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Banned in India, unfazed Ashwini sprints to US

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July 12, 2011

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Mangalore, July 12: A week ago when her 'A' sample tested positive for anabolic steroids, India's star athlete Ashwini Akkunji did not go into hiding. Nor did she crumble. “The bottomline is I'm a fighter not a quitter,” the 23-year-old Mangalorean told media, ready to weather the storm that has rocked her fledgling career On Monday, shortly after the optional 'B' test which she had pitched for also returned a positive result, and it became all too clear that her 2012 London Olympic dreams were all but over, the 400m Asian Games gold medallist has begun charting her future.



She said, “I'm only 23 and still have many years of athletics left in me. “If the situation gets worse, I will go abroad for training.” Ashwini's career is certain to come to a standstill though the extent of the ban — which could stretch up to two years — will only be known after the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) panel hearing. Knowingly, or unknowingly, Ashwini and the relay quartet have fallen prey to the doping influence but the talented athlete is not calling it quits.



“I didn't expect the 'B' sample test to be any different from the 'A' sample because it is the same sample in a different bottle. I will now wait to go in front of the Anti-doping hearing panel to put forward my case. “I'm not worried because my conscience is clear. The truth will come out some day, and I'll wait for that day to answer my critics.” “I can't comment on the outcome of the hearing, since it is not in my hands. But I'm sure my career is not yet over. In the eventuality of a ban, I'll continue to train hard and make a comeback.”

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July 14,2020

Mangaluru, July 14: In order to detect COVID-19 cases quickly in Dakshina Kannada, the government has commissioned a programme to administer rapid antigen tests.

The coastal district has already received 3,500 rapid antigen test kits, which can give results in 30 minutes, an official said, adding that tests will be conducted shortly and training is being imparted on the use of the kits.

The antigen tests will be conducted for emergency cases like delivery, surgery, persons with severe symptoms of Covid-19, multiple-organ failure and for those whose condition is critical. 

"If a symptomatic patient tests negative for Covid-19, then his throat swab sample would be sent for lab testing," the district health officer (DHO) said.

The rapid antigen tests is expected to help in increasing the number of tests and bring down the load of testing on labs, as antigen kits allow faster diagnosis.

It takes a minimum of eight hours to get the results via real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Antigen tests can provide results within half an hour.

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June 14,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 14: In a fresh case of vigilante attack, a cattle trader was tied to a buffalo-laden vehicle and thrashed by the miscreants belonging to Bajrang Dal in the city today. 

The victim has been identified as Mohammad Haneef Guddemane (34), a resident of Jokatte village on the outskirts of the city. 

The attack took place in the early morning near Infosys office at Urva, when Haneef was transporting his four buffalos to Kudroli slaughter house. 

The miscreants continued to thrash him until the local police reached spot. Based on the complaint of ‘illegal cattle transportation’ by the Bajrang Dal, the police took the victim to custody and also seized the buffalos. 

The police also took the victim to hospital and subjected him to covid test before producing him before a local judge.

While the Bajrang Dal members lodged complaint of illegal transpiration against the victim, the victim showed all the records of the cattle and lodged a counter complaint against the attackers.

It is learnt that Haneef had purchased 10 cattle from Haveri district and sold six among them. He was transporting remaining four buffalos to Kudroli slaughter house.

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May 15,2020

Mangaluru, May 15: The second evacuation flight from Dubai to Mangaluru is expected to bring nearly 180 stranded UAE Kannadigas on May 18.

Air India Express B737-800NG aircraft will take off from terminal 2 of Dubai International Airport at 1.30 pm UAE time and land in Mangaluru International Airport at 6.30 pm local time, sources said.

Mangaluru Airport had witnessed chaos when the first repatriation flight arrived on May 12. Now many passengers of the first flight tested positive for the covid-19.

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