{
  "id": 19668667,
  "title": "Health staff told to mark night attendance through Kartavya app",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/health-staff-told-to-mark-night-attendance-through-kartavya-app",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-12T15:39:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/health-staff-told-to-mark-night-attendance-through-kartavya-app/article71694456.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Health Department has mandated healthcare professionals working in taluk hospitals and primary health centres to meticulously log their night-time attendance via the Kartavya app. This directive aims to ensure that medical personnel remain stationed at their assigned headquarters. A circular issued by the department specifies that doctors and other staff must record their attendance after 9 p.m., within the city, town, or village boundaries where their health facility is situated. The circular specifies that staff on authorized leave, deployed outside the headquarters with proper permission, or authorized to leave their headquarters will be exempt from this requirement. Nursing officers, pharmacy officers, laboratory technicians, and all other staff are also included in this directive. They are expected to reside at their respective headquarters and log their attendance post 9 p.m. through the app. Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) and taluk health officers have been tasked with ensuring adherence to these instructions.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Health staff required to log night attendance via Kartavya app",
    "Attendance to be recorded after 9 p.m. at headquarters",
    "Exemptions for authorized leave, authorized leave, or leave with permission"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}