Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow between 10 am and 6 pm in the following areas: Janatanagar, T.K. Layout, Raghavendra Mutt and surrounding areas, according to a press release from Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC).
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Karnataka Bandh evokes mixed response in city
September 28, 2020Police take protesting farmers into preventive custody Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Bandh called by farmer organisations, with support from over 30 Labour, Social, Trader and other associations, in protest against the recent amendments to Land Reforms, APMC, Labour and Electricity Acts, evoked mixed response in city this morning. Almost all shops and commercial establishments remained shut…
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Covishield trial enters Phase III at JSS Hospital
September 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine — Covishield — developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured at the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), which began at JSS Hospital here in August, has completed the Phase II and the analysing process is going on. Five volunteers, who had enrolled for the Phase II…
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Mysuru COVID-19 Update: September 28, 2020
September 28, 2020Mysuru reports 240 new COVID-19 positive cases, 20 discharges and 2 deaths today.
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COVID test must for those taking part in ‘Jumboo Savari’: Minister
September 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that everyone taking part in ‘Jumboo Savari‘ procession will be tested for COVID-19 five days ahead of the event. He was speaking to presspersons after holding a Dasara preparatory meeting at the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Siddarthanagar yesterday. Pointing out that those attending the procession should possess a…
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‘Govt. must utilise Rs. 15 crore Dasara fund for COVID care’
September 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chamarajanagar Congress MP R. Dhruvanarayan said that the Government must spend Rs. 15 crore Dasara fund for stopping the spread of the deadly COVID-19 contagion which is causing havoc across the globe. Speaking at the launch of the party’s ‘Arogya Hasta’ — COVID awareness programme — at Devaraja Mohalla in city, by offering…
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Fearless Abhimanyu had made a pair of huge wild elephants retreat: Former Veterinarian
September 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Retired Forest Department Veterinarian and Deputy Director of Kodagu District Animal Husbandry Department Dr. B.C. Chittiappa, who spoke at ‘Mysuru Dasara Aanegalu,’ a series of webinars organised by the Forest Department, in association with Asian Elephant Support (AES) organisation, recollected his moments with this year’s Golden Howdah elephant Abhimanyu. Speaking at the fifth series…
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Cauvery Nisargadhama near Kushalnagar witnesses spurt in tourist footfalls
September 28, 2020Kushalnagar: With the Government opening up the tourism sector following phased COVID-19 induced lockdown relaxations, Cauvery Nisargadhama, a prominent tourist destination near Kushalnagar in Kodagu, is witnessing a spurt in the number of tourists in recent days. Yesterday, being a Sunday, the tourist spot recorded as many as 600 visitors and this number is significantly…
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Union Health Minister cautions against “routine use” of plasma therapy
September 28, 2020New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Sunday cautioned against “routine use” of plasma therapy and anti-viral drug Remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients, stating that these are “investigational therapies” and should be adopted “rationally”. Anti-viral drug Remdesivir and Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) are being used widely, besides other drugs, to treat critically ill…
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CM defends Farm Bills
September 28, 2020Bengaluru: Even as the bandh was on, Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa, who addressed a press meet at his Home Office ‘Krishna’ in Bengaluru this afternoon, strongly defended the farm bills introduced by the Centre and the amendments made by the State Government to Land Reforms and APMC Acts. He said that they were only…
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