Minister visits college
The Hindu
Minister for Textiles and Sugar Shankar Patil Munenakoppa on Sunday visited the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Medical and College and Hospital premises in Dharwad, where over 300 people tested posi
Minister for Textiles and Sugar Shankar Patil Munenakoppa on Sunday visited the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Medical and College and Hospital premises in Dharwad, where over 300 people tested positive for COVID-19 this week.
“There is no need to panic about the incident wherein some have have tested positive for COVID-19. The situation is under control. The whole area is declared a containment zone, along with an area in a radius of 500 metres around the premises. Strict compliance of COVID-19 protocol will be followed,’’ the Minister told journalists after the visit. He said that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was closely monitoring the situation.
COVID-19 tests were conducted on all the 3,973 doctors, staff and students of the college. Of these, 306 tested positive. The tests followed complaints by some students that they have symptoms such as cough and fever. This followed a cultural programme organised in the Dr. Veerendra Heggade Auditorium in Dharwad from November 15-19, in which the students and parents participated.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.