Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar launched the programme of distributing grocery kits to 2,860 Anganwadi workers of the district at Kalamandira in city yesterday by symbolically distributing kits to 125 Anganwadi workers. Chamraja MLA L. Nagendra, in his presidential address, said that distributing essentials to Anganwadi workers shows the concern of the District Minister. “The…
Stray thoughts on Senior Citizens in times of COVID-19!
June 6, 2020Since March 2020, I have been living a life of seclusion from my friends, employees and business contacts. But there has been much bonhomie and togetherness with family and grand-children. God’s mercy and grace. Let it be. I never thought COVID-19 would wreak such searing havoc on our society and all over the world as…
Corona-free Chamarajanagar: Union Health Minister calls up Green District DC; lauds efforts
June 5, 2020Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar has earned the distinction of becoming the only Corona-free District in Karnataka and the district has maintained the distinction and has gained national attention too. Yesterday, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan called up Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. M.R. Ravi and congratulated him for maintaining a COVID-free status. The…
Staggering of visitors, disposable menus
June 5, 2020Guidelines for hotels, malls, religious places ahead of re-opening New Delhi: The Centre yesterday released a set of guidelines for religious and commercial establishments set to reopen on Monday (June 8) after a gap of over two months. As the phase-1 of Unlock India comes into effect on Monday, the Union Ministry of Health and…
Launch of ‘Amidst the Crisis’
June 5, 2020A special bulletin on COVID-19 Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Medical College, a constituent college of JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, has contributed to a great extent in all the areas of Coronavirus response-related events like academics, research and patient care. In this regard, a special bulletin was documented and compiled to reveal…
JSS AHER introduces B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Medical Genetics and Genomics
June 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The quest to understand the genetic basis of human health has given rise to the field of Medical Genetics that has vast practical applications from the use of its results in the legal battle like paternity testing to the discovery of new therapies for genetic diseases. The rare genetic disorders though not treatable, early…
COVID-stamped people banned inside malls, hotels, temples
June 4, 2020Public, Resident Associations appealed to call Police ‘100’ if they see hand-stamped people around Bengaluru/ Mysuru: As shopping malls, hotels, temples and religious institutions are all set to open for public on June 8, Karnataka Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar has directed all the shops, offices, malls, commercial establishments and even temples and other places…
Village on Mysuru-Nagarahole road sealed following COVID positive case
June 4, 2020More people have come from Kerala and Tamil Nadu to Mysuru than Mumbai: DC Hanagodu/Mysuru: The Maharashtra or the feared Mumbai link of COVID-19 positive cases has spread its tentacles into rural areas and as an evidence of this, late last evening, one woman who had come from Mumbai to Hanagodu village tested positive. The…
Three-week quarantine must for Maharashtra returnees
June 4, 2020Institutional quarantine reason for infection spreading faster, opine health experts Bengaluru: The State Government has increased the quarantine time for people returning from Maharashtra from a fortnight to three weeks. “Returnees from Maharashtra will be sent to institutional quarantine for seven days, followed by 14 days strict home quarantine, (for a) total (of) 21 days,”…
Thermal screening intensified in Ramakrishnanagar ‘G’ Block
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following two women from Ramakrishnanagar testing positive for COVID-19 yesterday, authorities have declared Ramakrishnanagar ‘G’ Block as a Containment Zone with single entry-exit point. They have intensified thermal screening of residents in the area. The main road and three cross roads have been sealed. The women – one of them pregnant and the other…















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