Siddaramaiah hospitalised
The Hindu
Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah (74) was admitted to Manipal Hospital on Tuesday (June 1) for evaluation of fever. He was tested for COVID-19, which is negative at present,
Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah (74) was admitted to Manipal Hospital on Tuesday (June 1) for evaluation of fever. He was tested for COVID-19, which is negative at present, said a statement from the hospital. Currently he is stable and is being appropriately investigated and treated by a team of medical experts, the statement said. The former Chief Minister had tested positive for COVID-19 on August 4 last year and had been treated in the same hospital. He was discharged on August 13.“Spider wasp,” says ecologist and nature educator Vena Kapoor, narrating the fascinating but macabre tale of the spider wasp and its victims. While adult spider wasps mostly feed on flower nectar, making them excellent pollinators, they are also what are known as “parasitoids.” Unlike parasites, they kill their host. In the case of spider wasps, females hunt down spiders, inject them with venom and lay eggs on them. Once they hatch, the larvae eat these spiders alive, inevitably killing them, she tells the huddle of women cloistered around this tree.