Karnataka

Farmers who commit suicide are cowards, says Karnataka Minister

6:20 pm December 3, 2020

Bengaluru: Karnataka Agriculture Minister B C Patil on Thursday said the farmers who commit suicide are cowards. “The farmers who commit suicide are cowards. Only a coward who can’t take care of his wife and children commits suicide. When we have fallen (in the water), we have to swim and win,” Patil said addressing farmers at Ponnampet in Kodagu district […]

Health ministry’s telemedicine service eSanjeevani completes 9 lakh consultations

11:44 pm December 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Union health ministry’s national telemedicine initiative eSanjeevani completed nine lakh consultations on Wednesday, with Tamil Nadu recording the highest number of services obtained followed by Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. The top 10 states with the highest consultations through eSanjeevani and eSanjeevaniOPD platforms are Tamil Nadu (2,90,770), Uttar Pradesh (2,44,211), Kerala (60,401), Madhya […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Covaxin Phase-3 trials begins in Karnataka

7:37 pm December 2, 2020

Bengaluru: Karnataka is fully prepared for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine, Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Wednesday, as phase-III clinical trial of “Covaxin” being developed by Bharat Biotech began in the state. The minister said it was a matter of pride for the state with clinical trials taking place at 25 centres of 12 states across the […]

Six dead in car-truck collision in Telangana

2:10 pm December 2, 2020

Hyderabad: Six people, including a girl child died and three other injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling collided with a truck carrying borewell rig at Chevella near here on Wednesday morning, police said. The victims were on their way to Gurmitkal in Karnataka from the city and a total of 11 members […]

Rains likely in TN, Kerala, coastal AP; low pressure to become depression soon

11:44 pm November 29, 2020

Chennai: A well marked low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is very likely to concentrate into a depression on Monday and bring moderate to heavy and extremely heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and coastal Andhra Pradesh over the next four days, the IMD said. Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar said […]