Pulse polio programme gets underway in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Jan 31: The pulse polio programme got underway in Karnataka on Sunday, with more than 60 lakh children upto the age of five set to be given the drops over the next three days.
Speaking to reporters at Chikkaballapura after giving polio drops to a child, Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar noted that no polio case has been reported in India over the last 11 years due to the preventive measures taken by succesive governments.
This was in contrast to countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan, which are still not polio free, he said.
Sudhakar said the COVID-19 vaccination drive would be temporarily stopped for four days from Sunday as extra health staff have to be deployed for the pulse polio programme.
The minister said even if children below five years have earlier been given the drops, they should be administered it again until they attain that age.
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Bengaluru-bound Air India flight makes emergency landing in TN's Tiruchirappally
Tiruchirappalli (PTI): A Bengaluru bound Air India Express flight with about 137 passengers made an "emergency landing," here following a technical glitch, sources at the airport said.
The Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru service suffered the glitch mid-air, following which it made the safe landing here, the sources added.
All the passengers disembarked the flight and the technical crew was attending to the fault.
An Air India Express spokesperson said the flight "was diverted to Tiruchirappalli due to a technical issue."
"A replacement aircraft is being organised to operate the flight to Bengaluru. We are providing all administrative arrangements and regret the inconvenience caused to the travel schedule (of passengers)," the spokesperson added.
