Why BJP not pressurizing PM Modi to ban beef trade, asks MLA Firoz Sait

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March 14, 2018

Slamming the ‘beef politics’ of BJP in Karnataka, Congress MLA from Belagavi North Firoz N Sait has asked the saffron party why did it not pressurize Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government to completely ban beef trade and export from India.

Responding to a drive by local BJP leaders to close all cold storages and slaughterhouses in Belagavi, Mr Sait said: “If the BJP is so opposed to beef trade and consumption, its leaders should convince the Centre to ban beef trade and export instead of going around snatching the livelihood of the poor working in the meat industry.”

“BJP leaders took Union Minister Maneka Gandhi to the cold storages and told her lies that they are illegal. The owners of the cold storages said all permits were obtained. If BJP leaders were concerned about such issues, they should have appealed to her to get it banned,” the MLA said.

He denied allegations by BJP leaders that he had invested in these units. “Neither I nor my family members have any investment or interest in either slaughterhouses or cold storages in Belagavi or anywhere else,” he said.
 

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Damodar
 - 
Thursday, 15 Mar 2018

It won't happen. Majority of the slaughter houses belong to muslims, and if it was banned, it would destroy livelihoods. That would remove whatever sympathy BJP gets from the muslim community, and could be a disaster in elections. Hence, they do things so as to keep the issue alive, that way they try to please both communities.

 

ABDUL AZIZ
 - 
Wednesday, 14 Mar 2018

Well asked true question,

for them truth will not digest

sure

one day         Truth will prevail and evil will perish

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Udupi, Aug 1: A girl child died five persons suffered injuries in a car accident today on National Highway-66 near Ambalpady in Udupi.

According to sources, two couples and children were travelling in the car from Mangaluru to Shikaripura when the tragedy took place. 

The speeding car rammed into the road divider and flipped over after the driver lost control over it near Ambalpady. 

Among the injured, the condition of a woman is said to be critical. She has been admitted to KMC Hospital in Manipal. The other passengers escaped with minor injuries.

A case has been registered at Udupi town traffic police station and investigations are on. More details are awaited.

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The United States of America has bought almost the entire world's supply of remdesivir, one of just two drugs proven to treat COVID-19. 

“President Trump has struck an amazing deal to ensure Americans have access to the first authorised therapeutic for Covid-19,” said the US health and human services secretary, Alex Azar. 

“To the extent possible, we want to ensure that any American patient who needs remdesivir can get it. The Trump administration is doing everything in our power to learn more about life-saving therapeutics for Covid-19 and secure access to these options for the American people.”

The announcement implies that no other country in the world will be able to buy remdesivir for next three months at least.

The anti-viral drug patented by the US-based Gilead biotech firm is the only one approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to treat patients with the novel coronavirus.

The Trump administration has already shown that it is prepared to outbid and outmanoeuvre all other countries to secure the medical supplies it needs for the US.

“They’ve got access to most of the drug supply [of remdesivir], so there’s nothing for Europe,” said Dr Andrew Hill, senior visiting research fellow at Liverpool University.

Remdesivir, the first drug approved by licensing authorities in the US to treat Covid-19, is made by Gilead and has been shown to help people recover faster from the disease. 

The first 140,000 doses, supplied to drug trials around the world, have been used up. The Trump administration has now bought more than 500,000 doses, which is all of Gilead’s production for July and 90% of August and September.

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According to sources, the Collector had been asked to go on quarantine after the reports of a journalist, who interviewed him, was tested positive for the virus.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his routine evening press conference revealed the positivity of the journalist.

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