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State rankings: BJP, JD(S) fight for credit

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December 28, 2019

Bengaluru, Dec 28: Shortly after the central government announced state rankings on Thursday, placing Karnataka third on the Good Governance Index (GGI), BJP and JD(S) engaged in a brief credit war on Twitter.

Both claimed Karnataka's ranking was the positive outcome of the work done by their respective administrations.

Chief minister BS Yediyurappa wasted no time to associate his government with the top three finish, tweeting: "In maintaining fiscal discipline Karnataka is number one. In good governance too, the state gets third rank. The GGI ranking prepared by the Centre on 50 indicators is an inspiration for us to give good governance."

Kannada and culture minister CT Ravi praised the chief minister. "Karnataka has got a top rank in GCI. I congratulate @BSYBJP for this achievement," he tweeted.

JD(S) claimed the rankings reflected the efforts made by the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy. It accused BJP of grabbing recognition for someone else's work.

"This 'disqualified' government is shamefully claiming credit by trying to portray HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government's achievements as its own," JD(S) tweeted. It used the word "disqualified" to refer to disqualified Congress-JD(S) legislators who are now a part of BJP. Most of them won in the December 5 bypolls.

"For those who stole opposition party MLAs, stealing other's achievements is not a big deal," JD(S) wrote.

The Union department of administrative reforms and grievances and the Centre for Good Governance released the state rankings on Thursday. Karnataka bagged the first spot for economic governance. Tamil Nadu, which secured an overall score of 5.62 in the 10-sector index, was the top performer in creation of public infrastructure and delivery of justice and providing public security. Karnataka's overall score stood at 5.1.

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June 2,2020

Davanagere, Jun 2: A special pooja was performed by Honnali BJP MLA and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's political secretary MP Renukacharya at Hirekalmatha, in Honnali against COVID-19.

A Nava Graha pooja was also performed for the betterment of those infected. Those present at the pooja maintained social distancing norms and covered their faces with masks.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 1,90,535 including 93,322 active cases. While 91,819 people have either been cured, discharged or migrated, 5,394 deaths have been reported.

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February 5,2020

Tightening control over companies misleading advertisements of medicines and products, the Indian government could soon slap a fine of up to Rs10 lakh and up to two years' imprisonment. While repeat offender could be fined up to Rs50 and imprisonment up to five years.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's new draft of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) (Amendment) Bill, 2020, provides extremely stringent penalties compared to the current law.

Under the new Act, companies advertising medicines and products falsely claiming to make a person fairer, improve height and memory or cure issues like hair loss or greying and premature ageing, among several others, may attract more stringent fines and jail time.

The current Act, 1954, leaves scope for companies to create deceptive advertisements as first time offender can be jailed for six months while repeat offender can be up to one year in prison, reported The Indian Express.

Under the Bill, deceptive advertisements will cover digital advertising, notice, circular, label, wrapper, invoice, banner and poster, among others. The government also plans to expand the scope of the law under the proposed amendments to cover 24 more deceptive claims not included in the current law, like medicines that can cure AIDS, change the sex of a foetus, among others, reported Livemint.

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March 7,2020

Belagavi, Mar 7: Karnataka Urban Development Minister B A Basavaraj on Saturday said that government would a take decision very soon regarding conducting city corporations election in the state.

Speaking with the media after review meeting at Belagavi city corporation (BCC) here he further said that delimitation exercise of the wards has to be done followed by reservations.

The minister stated that discussions would be held with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and would arrive at a decision to conduct the election in about a month’s time.

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