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Kishore Chandra, Reddi in race for Karnataka police chief's post

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October 9, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 9: With Director General and Inspector General of Police Rupak Kumar Dutta set to retire on October 31, the race for his successor has begun.

Three top IPS officers eligible for the post are DGP (Fire & Emergency Services, Home Guards, Civil Defence and State Disaster Response Force-SDRF) Neelamani N Raju (1983 batch), DGP (Criminal Investigation Department) H C Kishore Chandra and DGP (Anti Corruption Bureau) M N Reddi (both 1984 batch).

The change of guard is likely to be smooth as the government has decided to avert recurrence of any embarrassment at the time of appointing the new head of the state police force, said sources in the Home Department.

With Neelamani favouring a posting in the Central government, the race has narrowed down to the two batchmates, Kishore Chandra and Reddi.

“Karnataka won’t see a woman DGP as Neelamani is likely to be appointed as DG (NHRC) ,” stated a top IPS officer.

She felt let down after the government preferred Dutta for the top post in 2016. Soon after Dutta’s appointment, she submitted a representation to the state government expressing her willingness for a Central assignment.

“The representation has been forwarded to the Union government and the Centre may appoint her as DG (NHRC),” the officer stated.

The government may not pick her as she has not served in Karnataka for long. She was away from the state for 23 years and the government may not take the risk of considering her for the post when the elections are round the corner, sources said.

Reddi, who started his career as as SP of KGF and Mandya districts, went on to become Bengaluru Police Commissioner and DGP (Intelligence). He improved the the IT city police’s image by using social media platforms effectively. Reddi has backing of an influential minister from Bengaluru city. He also shares cordial relations with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and many of his Cabinet colleagues, the sources said.

Meanwhile, Vokkaliga MLAs in the Congress are mounting pressure on the chief minister to appoint Kishore Chandra, who hails from the community. “If appointed, he will be the first officer from the dominant Vokkaliga community to be DG&IGP,” said an officer.

Kishore Chandra belongs to chief minister’s home district of Mysuru and by appointing him Siddaramaiah can win the hearts of the Vokkaligas ahead of the polls, said sources.

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April 29,2020

New Delhi, Apr 29: WhatsApp on Tuesday said it will now allow up to eight people to connect on a group video call as an increasing number of people turn to digital platforms to connect with friends and family amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Facebook-owned company said over the last month, people on average are spending over 15 billion minutes talking each day on WhatsApp calls, well above a typical day before the pandemic.

"...we see that people all over the world are turning to voice and video calling on WhatsApp more than ever before. Group calling has been particularly useful and our users have asked to connect with more people at once," WhatsApp said in a blogpost.

Starting Tuesday, the company is doubling the number of participants one can have on a WhatsApp video or voice call from 4 to 8 people at a time, it added.

WhatsApp emphasised that like written messages, all calls on its platform are protected with end-to-end encryption.

"We have built group calling in a way that makes it available for as many users as possible, including people on lower-end devices and slow network conditions," it added.

Also Read: Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths

WhatsApp said that to access the new, higher participant limit on WhatsApp calls, all participants in a call need to update to the latest version of WhatsApp available on iPhone or Android.

Video calling tools like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and others have also seen a significant jump in userbase and traffic as people connect while maintaining social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Last week, Facebook had introduced Messenger Rooms that will soon hold up to 50 people with no time limit.

It had added that the company will also add ways to create rooms from Instagram Direct, WhatsApp and Portal.

Noting that between WhatsApp and Messenger, more than 700 million accounts participate in calls every day, Facebook had said, adding that video calling on Messenger and WhatsApp more than doubled in many countries.

Also, views of Facebook Live and Instagram Live videos have also increased significantly in March, it said.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru,  Aug 4: Karnataka has seen a substantial increase in COVID-19 recovery rate, which was 5.67 per cent in the last week, state Medical Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar said.

"Every day there is an increase in recovery rate which is higher by 9.17 per cent in Bengaluru city. The overall recovery rate of the state by Sunday evening was 42.81 per cent and it is 35.14 per cent in Bengaluru," the Minister wrote in a tweet.

Minister Sudhakar also directed officials to resolve the issue raised by a woman who had written to him about her struggle to take possession of the body of her father in St. Johns hospital, Madivala.

The hospital she claimed was charging money to hand over the body.

"It is inhuman on part of the hospital to refuse handover of the body. I came to know about this incident in the media and responded immediately to help out the woman," Dr. Sudhakar wrote in his tweet.

Karnataka has so far reported 74,598 active COVID-19 cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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March 25,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 25: Fishing boats returned to the old Port in Mangaluru after the government prohibited deep-sea fishing till further orders on Wednesday to prevent the assembly of a large gathering here in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. 

According to officials, deep-sea fishing activities result in the gathering of a large number of people and is much against the government's direction on maintaining social distancing. 

According to the Department, the 42-Km coastline in Dakshina Kannada hass 57 purse seine boats, 1,270 trawl boats, 1,483 gillnet boats, 549 other mechanised boats.

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