Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has ordered the closure of tea stalls in Mysuru due to Coronavirus scare. The MCC has taken this decision as many people were seen standing in front of tea stalls in violation of COVID-19 protocols. The order to this effect was issued by MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde yesterday. As…
Flipped Classroom in COVID times
July 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Flipped Classroom concept offers an innovative solution to the unmet challenges of traditional class room. Using video technology students digest content at their own pace and use their time in the classroom to tackle difficult problems. It also creates practical instances to foster face to face collaboration, says Dr. N. N. Prahallada, former…
Spitting of tobacco invites penalty
July 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As spitting of tobacco and pan masala may spread the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has banned spitting of chewable tobacco products and pan masala under Section (2) of Epidemic Diseases Act,1897. The District Tobacco Consumption Control Cell’s Surveillance Officer, in a press release, said that consumption and spitting of tobacco and pan masala in…
Covid-19: A Novel and MAHAN Initiative !
July 17, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Yes you may say “Oh no, this is just another article about Covid-19!” But I would like to say, No, this is not just another article about what you should do to keep yourself safe from picking up the Covid-19 infection. It is also not about what is going wrong…
Drawing teacher turns construction worker to keep his hearth burning
July 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Dundaiah, a resident of Vivekanandanagar in city, stands out as the odd one out among the 20 labourers working under an unrelenting summer sun at an under-construction house in Kuvempunagar. While the other labourers comprising men and a handful of women appear rustic, sporting rubber slippers, worn out sarees and lungis with a towel…
Rush for Free immunity-booster
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Holding prevention to be better than cure, residents are rushing to Government Ayurveda College and Hospital premises on Sayyaji Rao Road (near K.R. Hospital) for doses of free immunity-boosting medicines. Mysuru has seen a drastic jump in the number of COVID-19 cases in the past few days. Though these medicines were being given free…
Rs. 5,000 for plasma donors
July 16, 2020Bengaluru: To encourage plasma donation from COVID-19-cured patients, the State Government has decided to pay Rs. 5,000 incentive to the donors. Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar, addressing newsmen yesterday, informed that an incentive of Rs. 5,000 would be given to those who had recovered from the COVID-19 disease and donated their plasma. “Please…
Ninety-nine fresh COVID cases, six deaths reported in Mysuru
July 16, 2020Mandya reports 31 fresh cases with first COVID death; Kodagu 23 cases and Chamarajanagar 8 fresh cases Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 99 fresh COVID cases were reported in Mysuru district bring the total number of cases to 1,190. A total of 503 patients have been discharged so far with five patients discharged yesterday and a…
DC calls for effective management of Containment Zones, Home Isolations
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As the Coronavirus pandemic is spreading, creation of Containment Zones and careful and effective management of these zones can help limit the transmission till the time scientists, pharmaceuticals companies develop COVID-19 vaccine. These zones help reduce people-to-people contact and break the chain of virus spread — the motive behind Government-announced lockdowns. These zones serve…
Three COVID Care Centres to come up at NR Constituency
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the District Administration is looking at various options to control COVID-19 spread including imposition of mini-lockdown in some areas of Narasimharaja (NR) Constituency from where many Coronavirus positive cases are reported on a daily basis, three COVID Care Centres (CCCs) are being readied in the Constituency to help fight the deadly pandemic….
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