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Veerappa Moily hints at 'RSS-lobby' behind Raghuram Rajan's exit

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June 19, 2016

Bengaluru, June 19: Blaming the adverse environment created by the BJP-led regime at the Centre for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan's decision to not continue with his current post after the end of his tenure in September, former union minister Veerappa Moily on Saturday hinted at the RSS being involved in the entire matter.M-Veerappa

Moily criticised the saffron outfit for having embarrassed Rajan and said the latter was needed to steer the economy in times of global economic uncertainty.

"The reason is well known to him. But the manner in which some of these BJP leaders, including the commerce minister and one of the important BJP leaders Subramanian Swamy, and also the Nagpur RSS camp was lobbying against him, was the most unpleasant thing that happened in the country," Moily told ANI.

The senior Congress leader further said the present regime did not deserve a person of Rajan's stature to be working with them.

"Under the present regime, they do not deserve a person of his stature. He is a global person. We are endowed to him, he took all steps to keep the inflation down. They shouldn't have embarrassed him. His desire not to continue was compelled because of environment created by the BJP regime," Moily said.

"Under the present (economic) scenario, he was very much desired as he would have definitely taken the economy forward. It's a loss for country's economy," he added.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had last month triggered speculation by asking the Centre to deny Rajan a second term, saying his hawkish policies have ruined the Indian economy.

Swamy had in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Rajan of 'harming the nation's economy' and claimed that the latter was acting more as a disrupter of the Indian economy than the person, who wants the Indian economy to improve.

Moily said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should have made an attempt to curb elements in the BJP levelling false allegations against Rajan, including Swamy.

"The Prime Minister or the Finance Minister should have curbed these elements who are unnecessarily making allegations and charges against Raghuram Rajan," he said.

When asked specifically about Swamy's remarks on Rajan, the senior Congress leader said, "Swamy's allegations are baseless and he doesn't know much about the economy. NDA is out to disrupt economy of the country."

Meanwhile, Swamy welcomed Rajan's decision to leave his post, saying he was not even going to be offered a second term in the first place.

Swamy told ANI that Rajan made this decision in order to save his self respect.

"Was he getting a second term in the first place? How do we know that he was getting a second term? I have no information that he was getting a second term. So if he says he wants to go and wants to save his self respect, I have no problem. Let them pretend that he is giving up and going but as long as he goes, it's good," Swamy said on Saturday.

Earlier today, Rajan announced that he would return to the academic world at the end of his term on September 4, 2016, adding he will always be available to serve his country when needed and asserted that his 'successor' would take the nation to new heights.

Rajan is currently on leave from the Chicago Booth School of Business where he holds the post of Distinguished Service Professor of Finance.

"The approaching end of my three-year term and of my leave at the University of Chicago was, therefore, a good time to reflect on how much we had accomplished. I am confident my successor will take us to new heights with your help. I will still be working with you for the next couple of months, but let me thank all of you in the RBI family in advance for your dedicated work and unflinching support. It has been a fantastic journey together!" the statement said.

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In reply to a debate on the issue during Zero Hour of the Legislative Assembly, the Health Minister said that two members of the victim’s family and 23 others are suspected of COVID-19.

Mr. Sreeramulu said all the schools of the district have been as a preventive measure to contain the deadly virus.

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June 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 23: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar's wife and daughter have tested positive for COVID-19, a day after his father was confirmed to have been infected with the virus.

"Test results of our family members have come. Unfortunately, my wife and daughter have tested positive for #Covid19 and are undergoing treatment," the minister tweeted on Tuesday.

He said he and his two sons have tested negative.

Sudhakar's father P N Keshava Reddy tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. He was admitted to the hospital with a cough and fever.

Earlier, the domestic help of the minister had tested coronavirus positive and was admitted to a hospital.

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Karnataka reported 249 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths on Monday taking the total number of cases in the state to 9,399 and the death toll to 142.

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May 6,2020

Mangaluru, May 6: Amidst preparation for the paid evacuation of Indians stuck in Gulf countries amidst coronavirus lockdown, the central government has announced that it would only do a medical screening of the passengers before the flight and only asymptomatic persons would be allowed to travel.

Each passenger will have to fill a self-reporting form to be presented at the health and immigration counter at their destination.

The passengers are required to state whether they are suffering from fever, cough, diabetes or any respiratory disease. This form is similar to the one filled by passengers landing in India during the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak.

As per the announcement by the government, returnees would undergo COVID-19 once they complete 14-day quarantine in a hospital or government –arranged institution on a payment basis.

However, the form asks the applicants to keep themselves isolated at home for 28 days unless they develop any symptoms such as fever and cough.

During the journey, they will have to follow the protocols such as those issued by the Health Ministry and the Civil Aviation Ministry. Applicants from the UAE are yet to receive instructions on these.

On reaching the destination, passengers will have to register on the Arogya Setu app, India’s mobile application for COVID-19 surveillance.

No physical distancing!

Air India Express (AIE) which is set to operate the first two flights to Kerala on Thursday will operate its Boeing 737-800 flights, with a seating capacity of 186 economy class seats.

With nine seats reserved for isolation, only 177 passengers would be flown, sources said.

While most of the UAE flights in the first week will be operated by the AIE, Air India will operate two of its Dreamliner aircraft with a seating capacity of 256 seats. These flights would also reserve some seats for isolation.

However, the plan has made it clear that the Indian government will not be following the rules of physical distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the repatriation flights.

Several people, including the Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan, expressed concern over flying passengers, who will not be tested for COVID-19, without observing physical distancing.

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