The Mekedatu project is proposed to be built at a deep gorge situated at the confluence of the Cauvery and its tributary Arkavathi in Karnataka’s Ramanagara district.
The new guidelines announced by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa Saturday came into effect from 6 am on 5 July and will be in force up to 6 am on 19 July.
BJP state in-charge Arun Singh has ruled out any change in leadership after review meetings with ministers and over 50 MLAs. But dissidents keep up pressure on high command.
The Karnataka district had emerged as a Covid hotspot by April as daily case tally rose to over 1,500. In the last week of May, the district reported between 1,500 and 2,000 cases daily.
Mysuru corporation chief Shilpa Nag accused DC Rohini Sindhuri of targeting her, who hit back by questioning corporation’s Covid handling. Karnataka govt transferred both.
Govt move comes two days after Mysuru City Corporation commissioner Shilpa Nag resigned, alleging ‘harassment’ at the hands of district deputy commissioner Rohini Sindhuri.
Karnataka's Mandya district has recorded 36,341 cases in just the last two months, a 181% increase from the first wave, with 16,541 people belonging to the 21-40 age group.
A panel will probe oxygen supply chains, role of medication, and referral cases from smaller hospitals to ascertain the source causing mucormycosis in recovering Covid patients.
Health Minister K. Sudhakar says focus is on 'targeted testing'. In villages, doctors say, this has meant people approaching hospitals when their SPO2 levels have already reach 'alarming level'.
Islamic clerics push back against human milk banks as Shari’a proscribes marriages between so-called milk siblings. But several Islamic countries, including Iran, operate them.
According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.
Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.
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