COVID cases reported from rural areas were more than urban in 22 districts of Karnataka between May 25 and June 8, accounting for over 50% to 85% of total cases. The increase in the number of cases in rural areas is a matter of concern, admitted CN Ashwath Narayana, deputy CM and head of the […]
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A special COVID-19 vaccination camp has been organised in Bengaluru for people going abroad. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan said. “There was a lot of demand by the students and people travelling abroad for education or job purposes,” he said. “We started an exclusive vaccination centre at the Bangalore City University for people who
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Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa today announced that the lockdown in the state has been extended till 6 am on June 14. He added that the decision has been taken based on the advice of experts.
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Karnataka is hoping to adopt drone technology to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to remote areas, medicines in containment zones and to sanitise the primary health centres in the state. A taskforce headed by Bengaluru central MP P.C. Mohan has roped in Garuda Aerospace, a startup company to run the pilot project in the city on Tuesday,
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A total of over 20 lakh COVID-19 related recoveries have been recorded in Karnataka so far, as the state on Tuesday reported 38,224 new discharges, continuing to outnumber the fresh cases, which was at 22,758, the health department said on Tuesday. The state logged 588 more deaths, taking the toll to 26,399, while the caseload
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Primary and secondary education minister Suresh Kumar said free smartphones will be distributed to government school children. Talking to the media after meeting with officials at the DDPI office, he said the survey on smartphone distribution has already been conducted. Poor students of villages should not be deprived of online education. We don’t know what
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Karnataka reports * 39,510 new #COVID19 cases * 15,879 new cases found in #Bangalore ( 259 deaths) * 480 deaths due to #coronavirus
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Karnataka is seriously considering a complete ban on hookah bars, said state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the Legislative Assembly. He was replying to a question raised by Congress member Sowmya Reddy in the assembly on Tuesday. The minister said that the issue will be discussed with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) authorities. He also
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Karnataka: About 1,100 farmers in Karnataka signed an agreement to sell their paddy directly to Reliance Retail, arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), above the minimum support price (MSP) through an agro-based company at Sindhanur in Raichur, according to IANS reports. As per the reports Swasthya Farmers Producing Company (SFPC) Managing Director V. Mallikarjun said
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Mysuru/Karnataka: Karnataka has put on a ‘high alert’ due to bird flu in neighboring state Kerala. The Government of Kerala declared bird flu as a state disaster when the outbreak was identified in the districts of Kottayam and Alappuzha, recently. Bird flu outbreak was also reported in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The Centre notified the
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