Mysore/Mysuru: Akashavani Mysuru will be starting a new series of programme titled ‘Lockdown Kathegalu’ (Lockdown Stories) which will go on AIR from May 13. The series feature stories related to lockdown. Public can send stories on own experience or anything that they witnessed during lockdown period with not more than 200 words. Selected stories will…
Bengaluru-based CSIR-National Aerospace Lab develops Non-Invasive Ventilator “SwasthVayu” in a record 36 days for COVID-19 patients
May 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR – National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru, a constituent lab of CSIR, has developed a Non-Invasive BiPAP Ventilator “SwasthVayu” in a record time of 36 days to treat COVID-19 patients. BiPAP Non-Invasive Ventilator is a microcontroller-based precise closed-loop adaptive control system with a built-in biocompatible “3D printed manifold & coupler” with HEPA filter (Highly…
Power disruption tomorrow
May 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As CESC has taken up emergency maintenance works at Feeders, power supply will be disrupted in the following areas tomorrow (May 13) from 10 am to 5 pm: Shivaji Road, N.R. Mohalla, Ganesh Nagar, North-East of N.R. Mohalla, Kurimandi, Kesare 3rd Stage and surrounding areas, according to a press release from N.R. Mohalla Sub-Division…
Mysuru can now handle 1,000 COVID tests per day
May 11, 2020DFRL donates Mobile Containment Lab PARAKH to K.R. Hospital on National Technology Day today State-of-the-art machine a boon during Biological Emergency Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration and the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCR&I) attached to K.R. Hospital, have got a shot in the arm for testing COVID-19 cases with a new testing facility…
14-day quarantine must for all those returning to State
May 11, 2020Bodies of those dead outside Karnataka cannot be brought in for cremation Bengaluru: All those who arrive from outside Karnataka should be compulsorily quarantined for 14 days even if asymptomatic before they are allowed to go home, said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. The CM cleared a list of protocols for people of Karnataka returning from…
Low-cost innovations that can save lives during a pandemic
May 11, 2020JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research comes up with ICU on wheels, low-cost ventilator, multi-mode air sanitiser Mysore/Mysuru: While the Coronavirus pandemic has triggered a lot of innovations globally including technological developments, discovery of new drugs and vaccines, development of rapid testing diagnostics, innovations in medical practices, mathematical modelling and predictive sciences, here in…
107 Mysuru journalists test negative for COVID-19
May 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: All 107 city journalists, whose swab samples were collected on May 8, was tested and the lab reports have confirmed that the samples were negative. Presspersons including reporters, photographers and videographers of both print and electronic media have been working continuously during the lockdown. As a few journalists from Bengaluru and other places, who…
Project on to remove silt from Cauvery River in Kushalnagar
May 11, 2020Kushalnagar: Ground-breaking ceremony for a mega Rs. 89-lakh project to remove silt from River Cauvery in the Kushalnagar belt to prevent flooding of the town was performed this morning. Madikeri MLA M.P. Appachu Ranjan performed the ceremony in the presence of Kodlipet’s Kirkodli Mutt Seer Sadashiva Swamiji. The Kodagu District Administration had agreed for the…
Inmates of Shelter Camps return to native places
May 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of people sheltered in temporary shelter homes across the city following the COVID-19 lockdown have started returning to their native places after the lockdown curbs were relaxed last week. While some of them have returned to their villages, others have returned for labour. Subsequent to the announcement of nationwide lockdown in the last…
Forest Minister visits villages in Kundakere Range forest border
May 11, 2020Listens to grievances of people who have lost their livestock in tiger attacks Gundlupet: Following tiger attacks on livestock at villages bordering Kundakere Range since 20 days, Forest Minister Anand Singh along with the officials of the Forest Department conducted an inspection at Kadabur village recently and listened to the grievances of farmers and villagers…
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