Karnataka mounts pressure on Centre to hold bank exams in Kannada; DyCM writes to Jaitley

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August 16, 2018

Bengaluru, Aug 16: The Karnataka government has urged the Centre once again to take necessary steps to conduct banking exams by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) in Kannada language too.

In September 2017, then Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah had written to Union finance minister Arun Jaitley asking him to direct the IBPS to hold examinations in all 22 languages, including Kannada. Now Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara has written a letter to Jaitley requesting the same.

In his letter, Mr. Parameshwara also pointed out instances of customers being denied banking services in their mother tongue, as challans, application forms, procedural documents and ATM kiosks are available only in English and Hindi.

He said that this was not the first time that this demand was made. Earlier, Siddaramaiah and the Kannada Development Authority chairman SG Siddaramaiah, among others had also demanded for it.

He said that it goes against the very spirit of federalism and the interests of not just the people of Karnataka, but those from other states as well and urged the Finance Minister to take up the issue immediately.

The CyCM stated that this is a “systematic discrimination”, which is creating social tension in the state’s banks. “I sincerely hope this letter will not be met with the same fate that the previous letters have met," he added.

G Parameshwara suggested that the bank officials in the state, who are not proficient in Kannada, must be directed to gain proficiency within a timeframe and later assessed as well. Their retention must be subject to passing this assessment. This will also make it easier for the people of Karnataka to contribute more proactively to the success of various schemes launched by the Centre, to achieve total financial inclusion in the country, he said.

In April 2017, the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) had argued that the current system goes against Kannadigas, with non-Kannadigas gaining the upper hand and therefore has asked the then Chief Minister to stop the exams until they are held in Kannada.

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How it possible if other state students opted Karnataka as exam centre and work place (vacancy) for them and choosing some banks like karnataka bank

Kannada compulsory make people lazy than comforatable. They have to compete other state students.

It may affect other state job seekers.

DyCM spoiling student. They should learn Englisah properly. Kannada can be must in schools and PUC.

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Coronavirus: Infosys evacuates satellite office in Bengaluru

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March 14,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 14: Infosys carried out evacuation at one of its satellite offices here on Friday after an employee came in contact with a suspected case of COVID-19, according to the company.

"We have taken a decision to evacuate one of our satellite buildings in Bengaluru as a precautionary measure, as one of our employees had been in contact with an individual with suspected COVID-19," the company said in its statement.

"Employees have been directed to work from home, and there is no impact on our client deliverables as a result of this temporary evacuation," it added.

On the other hand, Google also informed media on Friday that an employee at its Bengaluru office has tested positive for the COVID-19 and the firm has directed all its employees in that office to work from home as a precautionary measure.

"We can confirm that an employee from our Bangalore office has been diagnosed with COVID-19. They were in one of our Bangalore offices for a few hours before developing any symptoms. The employee has been on quarantine since then," Google had said in a statement. The search engine giant has asked colleagues who were in close contact with the employee to quarantine themselves and monitor their health.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

Coronavirus, which originated in the Wuhan city of China, has so far spread to more than 100 countries infecting over 1,20,000 people. India has reported two deaths and 82 confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) had declared the coronavirus outbreak a 'pandemic' and expressed deep concern.

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JD(S) MLA B Satyanarayana passes away

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Janata Dal (Secular) leader and MLA Satyanarayana passed away today due to multiple organ failure. He was 67.

Satyanarayana was representing Tumakuru’s Sira constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is survived by five daughters and one son.

It is learnt that he was suffering from multiple organ ailments from the past few days and was recently admitted to Manipal Hospital in the city. He breathed his last at 12:20 p.m.

He contested from JDS and worked three times as MLA and 2 times as MP. He was the chairman of KSRTC during the coalition government led by HD Kumaraswamy.

Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda mourned his death and said, “It is a shock to hear the demise of former minister and my close friend. We are friends from the past 3 decades and I cannot recall the days without him.”

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President DK Shivakumar said, “Satyanarayana was concerned for the farmers and he was a gentleman. Hearing the news hurts me and this is an irreparable loss to the political field.”

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