Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar conferred the prestigious ‘Basava Ratna’ award, instituted by Mysuru Sharana Mandali, to four Corona Warriors of the city —- MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, Additional Deputy Commissioner B.R. Poornima, District Health Officer Dr.R.Venkatesh and Mediwave IVF and Fertility Research Hospital Managing Director Dr. Sharath Kumar —- at a programme held at…
Blood donation by Mysuru Excise Department
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In view of COVID-19 crisis, patients of Mysuru who are suffering from other diseases require blood and its component for which donors were scarce and voluntary blood donation camps could not be arranged in this period. Responding to this, the Mysuru Excise Department came forward to donate blood for the needy patients. This noble…
City Courts re-start functioning after two months
June 1, 2020Only 10 cases to be taken up per day in each Court Hall Mysore/Mysuru: After a gap of two months following the nationwide COVID-19 induced lockdown, the City Courts (City and District Courts Complex and Malalawadi Court) re-opened to a new normal this morning. The Courts had declared a holiday in March subsequent to the…
New norms issued for places of worship in Karnataka
June 1, 2020Bengaluru: With places of worship expected to reopen on June 8, the Karnataka State Minorities Commission has released guidelines for Mosques and Dargahs that include social distancing, temperature testing and compulsory hand washing. Abdul Azeem, Commission Chairman said, “Everyone will have to maintain one-metre distance and carry their prayer mats. They will all be temperature-scanned…
How has coronavirus affected Asia’s economy?
June 1, 2020With the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic lying in China, Asia has been hit hard by the outbreak. It has seen businesses close their doors, supply chain disruption, widespread quarantines, travel bans and other restrictions to help reduce the spread of the virus. This has of course had a huge impact on Asia’s economy, which…
Shops, bus stands open but no people
May 31, 2020Mysureans opt for self-imposed Sunday curfew; stay at home Mysore/Mysuru: A week ahead of ‘Unlock India 1.0’ where places of worship, shopping malls, hotels and restaurants can open from June 8, Mysureans went for a self-imposed Sunday curfew (May 31) and stayed indoors. Though yesterday the State Government declared that there won’t be a Sunday…
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary sees longest closure of 78 days
May 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary has seen long closure of 78 days till today (May 31). The gates of the Sanctuary was closed on Mar. 14, 10 days before the nationwide lockdown due to the threat of Bird Flu as some birds had died inside Mysuru city and the Forest Department had taken a decision…
Pharmacists upload data of cough, cold, fever medicine purchase
May 31, 2020Training on uploading being given in city since a week Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly a month after an order was issued to chemists and druggists across the State to upload the details of those persons purchasing medicines for cough, cold and fever on a designated web portal, Mysuru Deputy Drugs Controller Office has been giving training to…
Large parts of economy open, time to be more careful: PM
May 31, 2020World leaders show interest in Ayurveda and Yoga during Corona crisis New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning exhorted people not to lower their guard against the Coronavirus pandemic and adhere to the protocols of social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands as the major chunk of the economy was opened up. The PM’s…
No ‘Sunday Curfew’ tomorrow, services from 7 am to 7 pm
May 30, 2020Henceforth, there will be no COVID-19 mid-day media update Bengaluru: The State Government today announced that there will be no total lockdown on Sunday and all activities will be allowed between 7 am and 7 pm tomorrow (May 31). However, an order issued by Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar said that curfew will be imposed…
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