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Novel initiative: Online classes by Seshadripuram Degree College
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Novel initiative: Online classes by Seshadripuram Degree College

April 6, 2020

Students 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…

Nagamangala and Malavalli declared as Containment Zones
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Nagamangala and Malavalli declared as Containment Zones

April 6, 2020

Mandya: With five Moulvis, who visited Nagamangala and Malavalli in the district after returning from Delhi’s Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat testing positive for COVID-19, the Mandya District Administration has declared the two taluks as Containment Zones (Red Alert Zones). The Moulvis are said to have toured Nagamangala and Malavalli taluks for religious campaign after returning from…

Mysuru Railway Division works overtime to convert coaches into Isolation Wards
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Mysuru Railway Division works overtime to convert coaches into Isolation Wards

April 6, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Engineers, technicians, workers and supervisors of South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, are working overtime to convert train coaches into Isolation Wards, providing an ingenuous, clean, sanitised and hygienic surroundings for COVID-19 patients to comfortably recover.  A team of 60 to 75 persons are working in two shifts every day to convert coaches into…

CFTRI provides two PCR equipment to hasten COVID-19 testing
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CFTRI provides two PCR equipment to hasten COVID-19 testing

April 6, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is joining hands with the District Administration in combating the spread of COVID-19 by making available equipment needed for testing of samples.   COVID-19 infection is at present detected by a very sophisticated and precise technique called Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method which requires extraction…

Pepper harvest, coffee processing badly hit in Kodagu
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Pepper harvest, coffee processing badly hit in Kodagu

April 6, 2020

Madikeri: Following the Novel Coronavirus and imposition of lockdown in the country and departure of the migrant labour force to their hometowns, the harvest of pepper and post-harvest process of coffee have taken a hit in Kodagu. In the coffee land of Kodagu, most of the workers at these estates are primarily from north Karnataka…

Revision classes for SSLC students before exam: Minister
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Revision classes for SSLC students before exam: Minister

April 6, 2020

Chamarajanagar:  With the SSLC exam that was scheduled to commence from Mar.27 postponed due to COVID-19 lockdown, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar said that a week-long revision classes will be held for students ahead of the exam. Speaking to presspersons after visiting Punajanur Check Post on Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border on Sunday, Suresh…

Brahmins Assn. distributes food kits to priests, community members
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Brahmins Assn. distributes food kits to priests, community members

April 6, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Taking a cue from various associations and organisations which are distributing  essential commodities to the poor and the needy, the Mysuru District Brahmins Association too distributed free food kits to Priests serving at small temples of the city and poor community members at Ramamandira in Krishnamurthypuram this morning. The Association aims to distribute 250…

Food Kits distributed to Tourist Guides
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Food Kits distributed to Tourist Guides

April 6, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: A day after Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi issued instructions, the Tourism Department in association with KSTDC (Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation) distributed Food Kits to 45 registered Tourist Guides of the city at the premises of Hotel Mayura Hoysala on JLB Road here  this morning. Each Kit contains 10 kg of Rice and 1…

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