New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) this afternoon posted the hearing of the case challenging Karnataka High Court’s order disqualifying Rukmini Madegowda as MCC Corporator, to June 28. Rukmini of JD(S), also Mayor, was disqualified as Corporator for not disclosing details of assets in the affidavit filed along with her nomination papers in 2018.
IIT-Madras Research calls for higher Govt. investment to protect elderly from COVID impact
June 15, 2021Chennai: An Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research has called for greater Government investment in public healthcare to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the elderly. The current pandemic poses a greater risk of social isolation among the elderly, which may lead to greater adverse health impact, an IIT-M release said yesterday. The poor among…
Additional 1,06,300 vials of Amphotericin-B allocated to States: Union Minister
June 15, 2021New Delhi: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Monday announced that additional 1,06,300 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin-B have been allocated across all the States, UTs and Central institutions. ‘Ensuring significant availability of Liposomal #Amphotericin-B, additional 1,06,300 vials of the drug have been allocated across all the States/UTs and Central Institutions today,’…
CGHS Wellness Centre to come up in city soon
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has granted permission to create required posts to operate a Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Wellness Centre in Mysuru. According to a letter from the Ministry dated June 10, the competent authority has accorded to create 64 posts for 16 new Allopathic CGHS Wellness Centres across…
Three-day vaccination drive for hotel workers begins
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A. three-day COVID vaccination drive for hotel workers was launched, under the aegis of Hotel Owners’ Association and Hotel Owners’ Association Trust, at People’s Park, Nazarbad in city yesterday morning. Speaking after launching the vaccination drive, Association President C. Narayanagowda stated that Association is aiming to vaccinate 250 to 300 hotel workers per day…
Actor Sanchari Vijay’s funeral today with State honours
June 15, 2021Chikmagalur: The last rites of National Award-winning Kannada actor Sanchari Vijay (38) will be performed at his native place Panchanahalli in Kadur taluk of Chikmagalur with full State honours later today. The actor had suffered serious head injuries in a road accident on Saturday and was admitted to Bengaluru’s Apollo Hospital in critical condition where…
Mandatory gold hallmarking implemented
June 15, 2021Jewellers can only sell 14, 18 and 22 carats of gold jewellery from today Mysore/Mysuru: The Central Government has implemented the mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts from today (June 15). It is compulsory from today to sell gold jewellery in fineness of 916 (22 carat), 750 (18 carat) and 585 (14 carat) only….
AIISH’s fun ways to learn for kids
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Engaging kids in a meaningful way is one of the major challenging tasks for most of the parents during this lockdown period. In an effort to ease this situation, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) has created a number for videos using which parents can engage their kids through ‘Aatada Jotengondu Paatha’…
Raghu Kautilya bats for stipulation of fee based on school expenses
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: D. Devaraj Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation Chairman R. Raghu Kautilya has urged the Government to stipulate school fees based only on the expenses incurred by each school for maintenance. In a letter to Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar, Raghu Kautilya, who runs Kautilya Educational Institutions in the city, said that…
Winners of Online Chess Championships
June 15, 2021Bengaluru: United Karnataka Chess Association (UKCA) had successfully organised a State-level ONLINE Youth and Cadet Chess Championships from June 3 to 12. More than 1,400 players across the State participated in this mega event. The closing ceremony was conducted on June 13. Top two players from each category will represent Karnataka. RESULTS U-18 Open Category:…
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