Your covid queries answered
Dr Manu Chaudhary addressess some of the questions our readers had Does the second dose of vaccine have to be taken on the same arm as the first dose? It does not matter. You must try to take the shot on the non-dominant hand so that soreness doesn’t impact functionality. Why are doctors prescribing
hospital to get it? Remdesivir is used for a very specific indication - early on in the disease when patient is oxygen-dependent. There is shortage of the injection due to misuse. Hospitals and families are trying to secure the supply simultaneously so that it is available as soon as possible.
Woman attacks mother-in-law over property
Woman attacks mother-in-law over property
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 06:00 IST
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A woman, who had separated from her husband, attacked her mother-in-law with an iron rod after a fight over property in Marathahalli. Shanta, 65, a resident of Munnekolala, has filed a
complaint with the
Roshini Dinaker.
She told the police that on Saturday, she noticed that her daughter-in-law
Roshini had returned home and was trying to break the lock of the house on the first floor. When she tried to stop her, Roshini is said to have abused her saying that the house belonged to her husband. “She then attacked me with an iron rod. First, she hit my eyes and I started bleeding. When she attempted to hit me for the second time, I blocked her with my arm,” she stated.
Five waste collection centres go up in flames
Five waste collection centres go up in flames
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Feb 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
DWCCs
Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs), that are set up in most wards in the city, play a key role in the decentralisation of the collection system of
solid waste management that began in 2013.
However, between January 25 and February 7, some
miscreants set five DWCCs on fire. This not only deprived 36 waste-pickers of their livelihood, but also wasted tax-payers’ money used for the construction of the DWCCs.
“We have complained to the jurisdictional police and also to the Bruhat