Dubai: More than 20,000 Coronavirus tests will be carried out during the virus-hit Indian Premier League (IPL), the Twenty20 tournament’s medical partner said yesterday. The world’s richest cricket league, starting on Sept. 19, is being held at United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year because of the pandemic and likely with no spectators. Most of the…
Discarded surgical masks add to bio-hazard
September 10, 2020MCC to penalise people who do not dispose of masks in a responsible way Mysore/Mysuru: Wearing a mask is the new normal, but what happens to the one-time use surgical masks? They are discarded on streets, sidewalks, gutters and roads. This habit of throwing masks and gloves along with other trash is a matter of…
COVID-19 test mandatory for MLAs attending Assembly session from Sept. 21
September 10, 2020Bengaluru: COVID-19 test has been made mandatory for legislators attending the joint session of the State Legislature from Sept. 21, said Assembly Speaker Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, the Speaker said the MLAs must undergo test at the Government Hospitals in their respective Assembly Constituencies two days before the commencement of…
Medical Education Minister seeks clinical study of COVID reinfection
September 10, 2020Bengaluru: Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has instructed officials to conduct a clinical study on Corona relapse cases in the State. Speaking at a meeting with Task Force officials regarding COVID-19, he said a 27-year-old woman has developed the disease for a second time at a private hospital in city. This was not happening…
Set up Plasma Bank in Mysuru: AAP
September 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Malavika Gubbivani, Mysuru District President of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has in a press release urged the Deputy Commissioner (DC) to set up a Plasma Bank in city and popularise it among the people. Expressing concern over the COVID-19 death toll crossing 500 mark in the district, she said even now the Government communication…
Readership takes a beating as public libraries yet to open
September 10, 2020Most affected are competitive exam aspirants Mysore/Mysuru: As we emerge from the lockdown, the economic hiatus due to the pandemic has begun to show its results. The printing and publication industry had to go into a forced shut down as the COVID-19 pandemic had people shunning from buying hard copies of newspapers, books, magazines and…
Government issues SOP for partial re-opening of Schools
September 10, 2020Classes 9 to 12 may start on voluntary basis from Sept. 21 Students who attend need written permission from parents New Delhi: As part of phase-wise unlocking activities in the context of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines (Standard Operating Procedure – SOP) for re-opening of Schools for students of…
20 per cent SMEs shut due to Corona crisis
September 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) President K.B. Arasappa has said that around 20 per cent of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have stopped production due to Corona crisis. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he said the lockdown, imposed by the Government of India to check the spreading of pandemic, affected the supply of…
Webinar on ‘Sports and Yoga’ marks National Sports Day
September 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Physical Education, Seshadripuram Degree College, Hebbal Ring Road, in association with Internal Quality Assurance Cell, had organised a National-level Webinar on ‘Sports and Yoga for Healthy Living During COVID-19,’ on account of National Sports Day on Aug. 29. The webinar was attended by a wide variety of people including academicians, Physical…
Kids, fitness enthusiasts happy as parks and playgrounds reopen
September 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) issuing an order to open all the parks and playgrounds with immediate effect in city yesterday, the young and the old, taking safety precaution by wearing face masks, thronged a few parks and playgrounds which were re-opened yesterday. Though MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde has issued the re-opening order…















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