Udupi, Oct 11: Raghupathi Bhat, BJP leader and MLA from Udupi constituency, has been tested positive for Covid-19.

The Covid-19 vaccines closest to the finish line are designed to be injected into the arm. Researchers are looking at whether they can get better protection from inoculations that fight the virus at its point of attack — the nose and mouth.

Bengaluru, Oct 11: Formal classes are yet to resume, but schools in Karnataka are going to be shut for "midterm holidays" for three weeks from October 12. The government took this decision after several teachers contracted Covid-19.

Mangaluru, Oct 11: Former chairman and CEO of the city-based Karnataka Bank, Ananthakrishna, died at a private hospital here on Sunday after a brief illness, family sources said. He was 74. 

Bengaluru, Oct 11: Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar, who was in home quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19, has been admitted to a private hospital here on Sunday.

Mumbai, Oct 11: As legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan ringed in his 78th birthday on Sunday, Bollywood celebrities Ayushmann Khurrana, Neha Dhupia are among the first ones to send in warm birthday wishes to him on social media.

Panaji, Oct 11: A probe has been initiated into the death of a factory worker due to ammonia gas leakage at a food processing unit in South Goa's Cuncolim industrial estate, an official said on Saturday.

Seoul, Oct 11: North Korea displayed a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and other weapons during a massive military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party, state-media reported on Sunday.