New Delhi: India has approved Merck’s COVID-19 pill and two more vaccines for emergency use. The emergency approvals come at a time when measures are being taken to ramp up oxygen supplies and strengthen the country’s health infrastructure. Molnupiravir will be manufactured in India by 13 companies for restricted use under emergency situations for treatment…
MCC undertakes survey to identify beneficiaries for Government compensation Mysore/Mysuru: Of the 1,200 people who have succumbed to COVID-19 in the city, families of over 300 victims have not been traced till now. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had conducted door-to-door surveys to trace the family members but surveyors were able to trace only 900-odd…
Mysore/Mysuru: Over 20 fully grown trees including 18 shade-giving Honge varieties were chopped to widen the road in Vijayanagar First Stage yesterday. The trees were cut amidst stiff opposition from some of the residents and Green activists who argued with the Forest Department, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development (MUDA) authorities. These trees…
Mysore/Mysuru: A delegation of over 40 green activists visited the Vijayanagar First Stage this morning to assess the eco damage due to cutting of 20 fully grown shade trees. They later visited the Forest Department office at Ashokapuram to meet Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Kamala Karikalan. As the DCF is indisposed, a memorandum was…
To enforce COVID-appropriate behaviour in crowded places Mysore/Mysuru: To counter the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Mysuru City Police need volunteers who will help the administration to enforce COVID-appropriate behaviour. These volunteers will spread awareness on norms among the general public in crowded areas. For this purpose, the City Police has introduced…
Mysore/Mysuru: Along with many hospitals in Mysuru that have their own oxygen generation plants, the JSS Hospital too has one such plant, thereby increasing the city’s self-sustaining oxygen capacity. The facility was inaugurated by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the city on Dec. 26. The plant has been installed in anticipation of the third wave…
Covaxin has shown good immune response in children in clinical trials New Delhi: Children in the age group of 15-18 years will be able to register on the CoWIN app from Jan. 1, 2022, two days before the vaccination programme is expanded across the country to include them. “We have added an additional (10th) ID…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the protests by members of several organisations who are staging an indefinite stir in front of Rangayana Gate seeking the sacking of Rangayana Director is into the second week, hundreds of members of various organisations staged a massive demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here this morning in support of…
Bengaluru: With several Kannada organisations calling for a Karnataka Bandh on Dec. 31 seeking ban on MES (Mahara-shtra Ekikaran Samiti), the KSRTC has asked its staff not to stay away from duty on that day in support of the Bandh. In a directive issued on Monday, KSRTC Managing Director (MD) Shivayogi C. Kalasad said that…
Mysore/Mysuru: “Students must aspire to excel academically, hold good positions and serve the nation,” said K.G. Viswanathan, Managing Director, Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited (BNPM), addressing a programme held at Pejawar Public Hostel for Students in city recently. After the distribution of beds, bed spreads, solar equipment and kitchen equipment worth Rs. 28…
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