Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, three ‘Disinfectant Tunnels’ that are installed at separate places in Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Market on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road were launched recently. The disinfectant tunnels have been installed by the Mysuru Zilla and Taluk Panchayat and Hosahundi Gram Panchayat in collaboration with APMC to protect…
Online passes to be issued for transportation of essentials
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hedge has said that the MCC will issue online passes to traders for distribution of essential commodities such as groceries, grains, fruits and vegetables and medicines. Likewise, passes will be issued to organisations and donors who come forward for distributing essential items to the poor and the needy, for which they…
Financial Censorship: Indian Newspaper Society reacts
April 10, 2020New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS)on Wednesday urged Congress President Sonia Gandhi to withdraw her suggestion to the Government to impose a two-year ban on media advertisements by the Government and Public Sector Undertakings. “Such a proposal tantamounts to financial censorship,” the Society said in a statement on Thursday. The Congress President had on…
Members of CII Young Indians-Mysuru donate blood
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following publication of a news item on shortage of blood in Blood Banks (SOM dated Apr. 3), the members of CII Young Indians, Mysuru, donated blood to the needy patients. This noble initiative was led by Bharath Devarajappa. The reason attributed was that donors were not being able to visit the place of donation…
8-year-old among 5 new positive cases in Mysuru
April 10, 2020Petition filed in SC for mass house-to-house tests in India Mysore/Mysuru: An eight-year-old child is among five new patients who have tested positive for Coronavirus in Mysuru this morning. This is for the first time an eight-year-old boy has been infected in Mysuru. Five new positive cases have been reported in Mysuru today taking the…
Walk-in kiosk to screen patients at Mysuru COVID-19 Hospital
April 9, 2020Innovative way to beat severe shortage of Personal Protective Equipment First installed in South Korea, low-cost kiosks reach Kerala and then Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Inspired by South Korea’s innovative way of testing for Novel Coronavirus symptoms, the designated COVID-19 Hospital (District Hospital, Mysore) on KRS Road has set up low-cost kiosks at its premises for safe…
Emergency Cabinet meet on lockdown exit strategy
April 9, 2020Ministers recommend extension of lockdown; State to follow Centre’s directive Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet, in its emergency meeting held this morning, discussed the report submitted by the Task Force led by Cardiologist Dr. Devi Shetty that has recommended continuation of lockdown measures in COVID-19 hotspots and closure of all educational institutions in State till May…
Drones handy for Police to catch lockdown flouters
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: They have been seen on the streets relentlessly seizing vehicles and grimly talking sense into compulsive lockdown violators. The Police in city have also started using a network of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) to track down lockdown flouters. The drones are fitted with sirens, flashing lights and recorded messages warning people against…
Positive cases reach 5 in Mandya
April 9, 2020Mandya: Even as Malavalli taluk in Mandya district has been declared as a Containment Zone, another person, who is suspected to have had contact with those who had returned from the religious congregation in Delhi last month, tested positive on Wednesday. Today, P185, a 32-year-old male (Co-passenger, Pharma company worker) from Mandya has tested positive …
Department of Public Libraries comes up with Digital Library
April 9, 2020Now, public can access over 1,00,000 digital contents for free Mysore/Mysuru: In an attempt to keep the learning among the students active, especially those studying in Class 1 to 12, during this lockdown period, the Department of Public Libraries, Government of Karnataka, in association with K-Nomics Techno Solutions Private Limited, Bengaluru, has come up with…















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