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Farm loan waiver: Siddaramaiah exposes BJP’s politics as Centre snubs Karnataka

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June 22, 2017

Bengaluru, Jun 22: The farm loan waiver announced by CM Siddaramaiah in the legislative assembly on Wednesday saw much bantering between the Congress and the BJP in both Houses of the legislature. Defending the move, the chief minister pulled up the BJP . Here's his take: The PM assured a farm loan waiver in the run-up to UP assembly elections and it featured in the BJP's poll manifesto.

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The party came to power and announced farm loan waiver, but a government order is yet to be issued.Maharashtra, too, has announced crop loan waiver and not issued any order. This is how the BJP plays politics.In Karnataka, we never made a mention of farm loan waiver in our poll manifesto, yet we have done it now in the interest of farmers. We are issuing an order with immediate effect.

There had been demands from legislators and the opposition parties for loan waiver, but we have announced a waiver to pull the farmers' out of distress and not because of pressure or fear of the BJP. In fact, we have also cleared all the loans that had been obtained by the previous Jagadish Shettarled BJP government. The BJP has no moral right to demand loan waiver.

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said the Centre will not support farm loan waiver. If this is the Centre's stand, how can states go ahead with it. Despite the Centre's no, we decided to waive off loans.

Farmers' unrest erupted in MP and took a violent turn.There is no such situation in Karnataka despite the state reeling under severe drought. In fact, the NITI Ayog, too, has acknowledged that farmers in Karnataka are happier than those elsewhere in the country . This proves that our government is pro-farmer and delivers.

You should be in cinema, Tara tells Siddaramaiah The legislative council saw

The legislative council saw its members share some humour when CM Siddaramaiah announced the loan waiver. Seeing the CM announce the waiver, actor-turned politician Tara remarked: "A great actor. You should be in cinema". To this, Siddaramaiah responded: "I will definitely act if you can produce a film for me". Tara, instantly shot back. "I'm ready to be the producer but only if you agree to be my financier. Later, the CM reminisced he and his friendturned-foe AH Vishwanath acted in college. "He (Vishwanath ) was a better actor," he added. Opposition leader KS Eshwarappa said: "Three members in this House belong to the film fraternity and who act with make-up.But the CM acts with the grease paint."

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May 13,2020

Bengaluru, May 13: The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (K-CET) 2020 will be held on July 30 and 31.

The test, earlier as scheduled to be held on April 22, 23 and 24, was postponed due to COVID-19 crisis and the nation-wide lockdown.

Now, considering the dates for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) dates announced by the Union government, the state government has announced the revised dates on Wednesday.

Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan announced this in a press conference. The test will be held online, the minister said. 

For CET 2020, over 1.90 lakh students registered for admission to undergraduate engineering, B Tech, Architecture, Agriculture and veterinary science courses.

Home quarantine for repatriated pregnant women, children, senior citizens if they test covid-19 negative 

The Union Health Ministry has revised its discharge guidelines for COVID-19 patients, stating that only those with severe illness need to be tested (through a swab test) and a negative report needs to be obtained before discharge.

The latest guideline adds that other categories of patients, including very mild, mild, pre-symptomatic and moderate cases, need not be tested before discharge.

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March 24,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Underlining the seriousness of the coronavirus, which is spreading like wildfire in Karnataka, renowned Heart Surgeon and founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya Dr Devi Shetty on Tuesday predicted that Karnataka alone will have more than 80,000 people affected with the dreaded killer disease COVID-19 if people fail to protect themselves.

He urged the people to cooperate with the Government in preventing its further spread and immediately treat those who are affected.

Dr Shetty, urging the people to remain indoors and not to venture out, said those who are affected should not come out and remain in isolation even in their houses and take all precautions advised by doctors.

He said if 80,000 people in the state were affected, more than 20,000 need to be admitted to Hospital for treatment.

"More than 2000 affected need to be kept under ventilation and it requires more infrastructure in the hospitals," he said.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: As many as 5,536 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.

With these new cases of coronavirus, the total number of positive cases in the state stands at 1,07,001 including 64,434 active cases, 40,504 discharges and 2,055 deaths.

India on Tuesday reported 47,704 more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's count of coronavirus cases to 14,83,157, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Out of the total cases, there are 4,96,988 active cases in the country while the number of patients cured/discharged and migrated stands at 9,52,744. With 654 deaths due to COVID-19 in the country reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll rises to 33,425.

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