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State's first Cyber lab inaugurated in the city

July 23, 2011

Mangalore, July 23: Karnataka's first state-of-the-art cyber laboratory, a capacity building unit which will help disseminate information on Cyber security, Cyber laws and Cyber forensics and spread awareness of information technologym was inaugurated at 5th floor of Ramabhavan Complex at Kodialbail in the city on Saturday.

Minister for Ecology, Environment, Ports, Fisheries, Inland water transport, Science and Technology and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Krishna J Palemar inaugurated the laboratory.

Earlier, addressing the media persons, Principal Secretary of Information Technology, Bio-Technology and Science & Technology M N Vidyashankar said the Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation (KEONICS) with the partnership of Mandamus Info Knowledge Consultants, a private organisation which is providing cyber management services and techno-legal services to government bodies, the Cyber Lab has been set up.

He said Cyber Lab's primary focus is on law enforcement cell, judiciary department, government department, banking sector, academia and netizens.

He also said that according to a survey conducted by Symantec, India has the highest ratio of outgoing spam and junk mail. So far Karnataka, the IT hub of the country, has registered highest number of cyber-crimes. The internet has become extremely unsafe and even dangerous because of the serious threats such as phishing, money laundering, defacement of websites, identity theft, cyber stalking and many more, he added.

He said as many as 65 cases of cyber-crimes had been dealt last year.

He said that Mangalore had been chosen for locating the laboratory as it is the third largest IT hub in Karnataka. Besides, it had a large pool of educated people and it had high literacy rate.

Speaking on the occasion Dr V S Acharya, Minister for Higher Education and IT & BT said that Karnataka was the first state to set up a Cyber Crime Police Station to register and investigate cyber-crimes.

He said that the Cyber lab's function was not only confined to netizens but also for law enforcement and legal security of the country. He said that the cyber security will also attract Multi-National Companies to invest in India.

Mr Palemar said that Sub-Science centre will be opened at 10 places in the state including Mangalore at the cost of Rs 2.60 crore.

He said three regional science centre at Mangalore, Mysore and Dharwad will be come up with the coast of Rs 8.50 crore.

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July 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Vendors in Bengaluru are finding it hard to earn a livelihood as the state government has allowed the sale of products only for a few hours each day. The lockdown imposed by the Karnataka government on July 14 will continue till July 22.

Speaking to ANI, Vanajakshi, a local vendor said, "We took loans from banks and small financiers to run our business. But we are finding it tough to pay back as our livelihoods have been hit."
"Because of the lockdown, no one comes to buy and markets remain vacant. There was a time when the Gandhi Nagar market was filled with customers, but now it looks like a vacant playground," she added.

Mythri, an advocate, said, "Look at the conditions of vendors. It's precarious. They do not have any business at all. Even now they have been allowed to sell products till 12 noon, which is not sufficient. It's time for the government to step in and provide assistance. If the Central government can reduce corporate taxes, why can't it help them? At least it will help them pass off these difficult times. "

"They are earning through daily wages. The government imposed lockdown suddenly. Where will they go? The city market in Bengaluru is famous. At least 8,000 people come from slum areas. People here are poor. The lockdown was done suddenly and led to problems for these people," said Congress MLA Zamil Ahmed Khan.

Referring to a recent meeting with the chief minister BS Yediyurappa, he said, "During the meeting called by the CM, I suggested that food kits must be arranged for vendors. The CM said the government is providing rice and wheat but that's not enough."

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April 19,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 19: As many as 25 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the State till now, said Karnataka's Health Department.

"25 new COVID-19 cases reported in the State from 5 pm Friday to 5 pm on Saturday. The total number of positive cases in the State is 384 including 14 deaths and 104 discharges," added the Health Department.

The Health Department has appealed to the doctors, who are willing to volunteer in the fight against coronavirus, to reach out to the government.

A total of 14,378 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the country so far, with 480 deaths being reported due to the virus.

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April 15,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 15: The Karnataka government on Wednesday opened a critical care support unit to monitor the progress of Coronavirus patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of various designated COVID hospitals across the State.

Karnataka is the first state in the country to establish a dedicated unit for critical care support, by linking ICUs of COVID hospitals onto a single platform, Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K, who inaugurated it, was quoted as saying in a statement on Wednesday.

Its objective is to monitor COVID-19 patients in ICUs across Karnataka state so that the hospitals are prepared for the potential onslaught of the virus and thereby to achieve zero COVID mortality in Karnataka, he said, adding, it would enable capturing details of ICU COVID-19 patients in real-time

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