Bengaluru, Sept 27: Former chief minister and CLP leader Siddaramaiah has urged the state government to extend the winter session of the legislature from three to 15to 25 days.
In a letter to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday, the Congress leader said the state government should not break the tradition of holding session in Belagavi, to discuss the problems faced by the people of north Karnataka.
For this purpose only, the Suvarna Soudha was constructed, he added.
Bengaluru, Aug 8: Karnataka government on Friday issued revised guidelines for international returnees.
According to the guidelines, all the travelers shall submit self-declaration form on the Yatri Karnataka online portal at least 72 hours before the scheduled date of travel.
"All travelers shall submit Self-declaration forrn on the Yatri Karnataka online portal (http://www,covidwar.karnataka.gov.in or http://parihara.kaarnateka.gov.in/service38/) least 72 hours before the scheduled date of travel," it read.
It said that Before Boarding Do's and Don, about COV1D-19 quarantine, testing, etc. shall be provided along with ticket to the travellers by the travel agencies concerned.
All passengers shall download Arogya Setu app, Quarantine watch app end Apthamitra App on their mobile devices, (https://covid-19.karnataka.gov.in/new-page/softwares/en).
At the time of boarding the flight/ ship, only asymptomatic travellers shall be allowed in board after thermal screening.
"Deboarding should be done by ensuring physical distancing of two meters.
Self-declaration form shall be obtained from each passenger in duplicate," the guidelines read.
Karnataka has 75,076 active cases of the virus with 80,281 recovered and 2,897 deaths so far.
Bengaluru, Apr 11: Seven more people have tested positive for coronavirus taking the tally to 214 in the state.
"Coronavirus cases rise to 214 in Karnataka, with seven more people testing positive between 5 PM Friday and 12 PM Saturday," said the Karnataka health department.
According to the health department, all these seven people have a history of contact with COVID-19 patients. Five of them are workers of a pharmaceutical company in Mysuru.
"Out of the total cases in the state, six people have died while 37 others were cured or discharged," added the state health department.
Bengaluru, Feb 22: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said an ideal trade-off needs to be reached between new media -- which is fast and popular -- and traditional media which has developed skills to authenticate a news report, which is a costly operation.
Addressing the fourth edition of ‘the Huddle’ – the annual thought conclave of the Hindu here, he asserted that the internet and social media had democratised journalism and revitalised democracy, but had also led to many anxieties.
While the new media was fast and popular and people could choose what they wanted to watch, hear or read, traditional media would have to introspect on its role in society and find ways to earn the reader’s full trust again as "the project of democracy was incomplete without informed citizens – which means, without unbiased journalism."
Debate and discussion were internalised in India’s social psyche to arrive at truth since time immemorial, he said.
"There is no doubt that perception of truth is conditioned by circumstances. The conditions that cloud the truth’s positions are effectively dispelled by a contestation of ideas through debate, discussion and scientific temper. Prejudices and violence vitiate the search for truth."
Expressing happiness to attend ‘The Huddle’ organised by The Hindu, he said the Hindu group of publications had been relentlessly aiming to capture the essence of this great country through its responsible and ethical journalism. He commended them for their insistence on sticking to the five basic principles of journalism – truth-telling, freedom and independence, justice, humaneness and contributing to the social good, an official release here said.
Mr Kovind said dogmas and personal prejudices distorted the truth. In the 150th year of Gandhiji’s birth, he asked all to ponder over this question: "will it not be proper to pursue truth itself as the ideology? Gandhiji has shown us the path by walking ceaselessly in search of truth which would ultimately encompass every positive attribute that enriches the universe."
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