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Health check-up camp to mark M'lore Airport diamond jubilee

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August 8, 2012

Mangalore, August 8: A 'Health Check-up Camp' and 'Blood Donation Camp' will be conducted as part of Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee Celebration on August 19 at 8.45 a.m. at Ravindra Kala Bhavan, University College, Mangalore.

The camp will be organised under the joint auspices of Airport Authority of India (AAI), AAI Sports Control Board (AAISCB), Indian Red Cross Society and Dakshina Kannada and Nitte University, said Co-ordinator of Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee Celebration Committee K. Thejomaya.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, he said that the health camp would be beneficial to underprivileged patients, as they could not afford to pay the consultancy fees charged by private medical practitioners. A dental check-up will be provided, along with a short video clip on dental health and hygiene. There will be an eye-check up and free spectacles will be provided, if necessary. There will also be a check-up for heart diseases. Free medical treatment will be provided by medical practitioners along with free medicines sponsored by K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Derelakatte. Around 500 to 600 underprivileged patients are expected to take part in the health camp, he said.

Secretary of AAISCB Shravan Kumar said that Lady Goschen and Wenlock Hospitals in Mangalore have shortage of blood units. The blood donation camp will be held to overcome the dire need of blood in Mangalore. Around 100 units of blood are expected to be collected, which will be donated to these two hospitals for the requirement of poor patients in the city. Students belonging to N.S.S., members of various Airport Employee Unions, members of Dakshina Kannada Auto-rickshaw Drivers Union and the general public will be taking part in the blood donation camp, he said.

Various associations in the city have come forward to support this cause. On the occasion, Pro-Chancellor of Nitte University Dr. K. Shantaram Shetty will deliver a small speech, said Mr. Thejomaya.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4 : Without mentioning any party leader's name, Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Monday appealed to Congress workers not to make any "defamatory statement" against any political leader on social media platforms.

Taking to Twitter, Shivakumar wrote, "I appeal to Congress workers not to make defamatory statements against any political leader, on matters of health and other issues on social media platforms. It is not in our culture to wish bad for others. Congress is a party that exemplifies brotherhood and humanity."

His statement comes days after Rajya Sabha MP and AICC in-charge for Gujarat, Rajiv Satav comment where he suggested that introspection in the party should begin from the time of the United Progressive Alliance -II government.

Later, Satav took to Twitter to clarify his remarks at Thursday's meeting of the party's Upper House MPs. Satav, through a series of tweets on Saturday, said he was not comfortable discussing what goes on inside party meetings in forums outside.

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January 27,2020

New Delhi, Jan 27: Non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will have to provide proofs of their religious beliefs while applying for Indian citizenship under the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAA), officials said on Monday.

The applicants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain or Parsi faiths will also have to furnish documents to prove that they entered India on or before December 31, 2014.

Those who will seek Indian citizenship under the CAA will have to provide proofs of their religious beliefs and this will be mentioned in the rules to be issued under the CAA, a government official said.

According to the CAA, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014, due to religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants and will be given Indian citizenship.

The central government is also likely to give a relatively smaller window of just three months to those who want to apply for Indian citizenship in Assam under the CAA, another official said.

Some Assam-specific provisions are expected to be incorporated in the rules to be issued for the implementation of the CAA.

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had made a request about a fortnight ago to keep a limited period window for applying under the CAA and also incorporate some other Assam-specific provisions in the CAA rules.

The move comes in view of continuing protests against the CAA in Assam that have been going on since the legislation was passed by Parliament in December last year.

There has been a growing feeling among the indigenous people of Assam that the newly enacted legislation will hurt their interests politically, culturally as well as socially.

The Assam Accord provides for detection and deportation of all illegal immigrants who have entered the country after 1971 and are living in the state, irrespective of their religion.

The protesters in Assam say that the CAA violates the provisions of the Assam Accord.

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April 27,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 27: A 57-year-old man died of COVID-19 in Kalaburagi on Monday taking the fatalities due to the virus in Karnataka to 20.

"One more person died due to COVID-19 in the state. The 57-year-old person was tested positive for coronavirus on April 21," Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar tweeted on Monday evening.

The minister said he was admitted to the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences with respiratory problem.

He was also suffering from severe liver related ailments.

"With this five deaths have taken place in Kalaburagi district due to the virus," the minister added in his tweet.

The first COVID-19 death in the country was reported from Kalaburagi in March.

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