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Centenary year celebrations of Bejai Parish kicked off

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August 7, 2011

Mangalore, August 7: The year-long centenary celebration of Bejai parish of Mangalore Catholic Diocese, dedicated to St Francis Xavier was kicked off here on Sunday with the Solemn Eucharistic celebration.

Rev Vincent Furtado, Provincial Superior of the Capuchin Fathers, presided over the Holy Eucharist.

Prior to the mass, the Holy Bible was brought in the procession and enthroned by the main celebrant. The main celebrants Fr Vincent Furtado Cap, Dr Victor Machado the parish priest, Fr Anil Roshan Lobo the assistant parish priest, Augustine Rodrigues, Vice-President Parish Pastoral Parishad, Charlotte Patrao the secretary, Sr Mable UFS Superior, St Angela Convent, and Melwyn Mascarenhas, President ICYM launched the centenary year.

After the mass the logo of the centenary year celebration “Amcho Bhavarth Amchi Firgoz, Amcho Sombrom"(Our faith, our parish, our celebration) was unveiled by the parish priest.

As tokens of centenary, a sapling each of mango and jasmine were planted by the parish clergy. The centenary flags were given to all the gurkars as symbols of unity in the parish.

The parish that has 1,250 families on its rolls and around 6,000 Christians and originally was part of Rasario parish had its origin in August 1912. Fr E A C Colaco built the present church of St Francis Xavier in 1928, nearly 16 years after the parish came in to existence.

The parish has had a chequered history and is known for its vibrant lifestyle manifested by variety of talent of the people.

The only disconnect with the past was that the fragrance of jasmine grown previously by the parishioners is no longer there. The parish bulletin Izoicho Kolo (Jasmine of Bejai) however keeps reminding the parishioners about its hoary past, Fr Victor said, adding that notwithstanding this development, the parishioners have spread the fragrance of this parish the world over on the sheer strength of their individual and collective achievements.

As part of the centenary celebration the parish intends to build houses for the poor, provide scholarships for higher education, involve itself in environmental protection measures, renovate the higher primary school, and upgrading the central school.

Former parish priests were felicitated on the occasion.

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July 20,2020

Mangaluru/ Udupi, Jul 20: Dakshina Kannada has recorded 89 new covid-19 cases and five deaths whereas as Udupi recorded 98 cases in past 24 hours. 

Dakshina Kannada 

With five new deaths, the covid-19 death toll in the district mounted to 82. Among the five deceased, two are from Mangaluru taluk, one from Beltangady taluk, one from Bantwal taluk and one from Chikkamangaluru district. The deceased include a 2 month old child (from Bantwal). 

Out of the 89 cases, eleven persons had contracted the disease from primary contacts. Two persons had returned from the Gulf. Forty-five persons are suffering from influenza-like illness (ILI), and sixteen persons are suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). The health officials are tracing the contacts of fifteen others.

Meanwhile, 57 persons were also discharged from the hospital after complete recovery.

Udupi

With 98 new covid-19 cases, the total number of cases in the district today mounted to 2,321. Among them only 661 are currently active. 

1650 patients have been discharged from the hospital after complete recovery, and 11 persons have succumbed to COVID-19 in the district.

As of now, 213 throat swab samples are pending for results, 54 samples were sent for testing on July 20. On Sunday, July 20, 251 samples have tested negative. As of now, a total of 22357 swab samples out of the 24891 have tested negative for the coronavirus.

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March 20,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Two COVID-19 positive patients in Karnataka have fully recovered and will be discharged today.

Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said: "Two COVID-19 positive patients have completely recovered and will be discharged tomorrow. They will be kept under home quarantine for 14 days as a precautionary measure."

The number of COVID-19 positive patients in Karnataka stands at 14 as of today.

"The total number of positive cases of COVID19 in India stands at 173, including 25 foreigners. Four deaths (1 each) have occurred in Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra," said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement.

According to official data provided by the Ministry of Health, as many as 15 people infected with the virus have been discharged after receiving treatment.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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