Bengaluru college puts curbs on beard; bars four students from classes

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August 9, 2018

Bengaluru, Aug 9: A nursing college in Bengaluru has kicked up a row by allegedly attempting to curtail the religious freedom of the students and asking them to shave off their beards before attending classes.

According to sources, four students – all from Jammu & Kashmir –who were enrolled in the Adarsh College of Nursing Mariyappana Palya in Mallathahalli, Bengaluru, were left in the lurch after the principal allegedly barred them from attending classes until they shaved their beards.

Citing ‘hygiene’ as the reason, the principal, who had joined the college a little less than a month ago, informed the students that their internal marks would be affected if they failed to comply.

Three of the students are in the first year B.Sc. course while the fourth is in his second year. They said that the principal, Ms Priyadarshini, summoned them and asked them to shave the beard if they wanted to be marked in their internals.

“For the past week, we are being sent out of class on instructions from the principal for not shaving our beard. The management was fine with our beards when we filled the admission form. All of a sudden, the principal, who joined 20 days ago, asked us to shave. She barred us from entering class. The beards are a part of our faith,” said one student.

Mr Laxman Rudawat, convener of Nursing Association in Hyderabad said, “There is no particular rule in the medical books that the male nurses can’t be keep beards. But as a decorum and also maintaining the professional look the male nurses are asked to be clean shaved. The reason is in a beard a person’s perspective is that of a very serious or sad person and for that reason it is stated that they must be clean shaved.”

“The male nurses are told not to keep beard and long hair as it causes infection. The infection is due to touch and accumulation of sweat” said TS Indian Medical Association president Dr Narasinga Reddy.

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Dear Sangeeth, Please do not be a hypocrite . Have you never seen a Navy officer in beard, may be like sikhs. Ohhh I forgot For sikhs its ok as they are not muslims. Only if the applicant is a muslim then there is a problem. Right. Remember the Indian army and navy are full of patriotic and honorable sikhs, but they are never treated otherwise based on their relegious beliefs. why this double standars then when it comes to muslims. think about it. and also ponder on who is creating the unrest in society and nuisences in the country.

Hahaha... If hygine problem is there it should be applied to female nurses and the principal also. So college should ask them to cut their long hairs..(choti, Jade in kannada) to maintain hyginic atmoshpeher...

Dr. Narasinga reddy said the right thing

She is jealous. May be her husband dont have long beard

Why these people went there. They can learn from normal institution where no such rules not kept for students

For each course and college has their own style of dressing and hairstyle. If muslims people going to navy and opposing their rules and not willing to cut hairs and beard like they suggesting means rubbish.

India became pakistan after modi starts ruling India

True. Keeping such beard is not hygiene. If they are cutting properly then its fine.

Stop fascist attitude. They are humans

Talibanism

Hahaha very funny. What is this bullshit? Maybe she wants every man to look like her.
I think Mr. Rudawat's statement is complete nonsense and trying to say that our PM is unprofessional.

Absolutely ridiculous.

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Udupi girl enters Golden Book of World Records in Chakrasana Race

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February 23,2020

Udupi, Feb 23: Tanushree Pithrody, a 10-year-old girl from Udyavar and class 6 student of St Cecily’s School, here and a Guinness World Record holder, erased the old record by covering the 100 metres 'Chakrasana race' in one minute 14 seconds to write her name in the Golden Book of World Records.

This was announced by Manish Bishnoi, Head, Golden Book of World Records, who handed over the Certificate to Ms Tanushree, who was accompanied by her father Uday Kumar and mother Sandhya here on Saturday.

The previous record-holder in this category was Samiksha Dogra [11 years and 1 month] from Rampur Bhushar, Himachal Pradesh, who had set a time of 6 minutes and 2 seconds on June14,2018.

Later speaking to scribes here, Ms Tanushree said that she was delighted that she was able to break the record. “When I was practicing, I used to finish it in around 2 minutes. This is my fifth record. I dedicate my success to my parents and my Yoga guru,”she added.

Ms Tanushree has also created a record for the ‘most forward rolls with Dhanurasana Yoga pose in 1 minute’ by performing 62 rolls and she also created the ‘fastest 100 forward rolls with Dhanurasana Yoga pose’ in 1 minute and 40 seconds on February 23, 2019 and entered the Golden Book of World Records.

In 2018, she set the Guinness World Record for ‘most full-body revolutions maintaining a chest stand position’ with 42 full-body revolutions in one minute, and on 21 March, 2019 she broke that record with 44.

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Amid covid crisis, Karnataka witnesses grave rise in suicides; 2,211 people killed self in just 2 months

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July 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Amidst the mounting number of covid-19 cases, Karnataka is witnessing another disturbing trend of increasing number of people ending their life. After the lockdown was relaxed, the state saw a worrying jump in the number of suicides.

According to statistics, as many as 2,211 suicide cases have been registered in just two months. The number of suicides rose by 23% in May to 1,127, and by another 18% in June to 1,084, from an average of 912 suicides in the first three months of the year.

In April, however, the number nearly halved to 477. But April was also the month during which the lockdown (announced on March 24) was complete, and everyone was at home -- which, experts say, could have prevented people with suicidal tendencies from taking their own lives.

Shockingly, number of teenagers including school children committing suicide also increased in the state in past couple of months.

With the pandemic still accelerating and impacting people in multiple ways, the World Health Organisation has urged people to pay greater attention to mental health and suicide prevention.

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation (WHO), South-East Asia Region, said stigma related to Covid-19 infection may lead to feelings of isolation and depression. Another precipitating factor impacting mental health amidst Covid-19 could be domestic violence, which is reported to have increased globally as several countries imposed lockdowns, she said.

“Hitting lives and livelihoods, the pandemic is causing fear, anxiety, depression and stress among people. Social distancing, isolation and coping with perpetually evolving and changing information about the virus has both triggered and aggravated existing and pre-existing mental health conditions, which need urgent attention,” she said.

Dr H Chandrashekar, professor and head of the department of psychiatry at Victoria Hospital, said reasons for suicide are always multi-factored, combined, cumulative, unresolving and interrelated.

“There is grief everywhere now due to deaths related to Covid-19, and it may have an adverse effect on some. But people should be watchful of their family members, especially those who are in depression and have a history of suicide attempts. One should never ignore signs, like when someone says they feel like ending their life. They should not be left alone, and unconditional support needs to be given. Also, objects that could be used to commit suicide must be kept away from them,” Dr Chandrashekar said.

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