He entered the scene at a time when utter chaos was prevailing in the State as to who should take a lead to contain COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa had tried and tested a couple of Ministers by making in-charge to check pandemic but nothing worked out. A big drama unfolded when Health Department…
By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: Biting cold and crib indicate the arrival of Christmas. Celebrating Christmas without the crib is unimaginable. People buy cribs, decorate it and offer prayer on Dec. 24 midnight to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The bamboo weavers of Mysuru begin preparing the bamboo cribs from the first or second…
A Corona Warrior, she was part of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial team Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Sanjana Kattera, a Corona Warrior who was part of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial team, is ‘Coorg Person of the Year-2020.’ Kodagu-born Dr. Sanjana was also involved in treating Covid-affected children. A passionate Paediatrician, she was part of the vaccine…
New Delhi: The Government of India has issued a complete set of answers to all the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Coronavirus-driven pandemic and the vaccines that will be administered to fight it keeping in mind the general public as target group: Is a COVID vaccine scheduled anytime soon ? Yes, vaccine trials are…
Health workers, frontline workers like Police, military and sanitation staff to get vaccines first New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan this morning said that the Centre has prioritised 30 crore people for a vaccine against COVID-19. “I personally feel may be in January in any stage or any week, there can be a…
Mysore/Mysuru: Today is Subramanya Shashti and the famed Sri Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway that usually buzzes with activity wore a deserted look as the District Administration had banned the entry of devotees due to COVID-19 epidemic. Subramanya Shashti is a big festival in the Margashira Maasa dedicated to Lord Subramanya. Priests…
Mysore/Mysuru: After nine months of long wait, GRS Fantasy Park has opened its gates to the customers with online booking facility. The Park had stopped operations one week before the Government Order keeping in mind the safety of customers in March 2020. With the decreasing number of COVID-19 cases, the Governments at the Centre and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Suttur Jatra Mahotsava, which is held every year from auspicious Pushya Bahula Dwadashi to Magha Shuddha Tadige, supposed to be held from February 8, 2021 to February 13, 2021 at Suttur Srikshetra in Nanjangud taluk, has been cancelled owing to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. All programmes being held every year, as part of Annual…
Vidyagama for 6th to 9th standard students from New Year Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to start 10th standard and 2nd PU classes, and also Vidyagama programme for 6th to 9th standard classes from Jan. 1, 2021. This was decided at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa at Vidhana Soudha…
Bharat Biotech Joint Managing Director says it may cost around Rs.300 per dose; Committed to distribute vaccine to ‘Bharat’ first Mysore/Mysuru: All know that Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is involved in developing Covaxin, a possible vaccine for the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. But hardly a few know that two persons behind this company had stayed in ‘Namma…
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