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61st Karnataka Rajyotsava: CM pushes for primacy of regional languages

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November 1, 2016

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Pitching for supremacy of regional languages, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today pushed for the state's demand to make it the medium of instruction for primary education.

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Speaking at the 61st Karnataka Rajyotsava (state formation day) celebration event here, he urged the Prime Minister to call a meeting of Chief Ministers of all states and bring an amendment to the Constitution to this effect.

"I have written two letters to the Prime Minister.I have also written to all Chief Ministers because the Supreme Court's order is causing a threat to all regional languages," Siddaramaiah said.

The Chief Minister said he had also met the Prime Minister in this regard.

"We have to bring an amendment to the Constitution.It has to get declared in Parliament that regional languages are supreme in states.. amendments should be brought to make changes to the Supreme Court order. So Prime Minister has to call a meeting of Chief Ministers of all states and decide," he said.

"I will continue to make this demand," he said, adding most language and education experts had opined that the mother tongue should be the medium of instruction in primary schools.

Siddaramaiah said it would help in development of regional languages and also mental development of children.

In May 2014, the Supreme Court while hearing the issue before it challenging two Karnataka Government Orders of 1994, making the mother tongue or regional language compulsory to impart education from Class I to IV, had held that the government cannot impose mother tongue on linguistic minority for imparting primary education.

The CM said the state government had announced a language policy in 1994, "which was questioned by unaided educational institutions in courts, where we had to face a setback."

"Despite appealing against it, we did not get justice. We made all possible efforts, but this was an order passed by the Constitution bench. As the Supreme Court is final, we cannot appeal in any other courts," he added.

Pointing out that the state government was taking all steps to protect and encourage Kannada, Siddaramaiah said, "It is our mother tongue; it is language of this land, this soil.

"Showing our Kannadiga pride just on November 1 or in this month is not enough, it should be a continuous process."

Recalling Karnataka's united fight on the Cauvery water issue, Siddaramaiah said, "Power may come or go. It is not permanent, but the land, water, culture and language of this state are paramount."

"It is our responsibility to protect even at the cost of power and the state government is committed to it".

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Rahul
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Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016

Mr. Siddaramaiah, you are very right. The local languages should be the medium of instruction in primary schools. Karnataka has Kannada, Konkani, and Tulu that are recognized languages of Karnataka state.
With the present trend, children are forced to learn English and Hindi and completely lose interest over their mother tongue. It is high time this matter is addressed. Our neighbouring states of Taml Nadu and Kerala are better placed.
Karnataka is with you sir.

Suresh
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Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016

Ban Hindi in Karnataka; it is just anther regional language they are imposing on us leading to Hindi imperialism on Non Hindi speaking states. And those Hindi people do not care to learn any other Indian languages, instead they want others to learn their language for their convenience and comfort. Just ban Hindi in Karnataka permanently before it becomes a predator language.

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Media Release
July 31,2020

Mangaluru, July 31: Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has unveiled a campaign both on digital media and outdoor billboards on bringing awareness on the right usage of masks, social distancing and hand washing in the fight against COVID19. The campaign has received very good response and attention on social media and with the citizens of Mangaluru.

While the numbers of Covid-19 infected people were increasing and a vaccine would take some more time it was observed that norms of social distancing and other precautionary practices were thrown to the wind. Many people in Dakshina Kannada were found using masks inappropriately. Wearing a mask in a scientific way by covering both the nose and mouth is imperative to control droplets that spread the virus. We need to rise above our inconvenience to fight the virus.

Considering this the KCCI found an immediate need to bring awareness and constant reminder to people on the right usage of masks, social distancing, washing hands and other dos and don’ts to stay ahead of the virus and beat the pandemic.

A digital campaign and an outdoor advertisement campaign were planned by the chamber to remind and encourage people to follow best practices when interacting with others. 

The theme of the Campaign was decided to be “Let’s Fight Back Together” Origin Designext a Creative Agency in Mangalore was roped in to do the creative for the campaign and a team from KCCI worked with the Agency to shape up the campaign with their inputs. In the meantime Indian Red Cross Society Dakshina Kannada and Rotary Mangaluru expressed their interest to support the Campaign. 

Mangaluru based outdoor agencies like Jyothi Advertisers, Kalkura Advertisers and Gee Dee Advertisers agreed to provide outdoor space gratis to this community service campaign. Presented both in English and Kannada, the campaign has been creating waves on social media and on the street, a sign that it is being very well received by the populace of Mangalore city. 

The creative of Half Covered or Half exposed where a model is shown with a mask that exposes the nose and KA-19 v/s COVID-19 (KA-19 being the Vehicle Registration Code for the District) have been particularly making a buzz in the community. All together 14 hoardings are currently on display with various Covid-19 awareness messages. Many business houses have shown interest to participate in this public awareness campaign.

The Chamber hopes this campaign would go a long way in the fight of the city against COVID-19 and play its role in putting the pandemic behind us. “Businesses and our economy has suffered enough, we need to work together to fight this virus, we need to rise above minor inconvenience and win this war,” says Isaac Vas the President to KCCI.

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News Network
June 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 20: Continuing with the easing of restrictions under 'Unlock 1.0', the Karnataka government on Saturday authorised local bodies to fix timing for opening of public parks other than those in the containment zones between 5 am to 9 pm.

It has also mandated adhering to all the national directives issued to contain the spread of COVID-19 and the guidelines issued by the state government in this connection.

Noting that the government has been relaxing conditions under unlock 1.0, Principal Secretary Revenue N Manjunath Prasad, who is also the member secretary of the state disaster management authority in an order said, local bodies have been asked to set the timing between 5 am to 9 pm to open all parks that come under them and the government.

It said this would be applicable to only those parks that come outside the containment zones. Earlier in May, while relaxing the lockdown norms, the government had set 7 am to 9 am and from 5 pm to 7 pm for the opening of parks.

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News Network
March 31,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 31: Bengaluru Central Crime Branch on Tuesday seized as many as 1,000 fake N95 masks amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

However, the police are yet to make arrests in the case.

Investigation in the case is underway and more details in this regard are awaited.

Recently, Noida Sub-Divisional Magistrate with a team from the Health department busted a fake sanitiser and mask factory.

Notably, the Central government recently had brought masks and hand sanitisers under the Essential Commodities Act up to June 30 as the novel coronavirus pandemic led to shortages and black marketing of these items.

Any person found guilty under the Act may be punished with imprisonment up to seven years or fine or both and can be detained for a maximum of six months.

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