In yet another move that would help tide over the oxygen shortage in Karnataka, a total of 34,200 kilograms of Zeolite, a key component in production of oxygen, reached the Bengaluru airport from Rome via two Air India cargo flights on Sunday morning.
Category: Karnataka, Records
** Oxygen Express piloted by ‘All female crew’ reaches Bengaluru
An Oxygen Express train piloted by an ‘All Female Crew’ arrived in the city with 120 metric tonnes of medical oxygen from Jamshedpur.
“The 7th Oxygen Express to Karnataka has arrived in Bengaluru from Tatanagar (Jamshedpur) on Friday. This Oxygen Express train piloted by an all female crew will ensure continued supply of oxygen for COVID-19 patients in the State,” Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted on Saturday.
** 40 U.K. docs of Mysuru origin join telemedicine initiative
Details of ‘COVID-19 Mitra’ shared with Centre, says DC, after participating in PM’s video conference on pandemic situation
More than 40 doctors of Mysuru origin settled in the United Kingdom have joined the telemedicine initiative launched by the Mysuru district administration for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in home isolation.
** IISc start-up gets regulatory approvals for new COVID-19 test
A COVID-19 test developed by PathShodh Healthcare, a start-up incubated at the Society for Innovation and Development (SID), Indian Institute of Science (IISc),has received the license to manufacture the test for sale from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).
The test is touted to be the first-of-its-kind, semi-quantitative electrochemical ELISA test for COVID-19 IgM and IgG antibodies, received the licence after due diligence validation at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, as per the requirements of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), an IISc release said.
** Anti-Covid-19 drug: Mysuru-based firm makes a breakthrough
Dr B H Manjunath, managing director, DRM Innovations, said that four drugs against human anti-SARS-CoV-2 have been discovered and are under the trials.
** Meet Bengaluru’s mobile doctor who attends to patients in need
Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi works on a contract basis with the BBMP Covid clinic by night and serves the needy by the day for free.
Dr Sunil can be reached at 6363832491 or 9741958428 (WhatsApp).
** Khoday Group releases ayurvedic drug for Covid treatment
‘ViraNorm’ is currently being tested on about 250 Covid patients in Victoria and other hospitals. ViraNorm, developed in association with Althea DRF and Lifesciences, has completed the third stage of the trial.
** Dharwad firm to manufacture Sputnik V
Dharwad-based Shilpa Biologicals Private Limited (SBPL) will manufacture Sputnik V vaccine at its production centre in Belur Industrial Area, near Dharwad.
It will be among the first production units of the Russian vaccine in India.
SBPL is an arm of Shilpa Medicare, one of the top suppliers of drugs in the country, established in 1987 in Raichur.
Sputnik V has been developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russia.
Indian pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratory entered into a partnership with Russian Direct Investment Fund for the vaccine in India.
** Shobha Ranjolkar dies of cardiac arrest
Senior theatre artiste and theatre director Shobha Ranjolkar died of a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kalaburagi on Sunday. She was 67.
She is survived by her two sons.
Ms. Ranjolkar, a native of Kodangal in Telangana, was married to Bheem Rao Kulkarni, an engineer from Ranjol in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district.
** Sanskrit scholar Lakshmitathachar dead
He was founder-director of Academy of Sanskrit Research
Renowned Sanskrit scholar and founder-director of the Academy of Sanskrit Research, M.A. Lakshmithathachar, 85, passed away at Melkote in Mandya district on Saturday. He is survived by two sons.