Bengaluru: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the State Government on Monday hiked wages of teaching faculty in Medical Colleges and stipend for medical interns. Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar in a tweet on Monday said that the wages and stipend hike is in accordance with the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission. Pointing out that…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Heritage City of Mysuru reported a steep spike of 296 COVID-19 positive cases today July 27. This is the highest number of cases reported so far just short of 4 for 300. The total positive cases has now reached 3163, again a record as the number has crossed 3000. Three persons have died…
New Delhi: Coronavirus is still as dangerous as it was in the beginning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday, as he urged citizens to take a pledge of freedom from the pandemic on Aug. 15, when the country celebrates 74th Independence Day. “This year, Aug. 15 celebrations too will be in very different circumstances —…
School children not a part of festivities due to Coronavirus pandemic Mysore/Mysuru: For the first time in 74 years, Independence Day (I-Day) celebrations across the nation will be a low-key affair with fewer guests invited and school children not a part of the festivities due to Coronavirus pandemic. Instead, doctors, hospital workers, sanitation workers as…
Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing its efforts to ramp-up healthcare workforce in the fight against COVID-19, Mysuru District Administration has begun the process of recruiting nurses, ayahs and laboratory technicians. Interviews are being conducted at the Office of the District Health Officer in Nazarbad. Hundreds of candidates, mainly women, are assembling in front of the DHO Office since…
Mandya reports 64 new cases and one death, Kodagu sees 20 fresh positives and Chamarajanagar reports 28 new COVID cases Mysore/Mysuru: COVID positive cases crossed the 200 mark for the second time with the district reporting 230 new cases yesterday. The district had reported 281 new COVID positive cases on July 24. According to the…
New Delhi: A Committee of seven Judges has decided against the resumption of physical courts hearing in the Supreme Court (SC) for a period of at least two weeks, in view of current Covid-19 situation here. “In view of unanimous medical opinion that while there is a marginal dip in the reported cases of Covid-19…
Mysore/Mysuru: With Corona positive cases rising in the city, Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra directed the authorities to sanitise the houses of symptomatic patients and that of their neighbours also. Presiding over his first meeting as Head of COVID-19 Task Force of Chamaraja Assembly segment at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Saturday, Nagendra said it is…
Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan said that the KPCC has engaged over 300 doctors for providing health care for COVID-19 positive patients across the State. Announcing this at Congress Bhavan here yesterday, where he released a poster on ‘Arogya Hasta’ programme, Dhruvanarayan alleged that the State Government has miserably failed in handling the COVID-19…
Mysore/Mysuru: As one more measure to arrest the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas launched ‘COVID War Room’ set up by K.R. Constituency COVID-19 Task Force at the office of Safe Wheels in Saraswathipuram. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the War Room is one more measure to effectively contain…
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