Bengaluru: Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Pre-University education has decided to relax the quantum of mandatory attendance for second year PU students this year. The Department, taking note of the fact that students are finding it difficult to attend physical classes on account of COVID-19 contagion, ordered that 75 percent attendance for second…
COVID-19 vaccine brings back students to Colleges
January 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With steady decline in Corona positive cases, the attendance of students for offline courses has seen a drastic improvement. The students, who were hesitant to go to colleges during initial days, were now making a beeline. The numbers have increased especially after vaccine drive started on Jan 16. Since last 10-15 days, PU, Degree,…
Love in the time of COVID-19
January 24, 2021The world, according to reports, learnt of Coronavirus disease rather late by few months when people began to die of the scourge not knowing how to treat such patients. China was considered the culprit and those who travelled to that country became the carries of the virus. And China with its booming economy, there is…
Aadhaar Seva Kendras begin offline and online services
January 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s two Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASK), operated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) at Vijayanagar First Stage and at Saraswathipuram have been offering both online and offline services. These services were hampered in the last few months owing to COVID-19 pandemic. Now the services have resumed in full scale and per day…
Restore Medical Education portfolio for better management of vaccine drive: Dr. Sudhakar
January 23, 2021Bengaluru: Indicating possible second Coronavirus wave in Karnataka in February, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. K. Sudhakar has appealed Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa to restore him Medical Education portfolio for betterment management of COVID-19 pandemic as well as ongoing vaccine drive. “Having these two portfolios together will be of great help, especially in the wake…
Vaccination of Medical, Nursing and Dental students from Jan. 25
January 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Vaccination for students of Government and Private Medical Colleges, Nursing Colleges and Dental Colleges in district is expected to begin from next week. Already, a majority of healthcare staff have been successfully vaccinated in first round as part of nationwide vaccine drive. Those who missed vaccination in first round had been given another chance…
PM, CMs to get vaccinated in second round
January 21, 2021New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories are likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the second round, according to sources. With this, Modi wants to silence the voices of a few Congress leaders who had doubted safety and efficacy of the vaccines and had challenged…
COVID isolation train coaches to be modified to haul freight traffic
January 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Over 128 isolation coaches which the South Western Railway (SWR) readied to treat COVID-19 patients soon after the contagion struck would be modified as New Modified Goods (NMG) rakes to transport freight. The coaches were lying idle till now at eight stations across the Mysuru Division — Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hassan, Arasikere, Nanjangud, Birur, and…
Vaccine drive: 3,000 health staff to be inoculated today
January 20, 2021CFTRI, AIISH, Air Force Selection Board staff to receive shot soon Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-19 vaccination drive began at 70 session sites across Mysuru District this morning to inoculate 3,000 beneficiaries. The District Health Department officials are trying to build confidence among healthcare staff about safety and efficacy of vaccines in the wake of underwhelming response…
‘Difficult to bail out only hotel industry from crisis’
January 20, 2021Tourism Department Secretary T.K. Anil Kumar unveils plans to increase tourism revenues Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to the tourism and travel industry, which was once a booming sector. The industry has been battered after the stringent lockdown was imposed. Like the hospitality sector, all the other sectors and industries too…















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