Sunday lockdown, night curfew withdrawn
The Hindu
Residential institutions can open for classes, colleges can receive vaccinated final year students
A COVID-19 review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday decided to withdraw pandemic-impelled Sunday lockdown and night curfew (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Briefing mediapersons here, Mr. Vijayan also said in-person learning could commence on residential campuses. Teachers and students should remain confined to the bio-bubble. They should have received at least one dose of vaccine From October 4, colleges can admit final year graduate and postgraduate students. However, the faculty, students and staff should have received at least one dose of the vaccine.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.