got to Work-From-Home (WFH) amidst restless children as a result of schools shutting down, Entrepreneurs were taking…
Mysore University starts online classes
April 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has started online classes for Under-Graduate (UG) and Post-Graduate (PG) students, said the UoM Registrar. WhatsApp Groups have been created according to semester, subject and section, providing students with the tools they need to read, including lessons, PPT and videos. Students can also get e-sources, e-books, e-prints on the…
Vijaya Vittala donates Rs.20 lakh to COVID-19 Relief Funds
April 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Vijaya Vittala Educational Institutions in Mysuru, which is run by Sri Pejawara Adhokshaja Mutt, Udupi, under the guidance of its President Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swamiji, has transferred Rs.10 lakh each to PM CARES Fund and CM Relief Fund towards the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This amount includes two day salary of all…
The man behind walk-in kiosks and disinfectant tunnels
April 19, 2020By M.B. Pavan Murthy The designated COVID-19 Hospital (District Hospital, Mysore) on KRS Road has set up low-cost walk-in kiosks at its premises for safe collection of swabs of symptomatic people by the medical staff without direct exposure and contact with patients. The man behind these walk-in kiosks, known as Swab Testing Cubicles is Ramesh…
Covid Symptoms and Humour
April 19, 2020As the lockdown continues with the ever-increasing list of symptoms for COVID-19, most of us are sure to second guess and even panic at least once during the lockdown. Initially, we were told to look out for chronic dry cough, followed by fever and then difficulty in breathing. Then suddenly diarrhoea was declared a symptom….
Safety first: Maintain social distance when moving on two-wheelers
April 19, 2020Sir, It can be seen through media that still many people are riding doubles on two-wheeler during the current COVID-19 period, which is against the advisory and caution given by City Police to keep social distance even while travelling. Triple riding, all without helmets, is most common even now in peripheral areas, if not in…
Shift this huge dustbin in Jayanagar
April 19, 2020Sir, A huge dustbin is kept on the road behind 5th Main, 8th Cross, Jayanagar, Mysuru. There are many houses on this road and the bin is lying at the same place since a number of years. When people come and dump all waste materials in the bin, it emanates foul smell and the residents…
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