Stranded people brought to city from Bengaluru in KSRTC bus; later home quarantined Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has decided to allow one-way, one-time inter-district passes to facilitate people stranded in other cities to return home. The pass can be obtained online at https://kspclearpass.idp.mygate.com/ However, there are certain conditions imposed for pass holders. It will be…
Shops selling essential commodities open in city
May 4, 2020Non-essential and serial shops too open in some localities Mysore/Mysuru: Following relaxation given by the District Administration, the city roads were buzzing with vehicles as shops selling essential commodities opened for business this morning. While social distancing was maintained at some places, people crowded at a few shops as their movement time was to end…
COVID affects Tourism Sector in Kodagu
May 4, 2020Madikeri: This picturesque town in Karnataka, which attracts a good number of tourists throughout the year, especially during the summer season, has been hit badly by the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, which has forced the people to remain indoors. According to Tourism Department officials, usually during April and May, visitors, including from other countries, pour in…
IGP boosts self-confidence of Police in his tweet
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: To boost the self-confidence of Police personnel, who have been working day and night to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, IGP (Southern Range) Vipul Kumar has taken to Twitter by tweeting “A piece from Police history. What we are doing today against Corona is not new. It is so for more than a century….
India’s trust in PM Modi has grown stronger: Survey
May 4, 2020Opposition faces severe trust deficit New Delhi: The trust level of Indians in Prime Minister Narendra Modi has zoomed in the last two years with more than three fourths or 76.3 percent, expressing “a lot of trust”, according to the IANS-CVoter tracker conducted across the country. The results of the survey was released today. PM…
KSRTC Officials draw ‘social distance’ boxes for passengers at Sub-Urban Bus Stand
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the State Government gradually lifting COVID-19 lockdown regulations in phases, the KSRTC authorities are making preparations at the sub-urban bus stand in anticipation of resumption of bus services soon. The KSRTC had suspended all bus services after the Union Government announced nationwide lockdown in the last week of March and since then there…
Corona in the eyes of Cartoonist: Expo tomorrow
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City-based Himalaya Foundation has organised an exhibition of cartoons by city’s well-known cartoonist and Fullbrighter M. V. Nagendra Babu under the title “Corona in the eyes of Cartoonist” at Jaladarshini Guest House in city on May 5. Social activist Dr. Raghuram Vajpayee will be releasing the cartoons at 11 am. MLA L. Nagendra; City…
Another Mysurean Dr. Brinda Desiraju on the frontline in USA
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Among a host of Mysuru-born and Mysuru-origin doctors serving in the United Kingdom and the United States in the time of COVID-19 pandemic is Dr. Brinda Desiraju. Dr. Brinda is the daughter of Dr. D. Rajagpoal Rao, former Director of CFTRI and Dr. Vijaya Rao, a retired Deputy Director of DFRL, Mysuru. They are…
COVID-19 Mobile Clinics screen 1,738 people on Sunday
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-19 Mobile Clinics, launched by the Mysuru District Administration to provide medical check-up and other medical services, on Sunday screened 1,738 people in 12 areas including Devaihanahundi, Kuvempunagar, Kuvempunagar M-Block, Vidyaranyapuram, Rajeevnagar, Kurubarahalli, Irwin Road, Paduvarahalli, Vijayanagar, Alanahalli, Ghousia Nagar and Nehru Nagar. On Saturday, 1,797 people were screened at Hosakeri, T.K. Layout,…
New discovery by Kodagu-born Dr. Jagadeesh Moodera and team at MIT
May 4, 2020By C.P. Belliappa Quantum Physics deals with the behaviour of subatomic particles and is arguably the most complex branch of Theoretical Physics. I do not profess to understand this highly abstract subject but know that classical laws of Physics fail at quantum levels. It boggles the mind when told that a subatomic particle exists simultaneously…
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