UTK's midnight inspection unearths drugs worth Rs 10-cr wasted in godown

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May 25, 2016

Bengaluru, May 25: A surprise inspection on the warehouse of the Karnataka State Drugs Logistics and Warehousing Society in the city late in the night on Tuesday by the Minister for Health and Family Welfare U?T?Khader revealed that drugs worth Rs 10 crores have been wasted as they were kept beyond their expiry period.

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“Some of the drugs lying in the warehouse were 15 years old. They have not been disposed as per the Drug Disposal Rules. The warehouse has been directed to start disposing the drugs as soon as possible,” the minister said.

The minister took note of the documents and medicine inventory and the transactions that have taken place in the past. The Warehousing Society was later directed to ensure proper computerisation of documents.

The surprise inspection was conducted after a regional television channel had claimed that drugs worth Rs 100 crore were left unattended in the godown.

The minister refuted these allegations and clarified that the present additional director was not responsible for the mismanagement as he took charge only recently.

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Shamshu
 - 
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Karnataka never seen such developments in health department so far. It look forward more and more health schemes.

Abdul Latif
 - 
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

The Minister should implement a procedure, whereby the medicines should be used up according to date of expiry. Every month there should be an audit and expired medicines, should be written off. The concerned people should be held responsible for such losses as it is possible that medicines are being procured without any proper process. The funds may be misused.

Dodanna
 - 
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Such news and information very rarely published in other famous electronic media.

Jai Ho UTK

Mohammed
 - 
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Y so late to visit .....it's 15 yrs old.....whr wr u all these days

Wake UP
 - 
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

I see only ONE leader who is active in looking after affairs of the Society ...
Recognize how a leader should work rather we people are voting only on the statements given by our foolish leaders who deviate the real issues of our Society...

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February 27,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 27: Famous music composer from Kannada film industry, Arjun Janya suffered a minor heart attack. The music composer was immediately taken to Apollo hospital in Mysore where he is currently undergoing treatment.

According to the doctor, Arjun Janya developed chest pain and was admitted to the hospital. The doctor revealed that he is out of danger now and will be kept under observation for a couple of days.

The 39-year-old composer-singer has scored music for successful Kannada films like Birugaali, Kempegowda, Varadanayaka and others.

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April 27,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 27: Janata Dal-Secular leader and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said that the government should work towards lowering the cost of living as the spending power of the consumer has weakened, and it should impose COVID cess on the ultra-rich.

"The economy won't bounce back within a very short period. It is important to lower the cost of living as the spending power of the consumer has depleted. The government must cut the petrol/diesel prices. The loss of revenue may be offset partially by imposing COVID cess on the ultra-rich," Kumaraswamy tweeted.

"According to RBI and international economic assessment agencies, the GDP growth rate of the country is expected to fall to a historic low. Such a dire situation calls for citizen-centric measures like full or partial waivers of EMIs, rents, school fees, and other levies," he added.

Kumaraswamy further said that the government must announce schemes to save the livelihoods of people, especially those in the unorganised sector.

"It is high time the government announced schemes to save livelihoods of people, especially those in the unorganised sector. The government must provide immediate relief to farmers, construction workers, cab and auto drivers, garment workers, etc," the former Karnataka CM tweeted.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) had said on April 23 that India's economic growth is likely to hover between zero and 1.5 per cent in the current financial year as the extended COVID-19 lockdown slows down activity across most sectors.

India is under a nation-wide lockdown which was imposed on March 25 and later extended on April 14 to May 3 to stem the spread of coronavirus.

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June 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 23: Police have nabbed two foreign nationals who were drawing money from ATMs of various banks by using fake ATM cards after collecting details of the card including code while customers used to withdraw money.

Police on Tuesday said that the arrested were identified as Felix Kisiibo (25), Present address Kogilu, Yelahanka, Bengaluru Native address BUGOBERO Village, Khabutoola sub-county, Manafwa District, Uganda and Khairun Abbdulla (32), Present address Kogilu, Yelahanka, Bengaluru Native address House Uzini Zanzibar, Mkele urban, Tanzania.

The duo by inserting Skirmish machine into ATM used to collect details of ATM cardholders, balance and code and then by using fake ATM cards used to withdraw the money without the knowledge of customers.

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