New York: Megha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, along with two contributors, has won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and mass internment camps secretly built by China for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its restive Xinjiang region. Rajagopalan from BuzzFeed News is among two Indian-origin…
Hunsur taluk records 2,174 COVID cases in a week
June 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The week long’ Vaidyara Nade-Halliya Kade’ (Doctors’ march to villages) initiative of the Government for containing the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, has been a success in Hunsur, with the detection of 2,174 cases in the taluk. A team of doctors visited three villages in the taluk everyday during the week-long initiative, during…
Education Dept. issues guidelines for teaching of 5th to 10th standard students
June 13, 2021Bengaluru: With the new academic year (2021-22) scheduled to start from July 1, the Department of Public Instruction has issued guidelines for teaching of students from Fifth to Tenth standards, in the wake of COVID crisis. Accordingly, there will be online and offline classes instead of physical classes. The lessons will be taught in video…
Electric two-wheelers to get more affordable as Government amends FAME-II subsidies
June 13, 2021New Delhi: In a bid to push for faster adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles in India, the Government has announced an amendment to the FAME-II scheme for electric vehicles. Under the amendment, the Government has increased subsidies on electric two-wheelers that will help bring down the prices by a significant margin. According to the…
JSS Mahavidyapeetha team visits JK Tyre’s Raghupati Singhania Centre of Excellence
June 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Top Management Team members of JSS Mahavidyapeetha (JSS MVP), Mysuru, visited JK Tyre’s Global Technology and R&D Centre ‘Raghupati Singhania Centre of Excellence’ (RPSCoE) here on June 11. The objective of the visit was to see the research facilities at HASETRI (Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute) and similar type of…
Intl. experts discuss COVID-19 in India at CII-Young Indians round table session
June 13, 2021‘Innovation, information and reducing inequity of care only way to be one step ahead of the virus’ Mysore/Mysuru: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru Zone – Young Indians (Yi), Mysuru Chapter, hosted a virtual round table session “Beyond the 2nd Wave of COVID-19 in India” on June 5. Experts from WHO, Israel, Singapore, UK,…
Money-lenders offer loans to take school fee
June 13, 2021Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister has lamented reports of some schools roping in money-lenders to loan fee amount. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Suresh Kumar said that reports on some schools roping in money-lenders to loan fee amount of admitted students, has come to his notice. Stating that no one would back such…
Postpone PG Medical Entrance by one month: SC to AIIMS
June 13, 2021New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) of India on Friday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to postpone the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET) 2021 exam by one month in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The examination was scheduled to be held on June 16. A Division Bench…
Bizman’s murder: Two youths arrested within 24 hours
June 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Yelwal Police have arrested two youths (natives of Rajasthan) on charges of murdering businessman Ravish, at a vacant building in Adishwar Nagar here on June 9. The arrests were made within 24 hours of the crime. The arrested are Tejmal Raik and Prakash, while the murdered victim is Ravish, a native of Pandavapura taluk,…
COVID guidelines violations: 666 vehicles seized in three days
June 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Police, who are strictly enforcing the COVID guidelines in city to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, have seized a total of 666 vehicles in the past three days for violating the lockdown guidelines. On June 10, a total of 213 vehicles including 153 two-wheelers, 46 cars and 14 auto-rickshaws were…















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