Karnataka teachers too want Dasara break
Around 12,000 school teachers on Covid duty want mid-term holidays like peers
BENGALURU: A day after the government announced midterm holidays for state board schools and suspension of the Vidyagama project due to the spread of Covid-19, other teachers and lecturers have also begun demanding relief from their duties. About 12,000 primary and high school teachers are still undertaking Covid-19 duties, as per department sources. These teachers are now seeking holidays, just as their peers who were given a three-week break from work since Monday.
“Teachers in Bengaluru North and South have been deployed for Covid-19 duties since the past four months. Yet, they have not received any clarity on these holidays,” said Chandrashekar Nugli, secretary, Karnataka State Primary School Teachers’ Association. He has written to Minister of Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar urging him to extend the midterm holidays to these teachers as well.
Teachers have been allocated duties such as contact tracing and uploading information, surveying houses and hospitals on necessary infrastructure for the care of positive patients, and are also part of the ward and booth level committees.
H K Manjunath, president, Karnataka High School Teachers Association, said, “In case the government finds it difficult to give these teachers too holidays due to their Covid-19 duties, it should at least provide a proportionate number of earned leave to them,” he said.A P Ranganatha, president of School Teachers and Administration Forum, sought holidays for pre-university teachers too until October 30. He also sought a holiday for teachers on October 28, to ensure their participation in the Teachers constituency elections.
Lecturers from government colleges have put forth demand for work-from-home during the Dasara vacation. More than 250 lecturers and administrators in the state have tested positive and 10 have died, said T M Manjunath, president of Karnataka Government College Teachers Association.He said since the evaluation of final semester exam papers is in its final stages and with Covid-19 cases expected to increase, the government should give short-term vacation for pre-degree, BEd, Law and university lecturers and thereafter, provision to work from home.
Holidays for teachers on offline training
The Department of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT) on Monday announced mid-term holidays from October 12 to 30 for teachers who are undergoing offline training. Online training, however, will continue, the DSERT director said.
COVID-19 Updates 9,523 new cases in Karnataka, 75 deaths
Bengaluru: Karnataka posted 9,523 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 75 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 7.10 lakh and the toll to 9,966, the health department said on Sunday.
The day also saw 10,107 patients getting discharged after recovery. Out of 9,523 new cases reported on Sunday, 4,623 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of October 11 evening, cumulatively 7,10,309 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 9,966 deaths and 5.80 lakh discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 1.20 lakh active cases, 1.19 lakh patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 904 are in ICU.
Out of the 75 deaths reported on Sunday, 24 are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru 11, Kolar 7, Dakshina Kannada 5, Chikkamagaluru, Dharwad and Tumakuru 3 and others. Most of the dead are either with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounts for 4,623, Mysuru 541, Hassan 463, Chitradurga 378, Belagavi 331, Tumakuru 285, Mandya 267, Dakshina Kannada 265, Ballari 226, followed by others.
Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 2,81,557 infections, followed by Mysuru 42,064 and Ballari 34,431.
A total of over 59.52,223 samples have been tested so far, out of which 99,923 were tested on Sunday alone, and 38,731 among them were rapid antigen tests.
A day after CBI search, Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar’s brother Suresh tests COVID positive
DK Suresh appealed to all those who had come in contact with him, including CBI officials, to get themselves tested.
BENGALURU: A day after the CBI conducted searches at his premises and that of his brother and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar, Bengaluru Rural MP DK Suresh on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
He has also appealed to all those who had come in contact with him, including CBI officials, to get themselves tested.
“I would like to let you know that I have tested positive for COVID-19. I am asymptomatic and in isolation. I request friends and family who have been in contact with me to test themselves. I also request the CBI officials and media friends who were with me to do the same,” Suresh tweeted.
CBI on Monday had conducted searches at 14 locations linked to Shivakumar, including Karnataka, Delhi and Mumbai, in connection with allegations of possession of disproportionate assets.
Suresh’s residence was also under the ambit of the CBI search.
Shivakumar too had tested positive for COVID in August.
After being discharged from the hospital, he was hospitalised for the second time on September 4 as the fever had relapsed, and had subsequently recovered.
Congress to hold farmer convention on Oct 10, to launch signature drive
In addition to the convention, the state Congress will also launch a signature campaign against amendments to these laws.
