Bengaluru, Feb 27: In an attempt to create awareness about the importance of conservation of scarce resources Water, the Karnataka government will launch a massive 'Jalaamritha' scheme on Thursday.
The Jalaamritha scheme, a comprehensive programme, consisting, creating awareness, re-energisation of tanks and bunds, efficient use of water and afforestation, has been announced by the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, in his budget speech recently.
Mangaluru, Jul 10: A 58-year-old official of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has died due to the coronavirus infection, taking the death toll in the paramilitary force because of the disease to nine, officials said on Friday.
Assistant Sub Inspector K B Premsha, posted in the CISF unit that guards the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), passed away at a local hospital on Thursday, they said.
He was admitted to the hospital on July 5 with fever. His COVID-19 test report arrived on July 7 and it was positive. Premsha breathed his last on Thursday, officials said. He was a resident of Kodagu in Karnataka.
This is the ninth COVID-19 death in the force that has recorded 1,137 cases till now, according to an official data.
Of the total cases reported in the force so far, 410 are under treatment across the country, nine have died and the rest have recovered, officials said.
They said that 20 personnel tested COVID-19 positive on Friday while 22 have recovered over the last 24 hours.
The about 1.62-lakh strong CISF is the national aviation security force guarding 63 airports at present and it is also tasked to guard vital installations in the aerospace and nuclear domain.
Mangaluru, Mar 1: Noted Konkani writer and theater personality Richard John Pais died on Sunday after a brief illness, family sources said.
He was 51. He is survived by wife and two children.
Known in literary circles as ‘RJP’, his short stories, satirical writings, and poems were very popular.
Apr 21: An 80-year-old COVID-19 patient has died in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district, taking the death toll in the state to 17, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday.
The elderly person was suffering from Parkinson's disease for the last three years and died at a hospital on Monday, the minister said in a tweet.
"The person had developed fever on Sunday and was admitted to the hospital. The patient passed away yesterday at 9 am. Last night at 9 pm the death report came, which confirmed that the person was COVID-19 positive," Sudhakar tweeted.
The total number of COVID-19 infections in the state has crossed the 400-mark, according to last evening's bulletin by the Karnataka health department.
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