
Shortage of blood, platelets a cause for concern, say doctors
The Hindu
‘Donors are apprehensive that they may contract virus at blood banks’
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in shortage of blood and platelets at blood banks in the city. The shutdown of educational institutions, particularly colleges, as also the Work From Home (WFH) situation in many companies, till recently, has made conduct of blood donation camps a difficult prospect.
The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











