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Karnataka hospital is so short of staff, Covid patient relatives are forced to stay with them

The state-run Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences is facing staff shortage, so family members of Covid patients have doubled up as attendants, even sleeping in the Covid ward. 

Karnataka announces Rs 1,250 crore Covid relief package for those hit by lockdown

Chief Minister Yediyurappa said his government was announcing the package despite the state facing financial constraints, and is standing by the people during this difficult time.

Why Karnataka’s Hassan, home of Gowdas, is among India’s top Covid-hit rural districts

Hassan, less than 200 km from swish Bengaluru, is among the country’s 15 worst-affected districts, according to an SBI study. It is the only district from Karnataka on the list.

O2 shortage led to 36 deaths at Chamarajanagara hospital, DC & hospital negligent, report says

Karnataka HC-appointed panel notes that by 2 May hospital's supply of oxygen 'was completely exhausted' — the day 24 of the 36 deaths occurred. Report submitted to HC last week.

In 15 days, BJP & RSS workers turn Kolar hospital defunct for 20 yrs into 300-bed Covid facility

The Bharat Gold Mines Limited hospital, a 140-year-old institution at the Kolar Gold Fields near Bengaluru, will start operating from Monday.

4 killed in Karnataka as Cyclone Tauktae intensifies, CM Yediyurappa monitors situation

The state disaster management said rainfall was accompanied by strong winds, reaching up to 90 km/per along and off the Karnataka coast, which has affected 73 villages.

Bengaluru residents go 80 km for Covid shot as medical hub just doesn’t have enough vaccines

As of Wednesday, Bengaluru has 11 vaccination centres for 18-44-year-olds, with an average of only 150 shots per day at each of them.

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa asks Covid patients staying in hospitals ‘unnecessarily’ to go home

The Karnataka chief minister said 503 people were in hospitals despite the advice of doctors for their discharge and were depriving serious patients of getting treatment.

Hit hard by 2nd wave, Bengaluru is using Mumbai’s Covid management idea to prepare for 3rd wave

Taking a micro approach, Karnataka govt orders Bengaluru civic agency to set up Ward Decentralised Triage & Emergency Response panels for a decentralised Covid handling.

Did Tejasvi Surya apologise for ‘communal’ remark? His office says no, BBMP staff say yes

BJP's Tejasvi Surya sparked a row earlier this week when he singled out 17 Muslim staff members at a Bengaluru Covid war room and alleged they were running a bed-blocking scam.

On Camera

Climate finance gap is widening. Rich nations still see it as charity 

Developed countries should take responsibility for their climate emissions. Instead, the instinct has been familiar: Protect your own first. This is now shaping the climate finance debate.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.