Mysore/Mysuru: While many individuals and organisations have been doing their bit by providing food to the daily wagers and shelter less to cope up with the COVID-19 lockdown, Lions International District 317A has donated PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) kits, masks and mobile X-ray unit to K.R. Hospital, apart from distributing two time meals and fruits…
Bengaluru: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), having its plant at Bidadi, about 40 km from here, on Monday, contributed Rs. 2 crore towards Karnataka Chief Minister COVID-19 Relief Fund and Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) to rebuild lives affected by the pandemic and bring back life to normalcy in the State. A cheque for the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) continued extending its helping hand for fighting COVID-19 by supplying hand sanitisers for the use of field workers in Mysuru. Hand sanitisers are used when water is not available to wash hands to keep the virus at bay and are alcohol-based liquids or gels. CSIR-CFTRI prepared sanitisers…
Over three crore books available Mysore/Mysuru: The Union Ministry of Human Resources is giving an opportunity for the public to utilise the lockdown period for reading. The Ministry will give free access to the National Digital Library where over 3,82,00,000 books and periodicals will be available to read. The digital version of the books and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Stray cattle at Nanjumalige, Agrahara, Chamundipuram and surrounding areas were fed with green grass under the joint aegis of Sri Ravi Shankar Guruji’s Art of Living Foundation and B.Y. Vijayendra Abhimani Balaga yesterday. Later, grass was also distributed to the Goshala of Bharati Yogadhama in Uthanahalli. Speaking on the occasion, General Secretary of BJP…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC My friend Sarasa sent me this story which I thought of sharing with ‘SOM’ readers as it fits in with the current times: Once a man got lost in a desert. The water in his flask had run out two days ago and he was on his last…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In a typical Hindu temple, we do not find just one image. We find multiple images. For many people, unfamiliar with Hindu tradition, this looks like polytheism. But for Hindus, these are various manifestations or expressions of the same divine principle. Broadly there are three categories…
Sir, It is appreciable that Governments and many philanthropists are providing food in their own ways to the needy at the time of crisis. As far as free milk distribution is concerned, it may not reach the needy and might be misused also. Immaterial of caste or creed, all daily wage earners and those from…
Sir, It is disheartening to read that online payment of property tax has not been implemented, in spite of the software being available to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). The plea that Government of Karnataka has not approved it as yet is no excuse. This is the ideal time, when there is a lockdown due…
The Number of COVID-19 positive cases are increasing each day so also the barricades on roads to restrict people movement with an aim to contain the deadly virus spread. But no matter how many ways Police and the District Administration find to stop people from moving around, people make their way out. This scene of…
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