Pet adoption centers have become overcrowded as owners give away their pets as they return to offices causing depression and separation anxiety in many pets. Ritu, a working professional was in depression after she lost her first child during her first trimester. Somebody suggested to her husband that a pet could help her to get […]
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Unable to pay their fees, students find it difficult to continue their education. Kaushalya and Sangeetha lost their jobs due to COVID. Their children study in a private school and they have not been able to pay their fees. Now the school authorities have informed them that unless dues are cleared, their children would not […]
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Around 6000 health workers will stage a protest at Freedom Park after the health department did not regularize their jobs. Around 6000 covid warriors are will stage a protest at Freedom Park on April 8 for the vacancy continuation in the health department. This comes after the Karnataka Health department failed to fulfill its promise […]
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Many orphanages in Bengaluru are struggling to meet ends amidst a funding crisis due to the pandemic. When the pandemic began, Bhunath had no idea that his situation will change drastically.. As the world witnessed the pandemic in early 2020, Bhunath had 35 children housed in Mother Teresa Orphanage in Avahalli, Bengaluru, where he is […]
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Double vaccination for entry to public spaces is compulsory. Local containment zones and active surveillance in cluster areas will be enforced as will compulsory testing of vulnerable populations like health workers and senior citizens. International travellers will be allowed to leave the airport only after a negative test. Fresh guidelines issued by the state Health […]
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The state health minister announced a slew of measures aimed at containing the possible damage from new and old variants of Covid. The state government is planning to train over 18,000 nursing students and paramedical staff in order to prepare for any oncoming waves and variants of Covid-19. K Sudhakar, Minister of Health and Family […]
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Government’s response to Omicron is not at expected level, say officials. Despite a rise in Omicron cases across the world the Indian government has not issued new guidelines except for international arrivals. D. Randeep, state commissioner of health and welfare services said that the department is not planning to introduce any new measure for citizens. […]
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Two cases of Omicron variant have been detected in the country, according to the Union Health Ministry. Both cases have been detected in Karnataka, according to Joint Secretary of the Union Home Ministry Lav Agarwal. The cases reported were of two males aged 66 and 46.No serious symptoms have been observed in any Omicron variant case […]
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Monitoring of biomedical waste disposal did not kick off well in Karnataka owing to low usage literacy and technical issues. Karnataka has partially implemented mandatory guidelines to use the Covid-19 Biomedical Waste Management application (COVID19BWM) for tracking disposal of biomedical waste produced by healthcare facilities. Technical issues with the app and lack of awareness amongst collectors […]
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Kempegowda International Airport(KIA)will add more testing machines, manpower and will request for more operational space. After Wednesday’s chaos at the KIA, testing centres are planning to ramp up their services at the airport. Tejasvini, a project manager at Auriga testing centre, KIA, said they will add about 100 more employees for hassle-free testing of international […]
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