Tag: COVID-19

Social Distancing best to combat COVID-19
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Social Distancing best to combat COVID-19

March 19, 2020

District Administration battle-ready; DC seeks public cooperation to curb virus spread  Five temples in District including Srikanteshwara Temple in Nanjangud closed Mysore/Mysuru: Now that the new Coronavirus and COVID-19, the illness it causes, are spreading among communities across the world, phrases such as ‘social distancing, ‘isolation’ and ‘self-quarantine’ are showing up everywhere. Even at a…

Man from Kodagu tests positive
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Man from Kodagu tests positive

March 19, 2020

Kodagu DC asks hotels, home stays, resorts, dormitories to shut till Mar. 31 Madikeri, Bengaluru: One person tested positive for COVID-19 in Kodagu this morning, taking the tally of confirmed cases in the State to 15. Health Minister B. Sriramulu, in a post on Twitter said, the State’s 15th patient is from Kodagu district and…

Infosys begins evacuation of over 10,000 trainees from Mysuru
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Infosys begins evacuation of over 10,000 trainees from Mysuru

March 19, 2020

KSRTC to ply 20 buses from Infy campus every day till Apr. 2 Mysore/Mysuru: In view of the Coronavirus scare, IT major Infosys, which has its biggest campus in the city of Mysuru, has begun evacuating trainees from its Global Education Centre here from yesterday. The IT giant has sought the help of KSRTC to…

Mysuru Division Rly. DRM reviews precautionary steps to combat COVID-19
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Mysuru Division Rly. DRM reviews precautionary steps to combat COVID-19

March 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division authorities, led by Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Aparna Garg, along with Additional Divisional Railway Manager and Chief Medical Superintendent, Railway Hospital, Mysuru, yesterday inspected Mysuru Station to take stock of the efficacy of the precautionary steps taken in view of the Coronavirus outbreak.  She instructed the officials…

Guidelines for Shopping Malls, Supermarkets and PG Hostels
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Guidelines for Shopping Malls, Supermarkets and PG Hostels

March 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government issuing  directives to the authorities on the necessary measures to be taken for preventing the spread of Coronavirus, the District Administration has issued a set of guidelines for all shopping malls, supermarkets, traders, Paying Guest (PG) accommodations, hostels etc., on the safety and precautionary measures to be taken in their premises. …

COVID-19: An app to track infected people
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COVID-19: An app to track infected people

March 19, 2020

Bengaluru: In a move that appears to take recourse in surveillance measures to track people infected with Covid-19 and those who come in contact with them, Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar said the Government has deployed technology that will help enforce home quarantine. This was approved in an emergency meeting of the Cabinet to…

PM Narendra Modi to address Nation tonight at 8
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PM Narendra Modi to address Nation tonight at 8

March 19, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Nation at 8 pm today (Mar. 19) on the situation arising out of Coronavirus outbreak and the efforts to combat it, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)  said yesterday. “PM Shri @narendramodi will address the nation on 19th March 2020 at 8 PM, during which he will…

Ganapathy Ashram shut
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Ganapathy Ashram shut

March 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: With a view to control the spread of Coronavirus, all public places in Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram — Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple, Datta Temple, Prayer Hall, Annapoorna Mandir, Shukavana Bird park, Bonsai Garden, Vishwam Museum and Nada Mantapa — have been closed.  Daily darshan and programmes of Ashram’s Seers Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and …

Coronavirus threat: ICSE, ISC Board Exams, JEE Main postponed
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Coronavirus threat: ICSE, ISC Board Exams, JEE Main postponed

March 19, 2020

New Delhi: The Council for ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) and ISC (Indian School Certificate) has postponed all exams between Mar.19 and 31 due to the Coronavirus pandemic threat. The Council said the revised dates will be announced later once the situation improves. “In view of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading across the country…

Corona Effect impacts income of employees at cinema theatres
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Corona Effect impacts income of employees at cinema theatres

March 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The lockdown announced by the State Government following  COVID-19 scare has badly affected cinema theatres in the city, which have shut down. This has hugely dented the earnings of theatre staff, who were dependent on daily collections. With cinema halls shut across the State for the past few days, the staff and other workers…

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