Tag: COVID-19

Hold exclusive plasma donation camp, Tanveer Sait urges DC
Coronavirus Update, COVID-19, News

Hold exclusive plasma donation camp, Tanveer Sait urges DC

August 12, 2020

DC asks hospitals, healthcare staff not to reuse PPE kits and discard them as per protocol Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration should hold an exclusive blood (plasma) donation camp to encourage COVID-recovered patients to donate their plasma to help other Coronavirus patients to recover, opined Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait.  Meeting Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at…

No regular trains till Sept. 30
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No regular trains till Sept. 30

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Barring the operation of Special trains, the Railways has extend the ban on the running of regular trains till Sept. 30 in the wake of rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic.  Earlier, the Railways had said that the ban will be in force till Aug.12. But with no signs of the pandemic abating and also…

Guest Lecturers continue weekly protest
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Guest Lecturers continue weekly protest

August 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their weekly protest (every Tuesday) seeking fulfilment of their various demands, which chiefly included payment of wages for lockdown period and job security, Guest Lecturers, under the banner of Government First Grade Colleges Guest Lecturers State Co-ordination Committee, staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here yesterday. Stating that more…

60 percent implementation of Vidyagama scheme in Mysuru
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60 percent implementation of Vidyagama scheme in Mysuru

August 11, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Education Department has launched Vidyagama, a continuous learning plan for children. In Mysuru district, the scheme has been implemented in 60 percent of school children.   Under the scheme, every child is covered which also promotes self-learning in children. Special attention is given to out-of-school and specially-abled…

Now Covid is the great leveller
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Now Covid is the great leveller

August 11, 2020

By T.J.S. George Unity of the unexpected kind is in the air. Karnataka’s Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa caught Covid and went into quarantine, complete with hospital shirt. Soon after the news was out, Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah also caught Covid and went into hospital. Declaring solidarity with both of them, Amit Shah in Delhi got the…

City gets one more COVID Testing Lab
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City gets one more COVID Testing Lab

August 10, 2020

DC opens Lab set up by CSIR-CFTRI at Govt. Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital on KRS Road Mysore/Mysuru: The new CSIR-CFTRI COVID Testing Laboratory, which has been set up at the Government Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital at Brindavan Extension on KRS Road was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar this morning. Speaking after inaugurating…

COVID-19 effect: Work in Govt. Offices comes to a halt
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COVID-19 effect: Work in Govt. Offices comes to a halt

August 10, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: With almost all Government Offices restricting entry of public as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19, the general  public-related works at Government Departments including the DC’s office, MUDA, MCC, Tahsildar and ZP Offices have almost come to a standstill. Barring entry of officials, staff and people’s representatives, several Government Departments have put…

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