Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the health authorities, in a swift move, have converted the New District Hospital on KRS Road as District COVID-19 Hospital, BJP leader and former Chairman of Exhibition Authority Raghu Kautilya has suggested the District Administration to set up a temporary COVID-19 Hospital with quarantine facility at the sprawling Dasara Expo Ground. In…
New District Hospital Doctors get uninterrupted food supplies
April 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the New District Hospital on KRS Road converted into a COVID-19 Care Hospital, some good Samaritans of the city have ensured that the Doctors of the Hospital, who are striving hard round the clock taking care of the patients, get timely food on a regular basis. Dr. Dilip of Mysore Rotary Zone-8, who…
COVID-19 awareness campaign vehicles launched
April 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Joining the ongoing efforts to fight the deadly Novel Coronavirus, the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), in association with the city’s Human Rights Organisation, launched COVID-19 awareness campaign vehicles yesterday. Principal District and Sessions Court Judge Suresh K. Vontigodi flagged off the vehicles at the City Law Courts premises here. Speaking on the occasion,…
Musings on power of prayer and lighting of oil lamps !
April 7, 2020One of the reasons why some people continue to break rules with impunity in this country is because few of them are called out or held accountable. This has to end now. Criminal, reckless, irresponsible acts that endanger peoples lives need to be not only condemned but those responsible for such acts must be held…
Can we feel good in a hospital ?
April 7, 2020By T.J.S. George So, a mere virus is enough to bring humanity on its knees. The phrase “mere virus” may be an understatement in the present context, for corona has not only changed everybody’s lifestyle but is changing also the way society functions. Life is teaching us that an invisible invader, ten-thousandth of a millimetre…
Cargo plane with COVID-19 essentials lands at Mysore Airport
April 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown has stalled domestic and commercial flights. Still the skies are buzzing with regular cargo flights to transport critical medical equipment and supplies. Several small airports in India including the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli have been earmarked as Lifeline UDAN Airports that will facilitate transport…
First Coronavirus positive patient in Mysuru cured
April 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst the dark clouds cast by the killer Coronavirus, here is a silver lining. The first patient to test positive in Mysuru has been cured and is likely to be discharged today evening. This positive news comes a day after lakhs of diyas and mobile phone lights lit Mysuru’s landscape following Prime Minister Narendra…
India last night at 9: Lights out, lamps on Crores of people respond to PM’s appeal; light candles, diyas, turn on mobile phone torches
April 6, 2020New Delhi: Crores of Indians across the country including Mysuru, Karnataka’s cultural capital, switched off lights at their homes and lit candles and diyas or turned on mobile phone torches last night, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to show the nation’s “collective resolve and solidarity” in its fight against Coronavirus with this symbolic…
Deve Gowda lights lamps, Revanna holds two candles; HDK tweets disapproval
April 6, 2020Bengaluru: In Karnataka, Governor Vajubhai Vala, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, his Cabinet Ministers and lakhs of the ruling BJP’s cadres joined the people in lighting the lamps. “Vala lit the lamp at 9 pm on the roof terrace of Raj Bhavan,” said a communiqué from the Governor’s office. “It is again resolved that we are…
Novel initiative: Online classes by Seshadripuram Degree College
April 6, 2020Students express joy of learning from home even during lockdown Mysore/Mysuru: Seshadripuram Degree College, Mysuru, has started online classes for students, by making use of the technology, to enable students to reap the fruits of it during the lockdown period, while joining the nation to fight the covid-19, by staying at home. This novel initiative…
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