BENGALURU: In line with the Congress’ agitations across the country, the Karnataka unit of the party will hold a farmer convention in Mandya on Saturday. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief D K Shivakumar announced the details of the convention on Tuesday, a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation carried out raids on his and his brothers properties.
“We had initially decided to hold the convention in Davangere, but since the election code of conduct is in place now, we have decided to hold it in Mandya at 11 am on October 10. It will be a non-partisan event where farmer leaders will also address the gathering,” Shivakumar said.The farmer convention, which is scheduled to be held at the Ambedkar Bhavan, comes at a time when large gatherings are still prohibited under Covid-19 lockdown norms.
Farmer leaders, activists like Kurubara Shantakumar, Kodihalli Chandrashekhar, Sunanda Jayaram and Prakash Ramanna are expected to participate at the event to speak against amendments brought to the APMC, Farm, Labour and Land Acts by the Union government as well as the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka.
In addition to the convention, the state Congress will also launch a signature campaign against amendments to these laws. “We will strive to collect two crore signatures which will eventually be submitted by AICC president Sonia Gandhi to President Ram Nath Kovind to draw his attention to the opposition to these anti-farmer amendments,” Shivakumar added.
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Bengaluru: CBI raids at DK Shivakumar’s residence, offices
Bengaluru: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday raided the residence and offices of KPCC President and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar here in the city.
The raids by India’s premier investigation agency is being widely condemned in the wake of the ongoing Enforcement Directorate’s investigation.
A team of CBI officials has reportedly raided DKShi’s Bengaluru residence in Sadashivanagar in the early hours of Monday.
At 6 AM on Monday, the CBI Officials raided several places connected to D K Shivakumar including his residence in Sadashivanagar, Kanakapura.
The Enforcement Directorate had been investigating D K Shivakumar concerning alleged illegal property earlier. Following the ED probe, now the CBI raids have added to the woes of D K Shivakumar.
In the meantime, sources have revealed that CBI has also raided the residence of MP Suresh, brother of DK Shivakumar.
JDS shortlists three names for RR Nagar bypolls
Bengaluru party president Prakash, RR Nagar block president Bettaswamy Gowda and Jnanabharathi unit chief Krishnamurthy have been shortlisted.
BENGALURU: The Janata Dal (Secular) on Friday shortlisted three names as its probables for the Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly bypoll, scheduled to be held on November 3. In a meeting held at Legislature Party Chief H D Kumaraswamy’s residence, the party shorlisted the names of its local workers and block functionaries, instead of the earlier choice of G H Ramachandra.
Bengaluru party president Prakash, RR Nagar block president Betteswamy Gowda and Jnanabharati unit chief Krishnamurthy have been shortlisted. National president and party patriarch H D Deve Gowda will decide on the candidate from the three shortlisted names.
“We have decided to give tickets to loyal party workers. In the last two elections, the JDS had received 50,000 to 60,000 votes. People are tired of both the national parties and we look at it as an opportunity for our party” said Appajigowda, JDS MLC.
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In Bengaluru, 75 percent of heart failure patients reach hospitals late
BENGALURU: An informal survey conducted by two cardiologists in Bengaluru found that 75% of Bengalureans who suffer from a heart failure, reach a cardiologist only at an advanced stage due to the lack of awareness. The survey was conducted on 1,000 patients by Dr Rahul Patil, interventional cardiologist and head of premature heart disease division, Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, and Dr S S Iyengar, consultant cardiologist, Manipal Hospital.
They go to the hospital only when the symptoms become severe, including breathlessness. This leads to multi-organ failure and even death,” said Dr Patil. He said coronary artery disease, which is a block in the coronary arteries, leads to a heart attack which in turn causes muscle damage. Experts have asked people who are vulnerable — those above 50 years, obese, smokers, alcoholics, and those who suffer from diabetes and hypertension — to be more aware.
“At times, patients develop compensated heart failure, where the body adjusts to a change in the heart’s pumping ability, which goes undetected. Their condition deteriorates suddenly and they come to a hospital with low oxygen saturation levels,” Patil added. “It is imperative for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart valve diseases, congenital heart diseases and patients on anti-cancer drugs, to get themselves screened regularly for heart failure. Early diagnosis and treatment can help in its prevention.
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