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Coastal business development summit ends on positive note

January 5, 2012

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Mangalore, January 5: The curtains came down on the two-day Coastal Business Development Summit organised by State government and the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) giving rise to the hope of rapid development of coastal districts of Karnataka and creation of job opportunity in this part.

Speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the Summit held at T V Ramana Pai Convention Centre here on Thursday, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily said progress in coastal Karnataka must be apolitical.

He said that when new industries come up the locals must get jobs on priority basis.

Stating that coastal region is usually the centre of industrialisation, he said that the environment of the region should not be spoilt in the name of development.

MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik said the B2B sector generates at least 400 crores. The state government has decided to sanction Rs 145 crores for hospitality, Rs 113 crores for sea food, Rs 41.5 crores for pharmaceuticals, Rs 37 crores for agriculture, Rs 15 crores for Ice plants and Rs 21 crores for Plywood, he said.

He said that the Summit focussed on various sectors in the district like education, fisheries and agriculture.

Dr G V Joshi, Professor of Economics, Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management, NITTE, said that Coastal Karnataka's highest revenue generation is through education and the concept of edupreneurs must take importance in the district. “The quality of education must be improved even though it is already quite good,” he added.

Speaking about the fisheries sector Dr Ramachandra Bhat, Professor and Head, College of Fisheries, said even though it was important to modernise fishing in the district it must not be at the cost of environment pollution. There must be a balance of modernism and ecological awareness so that there is all round synergy, he said.

FKCCI president J R Bangera, President of Small Scale Industries Association Jayaraj Pai, MLA Yogish Bhat, MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik, President of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry Latha R Kini, Coastal Development Authority Chairman B Nagaraj Shetty were also present on the occasion.

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August 8,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 8: As visuals of the Air India Express flight crash at Kozhikode international airport emerge, one cannot help but be reminded of an eerily similar and unfortunate accident that occurred a decade ago. The August 7, 2020 tragedy brought back memories of the 2010 crash.

It was on May 22, 2010 that an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 flight from Dubai to Mangaluru over shot the runway while landing at Bajpe airport and fell into a cliff. Of the 160 passengers and 6 crew members on board, 158 were killed (all crew members and 152 passengers) and only 8 survived.

Even back then, the plane had split into two. The crash has been termed as one of India's worst aviation disasters.

The final conversations between Air traffic control (ATC) and the pilot prior to the landing showed no indication of any distress.

Like the Mangaluru accident, Karipur crash too happened when the flight was attempting to land.

The captain of the aircraft which crashed at Mangaluru, Z Glucia, was an experienced pilot with 10,000 hours of flying experience and had 19 landings at the Mangalore airport. Co-pilot S S Ahluwalia, with 3,000 hours of flying experience had as many as 66 landings at this airport. Both the pilot and co-pilot were among the victims.

An investigation into the accident later found that the cause of the accident was the captain’s failure to discontinue an ‘unstabilised approach’ and his persistence to continue with the landing, despite three calls from the First Officer to ‘go-around’.

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March 14,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 14: Following the avian flu outbreak in neighboring Kerala, authorities at Pilikula Biological Park in Moodushedde, on the outskirts of the city, have taken all precautionary measures to prevent the death of birds in the park.

Park Director H J Jayaprakash Bhandari said that "the behaviour of the birds is being monitored near open water sources on the premises'.

Though no deaths were reported in the Zoo or on lake premises, the staff continue to maintain a strict vigil on open water sources like lakes. He said the Park was being sanitized.

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March 24,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Eight new positive coronavirus cases were confirmed in Karnataka on Tuesday, taking the tally to 41 in the state, the health department said.

"Till date 41 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state which includes one death and 3 discharged," the department said.

According the department bulletin, 37 positive patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and their condition is stable.

Of the 41 confirmed cases, six are transit passengers hailing from Kerala who have landed in airports and being treated in Karnataka.

Among the eight passengers confirmed on Tuesday also three men and a woman are from Kasaragod in Kerala with a history of travel to Dubai and Saudi Arabia respectively.

All the four had landed in Mangaluru, where they are being treated.

The others are: two men, aged 40 and 65, from Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka with travel history to Dubai;

a 56-year-old woman, a resident of Chikkaballapura district, who is a family member and co-passenger of person who tested postive with travel history to Mecca, and a 56-year-old woman, resident of Bengaluru, a contact of another person who has tested positive for the virus,

Among the 41 cases, 24 has been reported from Bengaluru, five from Dakshina Kannada, three each from Kalaburgai and Chikkaballapura, two each from Mysuru and Uttara Kannada, and one each from Kodagu and Dharwad.

All the three discharged patients are from Bengaluru, while one death was reported in Kalaburagi earlier this month, which was the country's first COVID-19 related death.

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