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Aati Amavasya tragedy: Family still in shock

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August 1, 2011

Vittla, August 1: An uneasy and taut silence prevailed over the house. People inside are still in shock. Fury of fate has taken away one of their beloved. 29 year old enthusiastic advocate Ashwin Kumar had unknowingly barked up the wrong tree.

There exists an age old tradition practised in parts of South India on the auspicious day of Aati Amavasya to intake a sap of the Devil's Tree (Alstonia scholaris) which is reputed to have high medicinal and antibiotic properties. That was what the deceased Ashwin Kumar, a young lawyer by profession was hoping for when he chipped off the seemingly similar but toxic Kaasaraka tree (Nux vomica) on last Saturday, July 30.

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Ashwin Kumar

Ashwin collected the bark early in the morning and his mother Dakshayini (65) prepared the concoction, which was certainly not the first time for her.

Dakshayini along with her two sons Ashwin, and Brijesh (35) and a day labourer Kaashinath (70), a resident of Bijapur drank the decoction. Ashwin enthusiastically drank more than the others.

Luckily, her other son Ravishankar, Brijesh's wife and children did not drink it.

Dakshayini was immediately affected, started vomiting and lost consciousness. Ashwin and Brijesh took her to the Vitla Government Hospital where both of them lost consciousness. Immediately they were taken to Kasturba Medical Centre (KMC), Mangalore. Meanwhile, Kaashinath was also affected and was taken to KMC in another vehicle.

Ashwin breathed his last, without responding to the efforts of the doctors at night. Dakshayini, Brijesh and Kaashinath are now recovering in the hospital.

Confusion

Kaashinath was unaware of the happenings and complained to the doctors in the hospital that the people of the house tried to kill him. But, reality bit him hard, said Chennappa Poojari, Ashwin's uncle.

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June 10,2020

Bengaluru, June 10: The Department of Primary and Secondary Education of Government of Karnataka today ordered a ban on online classes for children from KG to class 5.

The decision was taken following a report based on the report submitted by director NIMHANS, recommending online classes only above the age of 6 years and also following the complaints from several parents about online classes conducted by private schools even for kindergarten kids.

Briefing the media soon after the meeting with department officials, S Suresh Kumar, primary and secondary education minister said, "We have taken two major decisions today. The online classes for LKG, UKG and primary classes should be stopped immediately."

Even collecting fees in the name of online classes should be stopped, said the minister. "We have already issued a circular about it insisting that schools not collect fees in the name of online classes and also requesting schools not to increase fees for the 2020-21 academic year considering financial constraints of several people due to the COVID-19 pandemic," said the minister.

The department, however, also discussed how to engage children during this period as there was no clarity over the reopening of schools for the 2020-21 academic year. "We have constituted a committee to prepare guidelines on how to engage students and increase their knowledge. The committee is headed by Prof. MK Sridhar," he said.

Before taking this decision, the department had three rounds of discussions with various experts, including Prof. MK Sridhar, Prof. VP Niranjanaradhya, Dr John Vijay Sagar and other departments, including the home and health departments.

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May 30,2020

Udupi, May 30: A total of 45 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, including 17 children were discharged after recovery from the designated hospital in Udupi.

This comes as a big relief amid the rising number of cases in the district.

A total of 164 cases has been confirmed in the district so far.

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May 10,2020

Bengaluru, May 10: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday accused the state government of not preparing proper guidelines to bring back people who are stranded near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border areas.

"No proper guidelines have been given to officials to bring back people who are stranded near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border. From the last 45 days, many of these people have not got any relief nor are there any proper directions or guidelines from the state government," alleged Kumaraswamy.

He also accused the state government of cheating the people of Karnataka.

"Karnataka government is cheating people the same way it cheated with the flood compensation. The state government had announced lakhs of rupees as compensation to those who lost houses in the flood last year. But nobody has got the records or details as to how many people got benefited from it," he added.
Fifty-three more COVID-19 cases were reported in Karnataka on Sunday, the state government said.

The total number of cases in the state is at 847, including 405 discharged and 31 deaths so far, the bulletin said.

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