Tag: COVID-19

Citing losses, KSRTC Bus Stand hotels shut down across State
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Citing losses, KSRTC Bus Stand hotels shut down across State

July 9, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Demanding total waiver of rent till December on account of severe loss of business due to COVID-19 pandemic, Hotels, Restaurants, Bakeries and other eateries functioning from KSRTC Bus Stands across the State, have shut down indefinitely with effect from today. Following a call from Bengaluru-based Federation of  KSRTC (including BMTC, NWKRTC & NEKRTC) Bus…

CM to decide on complete weekends lockdown tomorrow
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CM to decide on complete weekends lockdown tomorrow

July 9, 2020

Bengaluru: With Corona positive cases rising alarmingly across the State, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has convened a meeting of Union Ministers representing the State and MPs at the Palace Grounds in the State Capital tomorrow morning (July 10), to discuss on extending Sunday total lockdown to Saturday as well. Presiding over a Cabinet meeting here…

Dead body shifted from one village to another for last rites
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Dead body shifted from one village to another for last rites

July 9, 2020

Suspected COVID death: Cremation refused as villagers insist on lab report One village finally agrees to cremate outside its boundaries Mandya: Fear is robbing the dead of dignity. While there are many reports of many COVID Hospitals in cities and care homes abandoning and even leaving the dead on beds amid the Coronavirus pandemic, such…

Covid-recovered patient says… Stay positive and be patient
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Covid-recovered patient says… Stay positive and be patient

July 9, 2020

Virus-infected-and-cured senior citizen says one must be physically, mentally and emotionally strong to beat the disease Mysore/Mysuru: The outbreak of Coronavirus has diagnosed more than a crore patients worldwide. Soon, the number of cases is going to exceed in the coming days. It is estimated that the Coronavirus is going to affect 60 percent to…

COVID-19 effect: Farmers’ Assn. demands ban on marriage and other events
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COVID-19 effect: Farmers’ Assn. demands ban on marriage and other events

July 9, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Farmer leader and Karnataka State Federation of Farmer Associations President Kurubur Shantakumar has urged the State Government to order a blanket ban on marriage and  such other functions in order to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter addressed to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Shantakumar said that Positive COVID-19 cases are…

Webinar on ‘Post COVID-19 World’
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Webinar on ‘Post COVID-19 World’

July 9, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: COVID-19 has created havoc in the world. Society at large and professionals around the world are equipping themselves for a post-COVID world. Keeping this in view, a Webinar on ‘Post COVID-19 World’ has been arranged by Centre for Workplace Safety and Health (CWSH), autonomous unit of  National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, on July…

Election Commission set to hold GP elections in October
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Election Commission set to hold GP elections in October

July 9, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Hinting at conducting the Gram Panchayat (GP) elections in October, the State Election Commission has directed all the district administrations in the State to revise the electoral rolls.  Due to the  outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown that ensued, the Election Commission in March had ordered postponement of GP elections and stalling…

Time to balance news in trying COVID times
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Time to balance news in trying COVID times

July 9, 2020

By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Kevin Carter, a South African photo-journalist, was awarded   the “Pulitzer Prize” for the visual “The Vulture and the Little Girl.”  In the picture, a vulture is  patiently waiting for the death of a hungry little girl. Carter captured the moment in the great 1993 famine in Sudan. …

Hunsur General Hospital partially sealed
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Hunsur General Hospital partially sealed

July 9, 2020

As a pregnant woman, who delivered a baby at Hunsur General Hospital on Sunday, has tested positive for COVID-19, the hospital has been partially sealed and only emergency treatment and dialysis facilities are permitted. The medical staff, who attended the woman, have been quarantined.

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