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Flood situation in Karnataka continues to remain grim

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August 11, 2019

Bengaluru, Aug 11 (UNI) With the flood situation in Karnataka in over 17 districts continued to be grim, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah would be is conducting an aerial survey in Belagavi, the worst affected districts in the state, on Sunday afternoon.

According to official sources, Amit Shah will arrive to Belagavi in the afternoon, and immediately will leave to conduct an Aerial survey of the flood-hit taluks, including Chikkodi, Kagwada, Gokak and Athani taluks.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, will also accompany the Union Home Minister, and appraise him about the severe flood conditions in the state, the measures taken by the state government to tackle the natural disaster to him.

Flood situation in the Cauvery basin remain very serious

The unprecedented rain and flood situation in the Cauvery Basin region worsened today as the discharge from the reservoirs from the river and its tributaries surpassed danger mark by many levels.

The combined water discharge from Cauvery and Kabini reservoirs Surpassed 2.4 lakh cusecs this morning and people living on the banks of the two rivers were shifted to safer places to relief centres that but the food and drinking water was scarce amid the deluge in these gruel centres, the victims of the flood said on Sunday.

The major reservoir of Krishnarajasagar across Cauvery has been receiving very heavy inflow of 1,87,721cusces due to unprecedented rain in the catchment areas coming under Kodagu district. While the discharge from the dam was 1,19,997 cusecs with level reading 118,75 feet against just short of the maximum level of 124.8 feet.

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July 15,2020

Mangaluru, July 15: Moulana Iqbal Mulla Nadvi, an acclaimed Islamic scholar and Qadhi (Khazi) of Bhatkal, passed away at a private hospital in Mangaluru. 

The elderly scholar was critically for past few weeks. 

He had served as the president of Jamia Islamia Bhatkal for several years.

He was known among Islamic scholars of Karnataka for his boldness, sincerity and wisdom.

Last rites are expected to be held in Bhatkal.

More details are awatied. 

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March 10,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 10: With concerns growing by the day, the Karnataka government is readying three more labs to test throat swab samples.

Currently, only two labs in Bengaluru — National Institute of Virology and Virus Research and Diagnostics Laboratory (VRDL) lab attached to Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute — are categorised biosafety level 2+, a requirement for coronavirus tests.

Now, the government is working on upgrading three more labs, one each in the government medical colleges at Hassan, Mysuru and Shivamogga. “The labs will be ready within one week,” the authorities said.

Currently, the labs are testing only throat swab samples of suspected patients and taking 24 hours to give the results. “A patient’s blood sample will be collected only if he or she tests positive for covid-19 infection in the first throat swab sample.

While earlier the state would send all samples of suspected coronavirus cases to NIV, Pune, the two labs were upgraded to biosafety level 2+ in mid-February.

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February 18,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 18: Veteran actress Kishori Ballal, 82, best known for playing Kaveri Amma in Ashutosh Gowariker’s Swades, passed away on Tuesday. She was suffering from age-related health issues and breathed her last at a Bengaluru hospital.

Kishori, who hailed from Mangaluru, made her debut in Kannada film 'Evalentha Hendathi' in 1960.

In a career spanning five decades, she went on to act in movies like Hani Hani, Kahi and Suryakanthi. A Bharatnatyam exponent, she was also a part of Hindi films like Lafangey Parindey, Ek Alag Mausam and Gair Kanooni.

Kishori Ballal played the role of Kaveri Amma, the nanny of Shah Rukh Khan (Mohan Bhargav) in Swades.

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