By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The week that has gone by has been a very traumatising and painful one for the entire medical and para-medical fraternity of the country. I say this because of the two very serious incidents we saw of hoodlums attacking the very same hospitals and doctors who were treating COVID…
In a dramatic turn of events, MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag on Thursday announced that she was resigning not only from her position as the MCC Commissioner but from being an IAS Officer itself at a press conference ! This new twist to the already ongoing spat between the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri and…
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka gives tips on how to set up a chicken house for pet chickens By Maneka Gandhi How will I know if my chicken is ill? Keep an eye out for signs of illness, such as a pale comb (the top of their head), heavy breathing, coughing, wheezing and a…
[Continued from yesterday] I don’t claim to have read in depth about world’s Prophets and religions. But of what I have read my favourite has always been Jesus. I have found that mortality and change are inevitable and are in the very nature of existence — no matter it is Himalayas or Oceans; a Saint,…
In the month of April 2021, I was going through the weekly magazine ‘OPEN’ and the review of a book titled ‘Names of the Women’ by Jeet Thayil drew my attention. It is because of the name of the author, rather than the title of the book, that I decided to read the review that…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yesterday we in Mysuru District have entered a more stringent kind of anti-Covid lockdown than what we had seen over the last five weeks. I call it more stringent because it leaves only two days a week open for citizens to do their shopping for their daily needs. Although…
On Sunday, India’s most famous, most flexible and most business-savvy Baba, Baba Ramdev was forced to withdraw a statement where he had said “lakhs have died from taking allopathic medicines for COVID-19.” But, just a day after retracting his statement he mocked allopathy by posing 25 questions to the Indian Medical Association (IMA). He asked…
[Published in Star of Mysore dated Feb. 8, 2001] Last evening, I spent an hour and a half at the Dhvanyaloka auditorium listening to Prof. K.C. Belliappa of Manasagangothri English Department speak about his Guru and mentor Prof. C.D. Narasimhaiah (CDN), who is anointed with Padma Bushan and an Honorary Doctorate from the Mysore University…
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka talks about animal cruelty & advantages of getting a dog / cat neutered By Maneka Gandhi Is there evidence of a connection between animal cruelty and domestic violence? Absolutely. Hundreds of studies in psychology, sociology and criminology, in the past 50 years, have demonstrated that violent offenders frequently have…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The Karnataka Government has announced the extension of the ongoing, nearly month-long lockdown for a further two weeks. Yes, it is the same kind of lockdown in every way that we have been having over the last four weeks. This suggests that no one in the Government think tanks…
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