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Regional centre of RGUHS to come up in Mangaluru

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June 30, 2019

Mangaluru, Jun 30: The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences will open its regional centre at Kavoor in Mangaluru, according to RGUHS Vice-Chancellor S. Sacchidanand.

Addressing a press conference in the city on Saturday, the VC said it will be one of the four regional centres of the university coming up in the State. The RGUHS planned to have its regional centres in Mangaluru, Davangere, Kalaburagi, and Belagavi.

“The Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner has agreed to allocate land in Kavoor,” he said. This regional institute will also have a sports complex that will boost the sports activities of 70 affiliated institutes in the region.

The Regional Centre in Davangere will have a new academic building that will boost academic activities. The Regional Centre in Belagavi will have a cultural centre that will be used to hold the university’s cultural programmes, the Vice-Chancellor said.

RGUHS Registrar (Evaluation) K.B. Lingegowda said the university hopes to start the regional centre in Mangaluru by next year. The Vice-Chancellor said that RGUHS was encouraging research and earmarked ₹20 crore for 2018-19. One of the research was on dengue, which has a high mortality rate. “The research is on early detection of persons likely to have Dengue Shock Syndrome.”

The research was being conducted for the two years by the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, the Kempegowda Instiute of Medical Sciences, St. Johns Medical College, and M.S. Ramaiah Medical College in association with the Indian Institute of Science, he said.

The university has been encouraging research at the undergraduate level by giving offering financial support of ₹15,000 for each research. “These are small research works which we encourage students to take up.” Of the 471 applications, RGUHS accepted 271 research proposals and has provided financial assistance, Dr. Sacchidanand said.

The university will start the Department of Placement and Career Development this year to help nursing, pharmacy and other healthcare course students get jobs. “There is lot of demand for healthcare professionals abroad. We do not want our students to be taken for a ride by middlemen.” Apart from direct contact with employers, the department will hold sessions to develop skills necessary.

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April 18,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 18: Sauharda Forum in Moodbidri has placed a food-counter stand near Krishnakatte in Moodbidri here to feed the hungry during the lockdown.

Due to strict implementation of lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, shops and hotels have remained closed since last one month posing a huge difficulty for many.

Stranded migrant labourers and others can collect water bottles, fruits, biscuits, and other eatables free of cost by the people at the stand.

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April 23,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 23: Muslims in coastal Karnataka will fast tomorrow (April 24) along with Middle Eastern Muslims as the Khazis in the region have confirmed the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan tonight.

Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia and a few Middle Eastern countries have already declared that Friday will be the start of the month of fasting.

In Kerala and twin districts of coastal Karnataka - Dakshina Kannada and Udupi- the announcement was made following maghrib praers as the cresent moon was sighted in a few places in Kerala.

The Thakbeer was pronounced from the minarets of the mosques across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi after Maghrib Namaz as the religious heads confirmed the moon sighting. 

However, the religious heads including Mangaluru Khazi Twaqa Ahmed Musliar and Udupi Khazi Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal, have urged the Muslims to offer all the prayers including Taraveeh at homes along with family members due to the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus. 

There will be no congregational taraveeh prayers in mosques and Muslims should follow the covid-19 guidelines of the government, they stated.

Ramadan begins around 11 days earlier each year. Its start is calculated based on the sighting of the new moon, which marks the beginning of the Muslim lunar month that varies between 29 or 30 days.

During the month, Muslims are expected to abstain during daylight hours from food, drink, smoking and sex to focus on spirituality.

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Sajid
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Thursday, 23 Apr 2020

How it is possible that only Kerala people can witness the moon? 

 

Can they come forward in Media and give Shahaadah, why the other parts of India will not follow.

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February 6,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 6: Karnataka government has launched an aggressive awareness campaign against the novel coronavirus across the state with a special focus on its bordering areas in wake of the three confirmed cases of the deadly pathogen in neighbouring Kerala.

According to Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey, "All necessary information on the virus, its symptoms and precautions are being announced at public places like bus stops via radio from time to time."

“A video regarding the same is also being played in 500 cinema halls, advising masses to take precautions," he said.

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