Bengaluru: Union Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda (DVS) has hinted at the Central Government’s decision to vaccinate people below 45 years of age soon. This is being done to check the spike of COVID-19 pandemic across the nation. “Currently, the Union Government is giving free vaccination to persons above 45 years age. Preparations…
Lockdown 2.0 not panacea for current Covid crisis: Dr. Ashwathnarayan
April 15, 2021Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan has said that lockdown 2.0 is not the panacea for COVID-19 second wave as it was not suitable in the current context. It was better for people coming to Bengaluru from other places to undergo mandatory RT-PCR testing. Talking to reporters on the sidelines…
Government appoints Nodal Officer for Remdesivir supply to Private Hospitals
April 15, 2021Bengaluru: Following complaints about non-availability of Remdisiver injection to treat Corona patients in Private Hospitals, the State Government is facilitating supplies meant for privately admitted patients in private hospitals. Accordingly, a Nodal Officer has been appointed whose contact details are as follows: Kempaiah Suresh, Deputy Drugs Controller-1, Regional Office, Bengaluru. Mob: 70198-61430 or 90357-96385; e-mail:…
Mysore Airport runway expansion: Speed up land acquisition, MP directs KIADB officers
April 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has asked the officials from the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) to speed up the land acquisition process to facilitate the building of a 500 metre-600 metre long tunnel or underpass near the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli and to facilitate the extension of runway to 2,750 metres. An additional…
Kodagu-born scientist leads path-breaking research in US
April 15, 2021Develops ‘brain glue’ to help people recover from traumatic brain injuries Mysore/Mysuru: Kodagu-born scientist now based in the US Ballachanda Dr. Lohitash Karumbaiah and his team have developed a ‘brain glue’ to help people with traumatic brain injuries. The team found that their brain glue — an experimental hydrogel technology — helped prevent long-term damage…
K.V. Murthy was a real cultural ambassador of Mysuru: Suttur Seer
April 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Paying rich tributes to noted art patron and industrialist, K.V. Murthy, who passed away recently, Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji termed him as a true ‘Cultural ambassador of Mysuru.’ He was speaking at a programme titled ‘Kala Namana,’ a condolence meeting organised by various cultural organisations to pay tributes to K.V. Murthy here…
Abetment to suicide: Youth arrested following nursing student’s death
April 15, 2021Kollegal: Kollegal Rural Police have arrested a 22-year-old youth for allegedly abetting suicide of a nursing student. The nursing student committed suicide by hanging self after the youth had told her they will end their lives together at their respective homes. While the accused youth has been identified as Siddappa Swamy of Madhuvanahalli village in…
Post-Ugadi meat sales take a hit due to shortage
April 15, 2021Shortage despite 20,000 kg of red meat and 50,000 kg chicken flying off the shelves Mysore/Mysuru: Long queues of people were witnessed in front of meat stalls across the city yesterday. Occasion: ‘Hosthodku’ celebrated a day after Ugadi where several buyers ignored safe practices for COVID and crowded to purchase meat. So huge was the…
MP and MLA perform guddali puja for construction of Pourakarmika houses
April 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Marking Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanthi, KR MLA S.A. Ramdas and MP Pratap Simha jointly performed Guddali Puja (ground-breaking ceremony) for the construction of Pourakarmika houses at different places coming under KR Constituency in the city yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, MP Pratap Simha said that the ground-breaking ceremony for construction of houses for Porakarmikas…
Kannada Kriya Samiti calls for united fight
April 15, 2021To retain autonomy of Kannada Classical Studies Centre Mysore/Mysuru: The Kannada Kriya Samiti has called upon all littérateurs, cinema artistes, Kannada activists and all Kannada organisations to get united to fight for retaining the autonomy of Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) located at Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) in Mysuru….
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