Mysore/Mysuru: MCC Pourakarmika and Contract Pourakarmika Mahasangha has appealed Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman Kote M. Shivanna to provide facilities to MCC Pourakarmikas on par with BBMP Pourakarmikas. A delegation of the Mahasangha led by its President R. Ramesh met Shivanna at the MCC office here yesterday when he had come for a meeting to discuss…
DST develops new RT-PCR kit to detect COVID-19 new strains
May 20, 2021New Delhi: The Department of Science & Technology (DST) institute has developed a new multiplex RT-PCR kit with novel gene targeted to facilitate detection across various mutant strains of COVID-19. This unique RT-PCR kit will be a significant weapon in our fight against COVID-19 by a facile detection of SARS-CoV-2 mutations, said Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary,…
Mega blood donation drive held
May 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As per the guidelines issued by the National Blood Transfusion Council, one cannot donate blood for 28 days, after getting vaccinated, which may lead to an acute shortage of blood in the next two months. While vaccination for all adults above 18 years of age has started in some States, the same has been…
Ramdas thanks CM for releasing funds for COVID medicines
May 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: KR Constituency MLA S. A. Ramdas has written a letter to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Finance and Health Department officials, thanking them for releasing funds for purchase of medicines for COVID patients in Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts. Ramdas said that he visited the KSMSCL (Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation Limited) depot and…
Teacher teams formed to clear doubts of SSLC students
May 20, 2021Subject-wise teachers just a call away Mysore/Mysuru: With schools shut down due to COVID-19 crisis, the Department of Public Instruction has formed subject-wise teams of resource persons involving teachers from Government, aided and unaided schools, for helping SSLC students clear their doubts regarding lessons. Following postponement of SSLC exams, the teachers are reaching out to…
Madikeri Doctor suspended for graft
May 20, 2021Madikeri: A Doctor at Kodagu District Hospital in Madikeri has been suspended for accepting bribe from a patient for treating COVID. Soon as a video showing Dr. Shivakumar, a Doctor at Kodagu District Hospital accepting bribe from a patient went viral, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Charulatha Somal suspended him on charges of graft. An elderly man…
State declares Black Fungus as a notifiable disease
May 20, 2021MCC Pourakarmika succumbs; two patients from Chamarajanagar shifted to Mysuru Government yet to decide on who will bear the cost of treatment in Private Hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: The number of mucormycosis or Black Fungus cases are mounting across the State, with districts reporting a rush of post-COVID fungal infections in the past few days. Mysuru has…
COVID victim Pourakarmikas to be treated equally: Shivanna
May 20, 2021Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman assures that Rs. 30 lakh will be paid to families as compensation Mysore/Mysuru: Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna has said that he will ask the State Government to release compensation of Rs. 30 lakh each to the families of three Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) workers who succumbed to COVID-19. He…
COVID: 16 personnel of Forest Department die in as many days
May 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Forest personnel are working round the clock to save our depleting forests, the Department has reported the death of its 16 personnel in as many days due to deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The second wave of attack, which is more fatal than the outbreak last year, has claimed the lives of 16 Forest…
What you need to know about gaming online
May 20, 2021More and more people are gaming online nowadays, with the advent of the internet and social media making it easier than ever to get involved in new communities and interact with others in the great wide world. The social benefits With online gaming becoming ever more prevalent, there are some surprising social benefits that you…















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