COVID Care Centres render yeoman service
The Hindu
Run by NGOs, they are offering free service to needy patients
The COVID Care Centres, being run by NGOs, are providing immense relief to COVID patients who can neither have the luxury of isolating themselves in a separate room at their homes nor afford treatment at private hospitals. The centres run at the Vijnana Vihara School at Gudilova and at Sri Krishna Vidya Mandir, run by the RSS, and the COVID Isolation Centres in Visakhapatnam and Araku, run by the Alluri Sitaramaraju Vignana Kendram, are providing yeoman services to such persons.After a long, tiring day all we want is to jump right on our cosy beds and rest comfortably on our soft, fluffy pillows, right? Pillows are not quite appreciated as much as electric cars or air-fryers, for instance. Pillows are a wonderful man-made creation that has improved the lives and sleep of people across the globe. Did you know ages ago people used to rest their heads on a HARD ROCK? So how did humans go from sleeping on stones to cosy, fluffy and soft pillows today? Let’s get into the origin of your everyday pillows!
As the November 30 deadline nears for installing vehicle location tracking devices (VLTD) and emergency panic buttons in public service and nationally permitted goods vehicles in Karnataka, transport unions representing cab, bus, and truck operators are urging the government to reconsider the mandate. They argue that the high cost of these devices and a lack of awareness have made it difficult for many vehicle owners to comply with the requirement.