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Bengaluru: Karnataka government on Wednesday said it would seek a financial assistance of more than Rs 3,760 crore from the Centre towards drought and flood relief works against an estimated loss of Rs 14,630 crore to crops and properties caused by the natural calamities.

A delegation led by Revenue Minister and Agriculture Minister would submit a memorandum to the Centre placing the state’s demands, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters after a cabinet meeting here.

The state government has already declared 110 taluks as drought hit with the loss to crops and properties pegged at Rs 12,145 crore.

Assistance of Rs 3,373 crore for drought relief would be sought as per the guidelines of National Disaster Relief Fund and State Disaster Relief Fund, he said.

As regards the damage caused by floods in Kalburagi, Bidar and Yadgir districts, he said the loss to crops and properties was estimated at over Rs. 2,485 crore against which over Rs 386 crore would be sought from the Centre as relief.

Jayachandra said the Centre would be asked to provide assistance to help tackle the water and fodder problems on a priority basis.

He said the cabinet also gave administrative approval for the recommendations of a cabinet sub-committee to ensure that jobs reserved for the physically challenged would not be allotted to any other category.

(Agencies)

Mumbai: Worried over circulation of fake currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination, the RBI on Wednesday asked the public to make it a habit to examine the notes before accepting them in the usual course of transactions.

“It has come to our notice that unscrupulous elements are putting into circulation fake Indian currency notes of higher denominations in the course of normal transactions, taking advantage of the gullible and unsuspecting nature of some members of the public,” the RBI said.

The central bank has cautioned the public to subject notes that are accepted to “careful scrutiny”.

Genuine Indian currency notes of higher denominations have strong counterfeit resistant security features, it said, adding the fake notes can be identified on closer inspection.

Detailed information on the security features on the banknotes are available on RBI website. “People are requested to make it a habit of looking at the notes before accepting them in the usual course of daily transactions and help arrest the counterfeiting of banknotes,” the RBI said.

The Reserve Bank is also considering additional identity requirements for the use of banknotes in large numbers. Counterfeiting of notes, or possession, exchange, acceptance, putting into circulation of counterfeit notes or in any way abetting such actions are offences under the Indian Penal Code and such actions are liable to be punished stringently.

The Reserve Bank has appealed to the public for cooperation and also authorities in containing the menace of circulation of counterfeit notes.

(PTI)

Aligarh: A professor died at Aligarh Muslim University’s hospital on Wednesday after hospital authorities reportedly could not arrange ambulance for him for over six hours.

D Murthy, a professor from Modern Indian Languages faculty, was a cancer patient and he was on ventilator.

Campus surgeon Dr Md Aslam said Prof. Murthy was cancer patient and he was referred to Delhi hospital after his condition deteriorated following surgery.

However, Professor Shaikh Mastan, friend of Murthy, alleged that the ambulance couldn’t be arranged in time as there was no coordination between Chief Medial Officer and doctors.

AMU spokesperson told media persons that a special team has been formed to investigate the issue and people responsible will be penalised.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru: In a huge relief to senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, a special CBI court here today acquitted him along with his two sons and son-in-law in a Rs 40 crore illegal mining case.

In a judgement delivered at a packed court hall, Judge R B Dharmagouder also exonerated nine other accused in the kickback case which had cost Yeddyurappa his Chief Ministership in 2011 following indictment by the then Lok Ayukta Santosh Hegde.

CBI had filed a chargesheet in October 2015 against Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijayendra and son-in-law Sohan Kumar, a Bellary-based private steel company and a Shimoga based Trust run by the family of Yeddyurappa for alleged abuse of official position and corruption.

The case also saw Yeddyurappa spend about three weeks in jail in October 2011 in connection with the case before he was granted bail.

The accused had been charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and corruption, according to the CBI chargesheet which had alleged involvement of Rs.40 crore kickbacks, including Rs 20 crore that was allegedly paid to a trust run by the Yeddyurappa’s family, for granting favours, including mining licenses, during his chief ministership.

“Satyameva Jayathe. Justice is done. I stand vindicated,” a relieved Yeddyurappa tweeted shortly after the verdict.

“I am happy that false allegations and politically motivated charges have been dismissed,” the state BJP strongman, who has returned as the state BJP chief earlier this year, told reporters.

He said the court verdict had come as a relief to lakhs of BJP workers and gave a “new fillip” to him to bring back the party to power in the next Assembly polls in Karnataka.

(Agencies)

Dr G Moinoddin
MS, FMAS, FALBS (MUMBAI)
FBS (AHMD)
F.ENDO,FRLCRS (SOUTH KOREA)
Consultant Baraitric and Laparoscopic Surgeon.

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health.

People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person’s weight by the square of the person’s height, is over 30 kg/m2, with the range 25-30 kg/m2 defined as overweight. Cut off BMI for Indians in 2 points less.

Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.

All surgeries performed laparoscopically with 0.5 cm to 1.2 cm incision usually leave no scar after few months.

Bariatric Surgery cures or relieves following obesity-related diseases:

1. Diabetes
2. Hypertension
3. Hypercholesteremia
4. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
5. Sleep Apnea
6. Joint Points
7. Sub Clinical Hypothyroidism
8. Fatty Liver and improves Cardiac and Renal Function.

Most patients can expect to lose 85 to 90% of their excess body weight over a 6-12 month period with the sleeve gastrectomy alone.