29 countries identified to pursue medical education during the period of conflict Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Centre and the National Medical Commission (NMC) to work on solutions for the foreign-returned undergraduate medical students from war-torn Ukraine as it is crucial to churn out solutions at the earliest else their…
Ukraine-returned medical students face uncertainty
July 27, 2022Future of 30 students from Mysuru hangs in balance Governments, Medical Council not helping after initial assurances Mysore/Mysuru: Over 30 medical students who returned to Mysuru due to the ongoing war in Ukraine are ruing about their uncertain future. These students returned to India in March and have been attending their classes online, even completing…
Jaguar, black panther to arrive at Mysuru Zoo from Ukraine?
May 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Zoo has come forward to house a jaguar and a black panther that will be brought from war-torn Ukraine to India after the completion of mandatory processes. The animals were being fed and taken care of till now by Dr. Giri Kumar Patil, a native of Tankara in Mahbubnagar district in Telangana. He…
Bridge course for Ukraine returnee medicos at JSS from May 11
May 2, 2022Institution flooded with calls from more students desperate to continue studies Mysore/Mysuru: The bridge course offered by JSS Medical College for Indian medical students, who came back home from Ukraine due to war with Russia and those who could not go back to China owing to COVID-19 outbreak, has received an overwhelming response. All the…
An old memory of Kyiv
April 6, 2022By Girija Madhavan A far-off memory of gold and green domes glittering atop white cathedrals, is now overshadowed by images of present day Kyiv; shattered apartment buildings, billowing smoke from missile strikes, courage in the face of devastation. Posted to the Indian Embassy, Moscow, during the days of the erstwhile Soviet Union, my husband, A….
Naveen Shekarappa’s body arrives from Ukraine
March 21, 2022He had studied in Nanjangud till PUC; body to be donated to medical college Bengaluru: The mortal remains of a medical student from Karnataka, who was killed in Russian shelling in war-torn Ukraine, arrived at the airport in Bengaluru early this morning. Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagaudar, a final year medical student at Kharkiv National Medical University,…
No scarcity of edible oil in city
March 11, 2022SOM conducts reality check into this artificial scarcity Mysore/Mysuru: It is a fact that artificial scarcity is being created in the market with respect to certain essential items including edible oil to create panic among customers and rumours are being spread that their supplies are disrupted and will not be available easily in the market….
Four more city students return from Ukraine
March 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Adding to the list of students from Mysuru who returned from war-torn Ukraine, four more students of the city returned home safely on Mar.8. The students were evacuated from Ukraine in flights under ‘Operation Ganga’ initiative of the Union Government. So far (from Feb.28 to Mar.8), a total of 31 students of the city…
‘Deafening sounds of bombs and missiles still ring in my ears’
March 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: As ‘Operation Ganga’ to evacuate stranded Indians is at the end stage, yet another student from Mysuru who returned home safely from Ukraine has narrated her ordeal in the war torn country since the Russian invasion. Deekhsa, daughter of Jagadish and Neelambike, residents of Rajendranagar is the girl student who has heaved a sigh…
“We would not have survived if air-lifting was delayed by a day”
March 7, 2022Three more city students, who returned safely and free of cost from Ukraine, express gratitude to Indian Government Mysore/Mysuru: “We would not have survived if the airlifting was delayed by a day,” said Sriganesh, a student from Mysuru who returned from war-torn Ukraine safely on Sunday morning. Sriganesh, son of Puttamadegowda and Pramilarani couple of…
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