Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has charged 10 hospitals with the incapacity to provide obligated beds to the Covid patients, and yet, the city is struggling with the shortage of beds. On Thursday, a 70 year-old man had a collapse in the oxygen saturation and was not getting an ICU bed in any of the…
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa is supposedly seeking to have a little alteration in the cabinet. As per some sources, the health and family welfare portfolio will be bereaved from B Sriramulu, and might be handed over the charge of plum social welfare department. There were discussions and the health portfolio might be handed…
A committee of experts embodied in several districts of the state to examine the hospitals providing Covid-19 treatment with respect to their infrastructural facilities and patient services is countering lapses. The experts are investigating the Covid hospitals for the presence of CCTVs, help desks, patient counseling services via video calls, compliance regarding patient diet and…
An extensive study analysis on different states of the country over Covid-19 data reports that Karnataka may have its peak after other states have surpassed it, by nearly 25 % in November. The study draws distress with the alarming data revealing that the five most impacted states of India which comprises of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,…
The authorities have taken 357 leopards in captivity and translocated majority of the leopards in Karnataka from the time period starting 2009 to 2016 indicating the human conflicts in terms of violating the guidelines given by Union Environment Ministry. The report was revealed from the study conducted by Mysuru based Nature Conservation Foundation. The study…
With a surge in the Covid-19 cases in the state, the state of Karnataka is under a state of panic as 34 students attending classes under Vidyagama scheme in the districts of Belagavi and Kalaburgi tested positive for Covid-19. This comes up, rightly at the time the state government is debating whether to resume schools…
The Karnataka High Court has issued suggestions to the state government for reconsidering the appointment regulations for chairperson, member-secretary and members to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). The notice was issued by the Court considering the modifications during the pendency of petitions do not comply with the Water Act, Air Act, Environmental Protection…
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) interrogated Ricky Rai, the son of the former underworld don Muthappa Rai on Wednesday. This happened a day post the CCB raided his residence for further investigation on Kannada cinema drug racket case. Ricky Rai was quizzed regarding Aditya Alva, the son of ex-minister, late Jeevaraj Alva, who has allegedly…
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has announced that there will be a reduction in the penalty for not wearing a mask from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 250 in the urban areas and from Rs. 500 to Rs. 100 in the rustic areas. In an official statement, Yediyurappa stated that the reduction in fine was…
With the rising cases of Covid-19 infections in the state, the Karnataka government is reconsidering their earlier decision of resuming the offline classes for the schools and colleges following the Unlock 5.0 guidelines given by centre. The Karnataka Primary and Secondary department has made a collective decision to prolong the decision for a minimum of…
