New Delhi: Private Hospitals will no longer be able to directly procure COVID-19 vaccine supplies from manufacturers and will have to place their orders through the Government’s CoWIN platform. “Yes, they will need to procure through Co-WIN; it is being made a simple and transparent process,” said a senior Union Health Ministry official on condition…
Ex-gratia compensation to kin of COVID victims
June 30, 2021Decide within six weeks: Supreme Court to Centre New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) this morning directed the Centre to frame guidelines to pay ex-gratia compensation to the families of those who lost their lives due to COVID-19. A three-Judge Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan also directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to…
Don’t Close Covid Care Centres
June 30, 2021Health Minister tells District Administration Mysore/Mysuru: Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has asked the District Administration not to close down any Covid Care Centres (CCCs) in the district and to shift all Corona positive patients to those centres. Addressing a meeting at ZP auditorium here yesterday to take stock of the COVID-19…
‘Sudharma’ Sanskrit Daily Editor K.V. Sampath Kumar passes away
June 30, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: K.V. Sampath Kumar (64), Managing Editor of ‘Sudharma,’ the world’s only Sanskrit Daily printed and published from Mysuru, passed away at his residence in Agrahara this afternoon following a heart attack. He leaves behind his wife Vidushi K.S. Jayalakshmi and a host of relatives and friends. Sampath Kumar and his wife were selected for…
Strict surveillance at all Kodagu borders
June 30, 2021Despite stringent measures tourists come unabated, proving a headache to the Police, health staff Kushalnagar/Madikeri: In an effort to contain the number of COVID-19 cases, the Kodagu District Administration, in accordance with the State Government guidelines, has begun stringent checking at borders and all the tourists, general public and other travellers towards Mangaluru from Mysuru…
Govt. plans to vaccinate all college students on single day next month
June 30, 2021No vaccine, no offline classes; 15 lakh doses required; 5 lakh doses stocked Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to vaccinate all college students above 18 years of age on the single day, said Deputy Chief Minister & State COVID-19 Ministerial Task Force Chairman, Dr. C.N. Ashwathanarayana. Addressing media after convening a meeting with officials…
Ingenuous tree-top internet solution
June 30, 2021School teacher in Kodagu builds 20-ft classroom atop mango tree to cross connectivity hurdle Kushalnagar: Prosperity is a great teacher, adversity even greater. Lack of connectivity in times of lockdown has brought out the best in C.S. Satheesha, a primary school teacher in Kodagu district, who has come up with an out-of-the-box solution. At a…
Death audit expert team to study reasons for high mortality rate in district
June 30, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As COVID Mortality Rate (CMR) is still high at 3.8 percent in Mysuru district, a death audit expert team will be sent to Mysuru to find out reasons, said Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. He was speaking to the media after chairing a meeting to review the COVID situation in the district at Zilla…
CM to inaugurate Govt. employees Centenary Bhavan tomorrow
June 30, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will inaugurate the newly renovated Centenary Bhavan and Guest House of Karnataka State Government Employees Association at Bengaluru tomorrow (July 1). Association’s Mysuru District Unit President J. Govindaraju in a press release said that Deputy Chief Minister Govind M. Karjol, who is also the PWD Minister, State Chief Secretary P….
Mega vaccination drive by Apollo BGS Hospitals
June 30, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: To ramp up the National Vaccination Drive, Apollo Hospitals Group today conducted a mega COVID vaccination drive Pan India. The drive was held by Apollo BGS Hospitals in city also to administer vaccine to the general public at the rate prescribed by the Government of India. The drive started at 9.30 am at three…















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