Karnataka

Leh to Delhi: Daily 1000-km journey to send mother’s milk to her newborn

10:51 pm July 21, 2020

New Delhi: For nearly a month, 33-year-old Jikmet Wangdus and his brother-in-law have been going to the Delhi international airport daily to collect a box flown all the way from Leh. Except, the package is not an ordinary one. The box has seven small containers inside, each carrying the precious breast milk of Wangdus’ wife for their […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Karnataka announces incentives of Rs 5,000 for plasma donors

10:51 pm July 15, 2020

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that an incentive of Rs 5,000 would be given to people who have recovered from the coronavirus infection and are willing to donate plasma to help cure other COVID-19 patients. Highlighting that 17,390 people have recovered in the state out of which 4,992 are in Bengaluru, medical education minister K Sudhakar appealed to […]

Hetero Healthcare Ltd starts supply of generic Remdesivir

1:21 pm July 15, 2020

Hyderabad: Hetero Healthcare Ltd is supplying 60,000 vials of Covifor, generic version of Remdesivir injection in the country from July 13 to 20, the company website said. Covifor is the first generic brand of Remdesivir, which is meant for treatment of COVID-19 patients that are adults and children, hospitalised with severe symptoms of the disease. […]

Newly-wed lovers threatened, killed for seeking police help

7:47 pm July 12, 2020

Bengaluru: Infuriated over a newly-wed couple lodging a police complaint of a threat to their lives, the bride’s kin allegedly killed five of the bridegroom’s family, police said on Sunday. The crime took place at Sindhanur in Raichur district of Karnataka on Saturday night and five people were arrested, the police said. Maunesh and Manjula […]

Centre approves AIIMS for Bihar's Darbhanga

Priority is close monitoring, guiding containment work in areas with high infection rate: PM Modi

8:41 pm July 11, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appreciated the efforts of the Centre, state and the local authorities in containing the COVID-19 situation in Delhi, and directed that a similar approach be replicated in checking the pandemic in the entire NCR area. “Priority is close monitoring and guiding the containment works in regions where the infection rate is high,” […]