Twenty-six districts of Karnataka have reported a positivity rate of COVID-19 way above the national average, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Uttara Kannada tops the list with 45.7% test positivity rate followed by Ballari 44.3%, Hassan 42.1% and Mysuru 41.3%. The national positivity rate is 21%. Bengaluru Urban, which reports the maximum number…

Twenty-six districts of Karnataka have reported a positivity rate of COVID-19 way above the national average, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Uttara Kannada tops the list with 45.7% test positivity rate followed by Ballari 44.3%, Hassan 42.1% and Mysuru 41.3%. The national positivity rate is 21%. Bengaluru Urban, which reports the maximum number…

The meeting of the Mysore District Hilal (Moon) Committee will be held at the Office of the Mysuru District Wakf Advisory Committee at Muslim Boys Orphange campus on New Sayyaji Rao Road today after Namaz-e-Maghrib at 6.45 pm to sight the Moon and declare Eid-ul-Fitar celebration. Muslim brethren are requested to contact the Mysuru District…

In a novel initiative, the city’s Safe Wheels Tours and Travels, in association with Let’s do it Mysore, has introduced free pick-up and drop service for senior citizens aged over 60 years who are getting their second dose of vaccination at any COVID vaccination centre. This service is within 5-km radius of Saraswathipuram and is…

In view of the second wave and surge in number of COVID cases in the district, the Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, under its Integrated Tribal Development Programme (ITDP), has launched Help Desk Centres in all taluks of the district to identify and treat COVID-infected patients as well as vaccinate all the tribal community members in…

The following individuals and institutions have adopted the animals of Mysuru Zoo under ‘Adoption of Animals’ scheme by paying the Adoption Fee: S. Roshini, Mysuru – Star Tortoise (Rs. 2,000); Sneha Manjunath, Bengaluru – White Peacock (Rs. 3,500) and P. Balasubramanyam, Mysuru – Indian Cobra (Rs. 2,000), according to a press release from Sri Chamarajendra…

Dr. B.A. Rajiv, ENT Surgeon, will be giving free online ENT consultation and free general consultation for COVID and non-COVID patients during lockdown period. For details contact Mob: 99807-57254.

Natana, Mysuru, has organised a 10-day online children’s workshop from May 13 to May 22 between 10.30 am and 11.30 am. Children aged 7 to 14 years are eligible to participate in the workshop. For details, contact Mob: 72595-37777 or 94804-68327, according to a press release.

The Mysuru Zilla Panchayat (ZP) progress review meeting will take place at the ZP Hall in city at 11 am on May 13. Officials have been instructed to participate in the virtual meeting by logging onto the website, https://meet.google.com/egz-esbr-icw, according to a press release.

The University of Mysore has awarded Ph.D in Microbiology to S.K. Ramya Urs for her thesis ‘Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds from the members of solanaccae against oral pathogenic bacteria from diabetic patients’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. N. Lakshmidevi.