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Minister hints at extension of COVID lockdown beyond May 24
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Minister hints at extension of COVID lockdown beyond May 24

May 15, 2021

Bengaluru: As the second wave of the deadly COVID -19 pandemic continues to rage across the State, the Karnataka Government is said to be mulling on extending the COVID lockdown beyond May 24. Giving a hint in this regard, Revenue Minister R. Ashok who spoke to presspersons after attending a programme in the State capital…

Mysurean heads IISc’s Oxygen Concentrator team
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Mysurean heads IISc’s Oxygen Concentrator team

May 15, 2021

Low-cost, yet technologically superior machine better than Chinese concentrators Mysore/Mysuru: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, a premier Science Institute of India, is supporting the nation in its battle against COVID-19 by developing an Oxygen Concentrator of 10 litres per minute (LPM) capacity which is being tested for its clinical validation at Bangalore Medical…

Surging toll forces MCC to scramble for firewood
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Surging toll forces MCC to scramble for firewood

May 15, 2021

Corporation officials appeal to donors, voluntary organisations to donate firewood Mysore/Mysuru: Grim prospects of a rise in the number of COVID deaths in Mysuru has sent civic authorities scrambling for resources for conducting funerals in a dignified manner and also minimising inconvenience to the families. On an average, 10 persons are losing their battle with…

Mass cremations: A first in Mysuru
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Mass cremations: A first in Mysuru

May 15, 2021

Heart-breaking scenes at Jodi Thenginamara Road cremation site Mysore/Mysuru: While people losing loved ones to COVID-19 turning to makeshift facilities that are undertaking mass burials and cremations as crematoriums come under pressure is a common scene in cities like Bengaluru and Delhi, Mysuru witnessed its first mass cremation yesterday at the burial ground at Jodi…

No comments, says Chamarajanagar DC
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No comments, says Chamarajanagar DC

May 15, 2021

Chamarajanagar: Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar District Dr. M.R. Ravi has refused to react to the observations made by the High Court-constituted three-member Committee to probe into the deaths of 24 persons due to oxygen shortage at Chamarajanagar District Hospital where lapses, discrepancies and mismanagement have been brought to fore.  When reporters wanted his reaction yesterday,…

TVS Company Trust donates 135 Oxygen Concentrators
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TVS Company Trust donates 135 Oxygen Concentrators

May 15, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Coming to the help of the district administration during COVID crisis, Srinivasan Services Trust of well-known auto manufacturer TVS Motor Company, which has a manufacturing facility near Kadakola in the district, has donated 135 Oxygen Concentrators to the district administration. The machines were handed over to District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Deputy Commissioner Rohini…

Senior journalist Mahadeva Prakash passes away
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Senior journalist Mahadeva Prakash passes away

May 15, 2021

Bengaluru: Senior Journalist and former Media Adviser to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Mahadeva Prakash (65), passed away at a private hospital here on Friday following brief illness. He is survived by wife and a daughter. Mahadeva Prakash started his journalism career with the now defunct ‘Lokavani’ newspaper that was run by former Chief Minister Late…

Corona patient dies: Relatives assault docs
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Corona patient dies: Relatives assault docs

May 15, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors and a Security Guard of Emergency Ward in K.R. Hospital were allegedly assaulted by a group of people following death of a Covid patient on Thursday. A 55-year-old person was admitted to the Hospital for Corona treatment on Wednesday, but he died on Thursday evening. The family members and relatives of the deceased,…

Two arrested for sale of Remdesivir injections in black market
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Two arrested for sale of Remdesivir injections in black market

May 15, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police on May 12 have arrest two persons for selling Remdesivir injections in black market and have seized two injection vials from them. The arrested are 24-year-old David Enosh of Mysuru and 22-year-old Ajay of Agasanahundi Colony in H.D. Kote taluk. Both are working as staff nurses at a…

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