Bengaluru

A day after stating the government may have to consider lockdown, Minister B Sriramulu said if the cases continued to increase the matter would be discussed with the expert committee, CM and a decision taken.

The corporation has found an increasing number of new cases coming from areas close to these markets and hence, as a containment strategy, decided to close them for four days.

Antiviral drug remdesivir is the first treatment to show improvement in COVID-19 trials.

A student activist and college student, Amulya Leona had raised pro Pakistan slogans during the protest meeting against CAA, NRC and NPR organised by Hindu Muslim Sikh Isaai Federation on February 20.

The observation is a part of the findings of the IISc team comprising Kumar Somasundaram, Mainak Mondal and Ankita Lawarde after analysing 294 Indian viral genomes.

All international and domestic air passengers should get tested at Xcyton Diagnostics in Bengaluru and all inter-state rail passengers have been offered a list of six laboratories.

Sixty-nine among the 93 new cases are returnees from Maharashtra. Besides, two were from Tamil Nadu and one each from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi and four have a history of international travel.

Though Shivaraj Patil, 37, died on March 13, his body could not be flown to India due to lockdown in Britain and India owing to the coronavirus pandemic over the last two months.

The government said Rao, Principal Secretary to government, Commerce and Industries Department (MSME & Mines), is placed in the concurrent charge of the post of Principal Secretary to government, Labour Department,

In his letter to Thackeray, the Karnataka Chief Minister said there is severe drinking water problem in Belagavi, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Kalaburagi, Yadgir and Raichur districts since the onset of summer in March.

The MP from Uttara Kannada has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the 'Digital colonisation' by a a corporate entity.

The agitation continued till late in the evening and despite local police officer’s intervention, MLA SR Vishwanath and his men left the spot only after the civic body was compelled to shift the foreigners to another facility.