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Bengaluru, Aug 22: Karnataka government on Friday issued guidelines for the usage of oxygen after an expert committee ruled that there was excessive use of oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 patients. In a letter issued, Jawaid Akhtar, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, said there is an "unprecedented surge in the demand of oxygen" to treat COVID-19 patients. The

Hyderabad, Aug 21: Nine people died in a fire mishap in the Srisailam hydroelectric plant on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border on Friday, a senior government official said. Six bodies of victims have been recovered by rescue teams so far and efforts were on to pull out the others from the underground plant, Nagarkurnool District Collector L Sharman said. Two of them were assistant engineers at

Bengaluru, Aug 21: The mother of Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu died in Ballari district, a day after she recovered from coronavirus, he said on Friday. "With deep sorrow I inform you all that my mother Honnuramma passed away on Thursday night due to age related issues. At the ripe age of 95, my mother had completely recovered from coronavirus and just returned home from the Bowring

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) results for engineering courses, naturopathy, veterinary, agriculture and pharmacy programmes in various colleges in the state were announced on Friday. Rakshith M secured the first rank in the engineering stream of CET. In BSc (Agriculture), Varun Gowda AB secured the top rank. Sai Vivek P secured the top rank in BVSc (Veterinary Science)

New Delhi/Alappuzha, Aug 21: A video conferencing software developed by a company led by a Malayali is ready for India. The first place in the Innovation Challenge announced by the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT during the lockdown was bagged by the V-consol software developed by Techgentsia Software Technologies, which is led by Keralite Joy Sebastian. Techgentsia, based at Infopark in

Kasargod, Aug 21: A 32-year-old woman and her 6-year-old son were electrocuted to death when they came in contact with the live electricity wire which was lying on the ground after getting snapped under the limits of Manjeshwar police station in Kasaragod district. The deceased have been identified as Vijaya (35) and Ashray (6) residents of Vorkady Bolanthakodi near Manjeshwar. The tragedy

Mangaluru, Aug 21: The intention behind the lone accused in the recent case of hoax bomb call to Mangaluru International Airport was publicity, according to Police commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikash. Vasanth Krishna Sherigar, 33, a resident of Karkala Mudrady, was apprehended by the cops a day after he made a phone call on August 19 to former airport director M Vasudev Rao. The latter had

New Delhi, Aug 21: Flyers would be required to shell-out a bit more for air travel, as security fee for both domestic and international travel will be raised. From September 1, domestic passengers will have to pay Rs 160 instead of Rs 150 while international passengers will have to pay $4.85, against the foreign currency, instead of $3.25, each time they buy a ticket, sources said. Last year too

New Delhi, Aug 21: India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 29 lakh mark with the country reporting 68,898 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. The coronavirus cases in the country now stand at 29,05,824. The total cases are inclusive of 6,92,028 active cases and 21,58,947 patients who have been cured/discharged or have migrated. 983 deaths due

Bengaluru, Aug 20: The Karnataka government has notified a revised circular on notification and de-notification of containment and buffer zones in the state. "In view of the evolving situation of COVID-19 in the state, there are a large number of cases reported in houses and apartments which are closely located. This has led to too many Containment Zones, thus making it difficult for authorities