Chamarajanagar: With the SSLC exam that was scheduled to commence from Mar.27 postponed due to COVID-19 lockdown, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar said that a week-long revision classes will be held for students ahead of the exam. Speaking to presspersons after visiting Punajanur Check Post on Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border on Sunday, Suresh…
Second ‘disinfectant tunnel’ in city to prevent Coronavirus spread
April 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A second disinfection tunnel has been installed within the premises of K.R. Hospital last evening as a measure to prevent further spread of novel Coronavirus. The tunnel will ensure ‘decrease’ in the viral load on the body surface area. The first such tunnel was installed at Dasara Exhibition Grounds vegetable market recently. The second…
‘Boby Heli Taxi’ to ferry patients from Kerala to Mangaluru
April 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The 812-km run Unique World Record title holder Dr. Boby Chemmanur of Chemmanur Jewellers has donated one helicopter free of cost to the Government to transport COVID-19 patients from Kerala to Karnataka. A communication sent to Kerala Chief Minister says that ‘Boby Heli Taxi’ will ferry patients from Kasargod in Kerala to Mangaluru in…
650 persons under Home Quarantine in Hunsur
April 6, 2020Hunsur: With the Taluk Administration taking all measures to stop the spread of COVID-19, Taluk Health Officer Dr. Keerthikumar said that 650 persons are under Home Quarantine in Hunsur, including 14 from Nanjangud, out of which three are employees of Nanjangud’s Jubilant Generics. Pointing out that 350 employees of the Health Department, 218 ASHA workers,…
Managing COVID-19 crisis…: Jubilant Life Sciences Limited extends support to State Govt.
April 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, an integrated global pharmaceutical and life sciences company, has in a press release, said that it is providing support to the State Government in its effort to deliver effective health and safety services to manage COVID-19 crisis and has contributed a sum of Rs. 25 lakh towards the Chief Minister’s…
Lead, kindly Light…
April 6, 2020A lady lighting the earthen lamps at her house in Mysuru last night expressing her support to the call given by PM Narendra Modi to switch off lights for 9 minutes from 9 pm onwards and light lamps or candles or to flash the mobile phone torch. Buddhisht Monks at Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement show their…
COVID-19: Seven more positive cases today in Mysuru
April 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Today, seven more people from Mysuru tested positive. As per the media bulletin released by the Health Department this afternoon, 20-year-old P154, contact of P104 (brother), 37-year-old P155, 57-year-old P156 and 22-year-old P157 with a history of travel to Delhi, 26-year-old P158 (details yet to receive), 32-year-old P159 (female), Jubilant Pharmaceutical Company worker as…
Coronavirus hits MCC Property Tax collection
April 5, 2020All Zonal Offices closed due to lockdown; no revenue generation since Mar. 25 No five percent rebate and no online tax payment facility until further notice Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst reports that India’s real estate market will see a significant price correction — prices may come down by 10 percent to 30 percent — for the first…
No shortage of essential items at super markets, shops
April 5, 2020Public need not panic as there is uninterrupted supply of fresh stocks Mysore/Mysuru: Be it Big Bazaar, Easyday, Loyal World, More or A to Z, all super markets and neighbourhood Kirana shops in city, all have adequate stocks of essential commodities and Mysureans need not get worked up and resort to panic-buying. Fresh stocks are…
Myth of bats spreading Coronavirus: Two trees chopped off in city
April 5, 2020Myth-buster posters clear misconceptions that bats, pet animals spread Coronavirus Mysore/Mysuru: A series of ‘Myth-Busters: COVID-19’ posters is doing rounds in social media spreading awareness and myths about pet dogs, cats and bats. This comes in the wake of misinformation being spread that bats, dogs and cats could spread Coronavirus. Also, trees that are populated…
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