Mysore/Mysuru: Four patients, who were in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Princess Krishnajammanni Super Speciality Hospital on KRS Road here for the last few days, walked back home with a big smile on their face yesterday. Though over 30 patients have been discharged since a few days, the discharge of these four patients had gained importance…
After mass cremation in Bengaluru, mass immersion at Mandya: Unclaimed ashes of 850 COVID victims immersed in Cauvery
June 3, 2021Revenue Minister R. Ashok leads rituals; gives dignity to the dead Mandya: COVID infection is dangerous but is it so dangerous that even after death there is a risk of infection? When an infected patient dies, the body is completely sanitised and given to the family for cremation in a leak-proof plastic body bag but…
CEO visits GPs, CCCs at T.N. Pur, Periyapatna
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) A.M. Yogesh visited several Gram Panchayats (GPs) in T. Narasipur taluk and reviewed the steps taken to check the COVID pandemic. He visited Bannur COVID Hospital, reviewed its functioning and heard problems. From there, he went to Maleyur Gram Panchayat (GP) and took COVID-related information. Yogesh sought…
COVID-19 pandemic: Service to the needy continues
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the current COVID-19 second wave creating havoc resulting in many being hospitalised for treatment, people suffering from hunger, jobless with no money for treatment and medicines and even to buy food grains, members of various associations, organisations and corporates have jumped in to serve the needy. Also, many organisations are donating grocery kits,…
Help pours in for ‘Brave’ father
June 3, 2021T. Narasipur: Help is pouring in for 45-year-old Anand who pedalled 280-km to fetch medicines for his son from NIMHANS, Bengaluru, due to Statewide lockdown last week. After newspapers broke this story, Sunil Bose, former Chairman of the Vigilance Committee which oversees the implementation of various housing schemes in T. Narasipur Constituency, visited Anand’s house…
SC pulls up Centre on paid Covid vaccine policy for 18-44 age group
June 3, 2021New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the Centre’s policy of free vaccination for those aged 45 and above and a paid system for those between 18-44 age group is “arbitrary and irrational.” A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat in the suo moto case on COVID…
State BJP Vice-President donates 2 Ambulances, 15 Oxygen Concentrators
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Pitching in to help the needy in these critical times, State BJP Vice-President B.Y. Vijayendra, who is also the son of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, has donated two ambulances and 15 Oxygen Concentrators to the people of the city and district. Announcing this during a briefing of press persons here yesterday, ZAK Chairman L.R….
916 vehicles seized for violating lockdown guidelines in four days
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their drive against COVID lockdown offenders, Mysuru City Police, who conducted checking drives on May 30 and 31, June 1 and 2, have seized a total of 916 vehicles which were found flouting the guidelines to initiate legal action. Among the seized vehicles are 780 two-wheelers, 121 cars, 11 auto-rickshaws and four other…
Can COVID be detected through sound? Yes, say IISc scientists
June 3, 2021New Delhi: A team of Scientists from the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru, have claimed that it was possible to detect COVID that too with 93 percent accuracy by using acoustics and symptoms. The team was in the process to submit the results of research to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for…
‘All parties helped mitigate Corona crisis in KR segment’
June 3, 2021Krishnaraja (KR) MLA S.A. Ramdas has been on the hot seat following surge in Corona positive cases in city. Being tested positive for the deadly virus, the MLA underwent home isolation for some days and got back into action again. Talking to Star of Mysore, he shared his experiences in handling this pandemic in his…
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