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International Yoga day observed across Karnataka; Deve Gowda, 85, steals the show

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June 21, 2018

Bengaluru, June 21: The International Yoga Day was celebrated by thousands of people with full vigour across Karnataka today.

While a frenzied Yoga Day fever gripped the city with events organised in schools, colleges and army training centres, it did not figure much in the government scheme of things except for a message by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on the microblogging site Twitter.

In his message carrying his picture doing Pranayama, Kumaraswamy said Yoga has been very much in his family as his father, wife and others regularly do it.

"Yoga is a gift from India to the world. Recognising the importance of Yoga, the United Nations too made arrangements to organise 'World Yoga Day'. It has also given an insight into the Yoga tradition existing in India," Kumaraswamysaid.

"Kumaraswamy did not perform any Yoga but he did visit a school managed by Adi Chunchanagiri Math in Ramanagar district. He also gave a message," said an officer in the Department of Information and Public Relations.

The picture that was shared in social media was abouthis presence among the visually impaired children.

Even his itinerary of the day did not have any mention about Yoga or participation in any Yoga event.

Deputy chief minister Dr G Parameshwara too did nottake part in any Yoga event.

His Twitter handle too did not have any message or pictures on Yoga Day, although he is quite active in social media.

While son Kumaraswamy completed the Yoga day by issuing a message in his Twitter handle, his octogenarian father and former prime minister H D Devegowda demonstrated his Yoga skills befitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fitness challenge.

After doing exercises for loosening muscle stiffness around his shoulder joints, leg joints and ankle joints, he performed Paada-hastasana, Markatasana and Pavanamuktasana.

On the other hand, the Yoga fever was high at the BJP headquarters where the BJP leaders and workers led by state president B S Yeddyurappa performed asanas.

Later, sharing the photos on Facebook, Yeddyurappa said, "Celebrated International Yoga Day at Malleshwaram, Yoga is a way to have a divine lifestyle and also strengthen mind body & soul.

I also take the opportunity to thank Shri Narendra Modi for his commendable efforts in taking yoga to the global platform." 

The major event took place at the Field Marshal Manekshaw Parade ground where about 8,000 NCC cadets from 150schools and colleges in and around Bengaluru participated.

Theevent was organised by the NCC Directorate (Karnataka & Goa)Bengaluru.

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers,Ananthkumar too actively took part in the proceedings.

Later addressing the gathering, Kumar complimented all thosewho organised it and participated in a good number.

He exhorted the cadets to pledge their allegiance to the tricolour and spelt out the huge impact of yoga the world over.

Another major event was organised at the Madras Engineer Group and Centre in which 3,500 soldiers including officers, junior commissioned officers, Jawans and their families did Yoga.

The International Yoga Day was also celebrated inother Army units here.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) reduced the syllabi for Classes 9 to 12 due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government has followed the suit. The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapters on legendary south Indian rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent. 

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

The trimmed textbooks uploaded on the website of the Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT) by Karnataka state Textbook Society revealed removal of chapters on Tipu Sultan for the seventh grade.

Justifying the decision, officials said, "students study similar chapters in Class 6 and more in the 10th grade." Yet another senior official from the Text Book Society said, "Trimming does not mean we have removed half of the syllabus from textbooks. It is only keeping in mind the repetition we have condensed the chapters. In case students study about a particular dynasty in higher grades, then the same had been removed from lower grades."

A few months ago, there was an uproar over dropping of content on Tipu Sultan and MLAs from the ruling BJP also demanded the same and petitioned to the Chief Minister. Even an expert committee led by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa suggested to not drop any content on the historic figure. However, the department still decided to drop lessons from one of the classes while keeping the syllabus short for the next 120 active academic days.

Earlier this month, a controversy had erupted over the CBSE's decision to omit topics like federalism, secularism, citizenship, etc while reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12. The education board had issued a detailed clarification later, stating that topics claimed to be dropped "are either being covered by the rationalised syllabus or in the Alternative Academic Calendar of NCERT".

"The rationalisation of syllabus up to 30 per cent has been undertaken by the Board for nearly 190 subjects of class 9 to 12 for the academic session 2020-21 as a one-time measure only. The objective is to reduce the exam stress of students due to the prevailing health emergency situation and prevent learning gaps," it said.

Last week, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh expressed its concern over 'deliberate and systematic' deletions of chapters related to the freedom struggle and the party's role in it from the Class 10-12 syllabi of the Secondary Education Board.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: State officials will conduct Common Entrance Test (CET) exam as per the instructions given by the state high court, said Karnataka deputy chief minister CN Ashwathnarayan on Tuesday.

"Officials have informed that they are all set to conduct exams on July 30 and 31. We will put this matter in front of the high court. As per the instructions of the high court, we will move forward," said Ashwathnarayan.

This comes after Karnataka High court asked the state government to reconsider the decision of conducting the CET exam.

"...I had called an emergency meeting with district collectors, officials of education, transport, health, police department. And, I took information about the preparedness for conducting the CET exam," he added.

Karnataka CET Exam is a state-level entrance exam organised for providing admissions in Engineering, Pharmacy, B Pharma and other courses offered by colleges and institutions located in the state.

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May 25,2020

Bengaluru, May 25: Helpless dairy farmers in a village in Bangaluru Rural district have dumped around 4,000 litres of milk into drains and on anthills.

The shocking incident took place at Chikka Korati near Hoskote yesterday after the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) refused to collect the milk because a pregnant woman in the village had tested positive for Covid-19.

The village was sealed off three days ago and three of the woman’s family was sent to institutional quarantine. The incident is an embarrassment since the government has been urging people not to stigmatise patients or their contacts.

“In Hoskote taluk, we lead in milk production,” Guru Korati, a villager, said. “There are around 130 families in the village, but we have two milk producers’ cooperative societies (MPCSs) – Chikka Korati MPCS and Dinne Korati MPCS. Our village produces more than 4,000 litres per day. The KMF refused to collect milk from both societies after they learnt about the positive case. Frustrated, we poured the milk down the drain.”

Guru wanted the government to address the village’s problems. “We are not only struggling to sell milk, but we also cannot transport vegetables which we cultivate,” he said.

Veerabhadrappa, from Chikka Korati in Bayala Narasapura gram panchayat, said: “Several families have cows enough to yield more than 50 litres of milk. What will they do with such a huge quantity of milk?”

Mehaboob Sab, panchayat development officer (PDO) of Bayala Narasapura GP, said, “We aren’t sure how the woman contracted Covid-19. A family member had visited Tamil Nadu and the woman also frequently visited a hospital in Kolar for checkups. We are still tracing her contacts.” 

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