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Kerala will continue to eat beef; BJP has no problem with it: Modi govt’s minister

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September 4, 2017

New Delhi, Sept 4: Kerala is a “beef-eating State” and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has no problem with the people eating beef there, newly appointed Tourism Minister K Alphons has said.

“Kerala is a beef-eating state. It is not going to stop eating beef. It will continue to eat beef. BJP doesn't have a problem,” he said while speaking a news channel after assuming charge of the Tourism Ministry on Monday while replying to a question on the issue.

He rejected all accusations against the BJP on the issue, dubbing them as “absolutely untrue.”

He said that the Chief Minister of Goa, which is a BJP-ruled State, has made it clear that the State would continue to eat beef.

"I am sure there is a lot of propaganda. There is no food emergency They said churches would be demolished and mosques will be burnt if the BJP comes to power but nothing like that happened, he added.

Alphons asserted that the BJP had no plans to impose a “food emergency” in any of the States including Kerala.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking everybody along. He has said 'I will take care of you all. I will protect you'," he added

Alphons also said that he would be “a bridge between Prime Minister and the Christian community,” when asked if his induction into the Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers was a move to reach out to the Christian community.

“I would be a bridge between the Prime Minister and the Christian community. The Prime Minister has talked about the development of all sections of the community," he said.

Earlier in the day, he took over the charge of Tourism Ministry in presence of the outgoing Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma. He also joined the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (IT) as Minister of State to function under Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad.

"There is a lot of potential in our tourism sector but first we will have to love ourselves and love India then we can attract tourists from other countries," he said.

Handing over the charge of the Tourism Ministry, Sharma said Prime Minister “handpicked” Alphons for the job as he had created an image of himself “as an able administrator.”

“He is like a flower that Modi has picked from a bouquet. When the tourism development rate globally is 4.7 per cent India's is 17.3 per cent. I hope next time when these statistics are issued, Alphons would have bettered this,” Sharma added.

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Abdullah
 - 
Wednesday, 6 Sep 2017

Hahahaha.....  Anukoola Shastra.

Kuttan
 - 
Tuesday, 5 Sep 2017

No Problem in kerala beef is not gomatha.

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January 15,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 15: The Indian startups secured 12.7 billion in funding last year -- a 15% growth compared to 2018 - and Bengaluru startup community topped the list, with securing $5.3 billion across 267 deals, a new report said on Tuesday.

In total, the Indian startups attracted 766 deals in 2019, taking total deal count between 2014-2019 to 5,011, said DataLabs by Inc42 in its annual startup funding report.

Sequoia took the top spot as the most active VC in 2019 with 53 deals, followed by Accel that participated in 38 deals. Blume Ventures, Matrix Partners and Tiger Global were in the top five VCs in 2019.

"The Indian startup economy is entering new decade with over $58 billion in fundraising and 2,984 funded startups between 2014-2019," the findings showed.

With an average of $21 million, the ticket size value of funding increased by 15% in 2019.

Ecommerce and fintech -- with $2.6 billion funding each -- took the top slot with 93 deals and 125 deals, respectively.

"Ecommerce continued to remain at the top by the end of 2019. The growing investor confidence towards sub-sectors such as vertical ecommerce, social commerce and private label businesses is one major factor for ecommerce maintaining its lead," a DataLabs spokesperson said in a statement.

According to the estimates, the funding amount and deal count in 2020 will be around $12.6 billion at a 1% decline from 2019.

"Nevertheless, the investment activity is expected to rise in 2021," said the report.

The data suggests that 2019 had lowest number of startups funded (664) in the last five years, with seed-stage funding deals dropping by 53%, compared to 2016.

With $252 million in funding, seed-stage deal value fell by 44% (compared to 2018) as only 306 seed funding deals were recorded, the report said.

The enterprise tech had a blockbuster year with total funding of $1.15 billion across 114 deals in 2019. The sector recorded a 49% surge in total funding amount, compared to 2018.

The Indian startup economy saw 275 unique VCs participating in funding in 2019, said the report.

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March 2,2020

Mangaluru/Mysuru, Mar 2:Unseasonal rain that lashed several parts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Mysuru districts on Monday brought big relief from scorching heat experienced since last one week.

According to official sources here, the Port city received rain for more than two hours since 0500 hrs. Mangaluru, Thokkottu, Ullal, Kavoor, Bondel, Bejai and other areas surrounding Mangaluru experienced rainfall.

Power supply was disrupted following rainfall. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted 'generally cloudy sky' for Mangaluru on Monday.

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January 7,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 7: A ten-year-old boy who suffered severe injuries after drowning in Kadri temple pond died on Monday,

Police said that the deceased has been identified as Sandesh, resident of Athani taluk.

Sandesh drowned while taking a dip in a pond at Kadri Shree Manjunatha Temple on Sunday evening. He was immediately rushed to the hospital in the city, however, he died on Monday morning after he stopped responding to the treatment.

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