Schools to remain shut in Bengaluru till January 29
The Hindu
Elsewhere schools to be closed for three days if cases are below 5
With the positive rate for COVID-19 at 14.12% among schoolchildren in Bengaluru city, all schools and colleges will remain shut in the city till January 29, except classes for 10th, 11th and 12thstandard students.
A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday took a decision on opening of schools and colleges in Bengaluru urban district on January 29.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.