Bengaluru: Karnataka's COVID-19 task force on Tuesday decided that the state government will regulate the supply of Remdesivir, the drug used in the treatment of coronavirus infected patients, to private hospitals to check black marketing and hoarding.

Ghaziabad (UP): Ghaziabad-based journalist Vikram Joshi, who was shot in the head by some assailants, succumbed to injuries early Wednesday, his family said.

Bengaluru: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to conduct the Common Entrance Test (CET) on July 30 and 31 across the state.

Bengaluru: With Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday ruling out extension of the week-long shutdown in the city and elsewhere, the state-owned bus corporations said they will operate buses from July 22 as usual.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday reported five COVID-19 related deaths and 149 fresh cases of the virus. With five new deaths, the toll of fatalities in the district has climbed up to 87 including 15 patients from other districts who breathed their last in DK.

Bengaluru: The BBMP is neglecting the safety needs of sanitation workers (Pourakarmikas) even when the number of COVID-19 infection cases is increasing among them, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said.

Udupi: District Deputy Commissioner, G Jagadeesh on Tuesday evening announced that the District Administration will lift the borders seal down of the district from July 22. He further informed that the bus services in the district will also resume from July 22.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Sindhu B Rupesh on Tuesday confirmed that the ongoing lockdown in the district will not be extended further. The DC added that the lockdown will be lifted from July 23, 5 am.