Bengaluru, Apr 2: A health worker, who was part of a team fighting against the Coronavirus disease in the city, was allegedly attacked by a mob and duped of her belongings at the Sadiq Layout in the Shivajinagar area on Thursday.
According to police sources, the health worker came under attack by a mob of youths when she was collecting data from those who were sick in the locality.
Bengaluru, Apr 5: An elderly couple from Bengaluru
with a travel history to Dubai joined the list of coronavirus patients in the state, taking the total number of cases to 146, the health department said on Sunday.
The list includes four deaths and 11 discharges.
The 68-year old man and his 62-year old wife, hailing from Madiwala in the city, had returned from Dubai on March 22.
They were quarantined at a private hospital and have been asymptomatic.
Meanwhile, the government appealed to people who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat Congregation in New Delhi to contact 080-29711171 Arogya Sahayavani, the medical helpline number.
Mysuru, Jan 2: Mysuru-based Karnataka State Open University is gearing up to offer courses online from this year onwards and a proposal in this connection will be placed before the University Grants Commission (UGC) this month, after approval from the board of management.
As of now, the university offers 31 courses, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and diploma programmes.
Vice-chancellor Vidyashankar S Said that the university will submit its proposal to the UGC soon.
“This is being done to make learning convenient and help students study their courses of choices from the comfort of their homes.”
After launching online admissions for courses, this is another step to go paperless and towards an e-campus, the V-C explained.
The university has also proposed to launch 12 new courses for 2020-21.
A proposal in this regard will be placed before the board for approval on Thursday and the same will be submitted to the UGC for its nod.
Prof. Vidyashankar said the these courses will be in addition to the 31 already available.
The new courses include LLM, MA in Education, BBA, BSc, BCA, diploma in Information Technology, postgraduate diploma in Information Technology, BSc in Information Technology, MSc in Information Technology, MSc in Botany, PG diploma in Banking and Insurance, MSc in Zoology, MA in Telugu, Executive MBA, and MSc in Food Sciences and Nutrition.
The new courses had been proposed based on students’ feedback and the trend.
The V-C said the admissions for the January cycle have begun and over 380 students had so far taken admissions online.
“We are hoping for good admissions this cycle and are expecting around 12,000 admissions,” he replied.
Bhatkal, Mar 30: Uttara Kannada district administration has decided to shift all those Bhatkal residents who have returned from abroad after March 15 to quarantine facilities in Bhatkal town to avoid further family contacts, Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Kannada K Harish Kumar said on Monday.
“All primary contacts identified are already in government quarantine facilities,” he said in a communique.
All people must cooperate to maintain social distancing to avoid further spread of COVID-19, he added.
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