Thiruvananthapuram: Minister for Education V Sivankutty said that show cause notice will be issued to unvaccinated teachers. He also added that more stringent measures will be adopted to ensure safety in schools considering the current Omicron situation.

Kannur: The district collector on Friday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 in Thalassery considering the chances of clashes between various religious groups. Earlier, Sangh Parivar outfits announced that they will hold a protest rally in Thalassery on Friday. In wake of this, Kannur District Collector S Chandrasekhar issued the prohibitory orders banning unlawful assembly, travelling with weapons, chanting provocative slogans, any kind of demonstration and gathering within the limits of Thalassery police station till December 6.

Kozhikode: Madappally Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Kozhikode will start giving admission to male students despite being a girls-only school for years. Education minister V Sivankutty on Friday finally gave consent to the recommendations put forward by the authorities to open the school for all students irrespective of gender.

Kochi: Historian MG Sasibhooshan informed that he has evidence to prove that the Sabarimala chembola seized from the alleged scammer Monson Mavunkal is fake.

BHOPAL: They were not born at the time but hundreds of children live the horrors of that intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, every minute of every day — their bodies trapped forever in congenital disabilities such as blindness and cerebral palsy.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed a team of officials to South Africa’s Gauteng province, the epicentre of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, for ramping up surveillance measures and contact tracing efforts as the country grapples with rising infections, an official said on Thursday.

Kozhikode: Samples of a COVID positive doctor who returned from the UK in Kozhikode has been sent for genome sequencing in the wake of Omicron variant cases in India. The doctor was tested positive for COVID-19 on November 26 after arriving in Kozhikode on November 21.