Johnson T.A.

A task force of 10 IAS officers with expertise in technology, medicine and healthcare is leading the charge

Amid the battle to contain the spread of coronavirus, in Karnataka, a battle of one-upmanship for media presence and control of resources has emerged between two ministers in the health ministry, forcing Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to intervene.

India’s unorganised workers make up 82.7 per cent or 39.14 crores of the total 47.41 crore estimated employed persons, according to last NSSO Employment and Unemployment Survey, 2011-12.

“P1 to P5 — the first five Covid 19 patients in Karnataka — are ready to be discharged soon,” a health official said.

Besides the 63-year-old doctor from Kalaburgi district, two women - both returned recently from abroad — are also suspected to have been affected.

A total of six positive cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Karnataka — all had recently returned from abroad, including a 76-year-old man who died on March 10.

Returned from Saudi Arabia on February 29, Govt says attendants didn’t follow advice.

The gun was recovered in a search operation coordinated by the CBI as part of the probe into the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Maharashtra.

A surveillance programme set in place in 2004, tested through outbreaks like Nipah, and involving a network spread down to villages, is now at the vanguard against fast-spreading COVID-19.

In the anticipatory bail orders passed on March 3, the court held that “ingredients of Section 124A of IPC (sedition) are not prima facie made out’’.

The industries and services sectors, which reported a growth rate of 5.6 per cent and 9.8 per cent, respectively, in 2018-19 reported a fall in FY20 at 4.8 per cent and 7.9 per cent, respectively.

Co-workers, apartment residents put on alert after Telangana techie working in Bengaluru tests positive.

One reason for the change is believed to be the new man at its helm, Vinod Krishnamurthy, a software engineer with an MBA from the UK with close links to BJP national organising secretary B L Santhosh.

As a fugitive in Senegal and Burkina Faso, the gangster “continued his extortion and threat business, targeting people from the film industry, businessmen, builders and developers, doctors and other professionals as well as meddling in political activities.

The court observed that if the situation persisted, police would have to provide a report of lawyers who prevent defence lawyers from appearing in court.

Amulya Leona Noronha, a college student, was booked for sedition after she started a speech with “Pakistan Zindabad” at an anti-CAA protest in Bengaluru.

An Air France flight from Paris is scheduled to arrive in Bengaluru a little after midnight and Pujari has been put on the flight after he was brought to Paris from Senegal, the police sources said.

According to sources, about 15 years ago, Amulya's father Osvald Noronha was part of a group of mainstream activists in Malnad region of Karnataka involved with the welfare of local communities.

The 19-year-old student of English from the NMKRV College in Bengaluru was forced down the stage at Freedom Park Thursday evening — which also featured AIMIM President Asauddin Owaisi — soon after she said “Pakistan Zindabad” in the beginning of her speech.