Health Minister UT Khader gets praise from Sonia Gandhi

June 18, 2016

Mangaluru, Jun 18: Amidst the rumours of Health and Family Welfare Minister UT Khader's removal from the Karnataka Cabinet in its fresh reshuffle, he has earned the praise of Congress high command.

1utk According to highly placed sources, Mr Khader, who has topped a series of surveys conducted by various news agencies to assess the performance of ministers in the state, will continue to handle health portfolio even after the much awaited Cabinet reshuffle.

Sources said that AICC president Sonia Gandhi was impressed by the performance of Mr Khader in last three years.

Earlier, a section of Kannada media had reported that Shanthi Nagar MLA N A Harris will replace Mr Khader as the health minister.

However, a senior leader of Congress party, on condition of anonymity, rubbished the reports as mere “baseless rumours”.

“How can we drop a top performing minister? Some miscreants are spreading such rumours. UT Khader will not be dropped from the Cabinet,” he said.

In an exercise aimed at refurbishing the image of his government, Chief Minister Siddaramiah is all set for a fresh cabinet reshuffle within a day or two as Congress high command has reportedly given him a free hand to pick the new ministers.

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A million dollar question : why Siddaramayyah wants to sack UTK ????

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Mangaluru: Old fridge turned Into disinfection chamber by researchers

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April 16,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 16: An old refrigerator has been turned into a "disinfection chamber" by researchers who are striving to come up with solutions to tackle the spread of coronavirus.

Dr Arun M Isloor, head of Chemistry Department, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, along with research scholar Syed Ibrahim has come up with the device which can disinfect items kept inside it.

"We have named this as ZERO-COV," Dr Isloor said.

He says the device ensures 99.9 per cent destruction of microorganisms present on the surface of items.

"We can keep items like vegetables, currency notes, books or envelopes inside the chamber. Switching on the chamber for 15 minutes ensures 99.9 per cent destruction of microorganisms present in the surface of the items," Dr Isloor added.

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No decision yet on lockdown in Dakshina Kannada, clarifies Minister

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July 12,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 12: No decision has been taken regarding re-imposition of complete lockdown in Dakshina Kannada, according to district in charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary.

The minister's clarification comes following social media rumours about complete lockdown in the district from July 14 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Speaking to media persons, Mr Poojary said that chief minister will hold video conference with Deputy Commissioners, MPs and District ministers of the state on July 13 at 11 am. following which a decision will be taken.

He also clarified that the government will not cause inconveniences to people by taking any such decision all of a sudden. "People should not pay heed to rumours," he said.

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