Job fairs will continue, says Minister Rajan

Mega job fair held in Thrissur on Saturday was just a beginning and more such fairs will be held in the future, said Revenue Minister K. Rajan. The ambitious employment initiative is picking up pace with the district aiming to provide jobs to at least 50,000 people this year, said T.M. Thomas Isaac, adviser to…

MGNREGA worker dies at worksite in Kalaburagi

A tragic incident occurred near Rama Kere on Sunday at Mudhol village in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district where a 46-year-old woman collapsed and died while at work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA). The deceased has been identified as Ramulamma, wife of Hanumanthu Nadepalli, a resident of Mudhol village in…

NIV shares H5N1 genome data in a public database

According tothe World Organisation for Animal Health, as of February 20, 2025, H5N1 has been found in 99 cats and has killed 18 cats. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has shared the H5N1 genome sequence data with the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), a public database,…

Residents pitch for improved transport infra, new bus routes

Social media posts by residents’ associations in the past few days have pointed to an increasing demand for improving bus transport infrastructure and introduction of new bus routes on roads under the Chennai Corporation, the Highways Department, and the National Highways Authority of India. This summer, residents have demanded improvement to the Corporation bus shelters,…