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Ajay Padnekar (news.kvartha.com 18.09.2020) There is no official confirmation from the government on the second wave also claims that there is no sign that shows that we are at a peak. The number of new coronavirus cases is rising exponentially across the country. The average daily cases have reached nearly one lakh. Since March 2020, India has recorded over 5 million cases. The worst affected states, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Andhrapradesh, Kerala, etc.. are facing a massive rise in the number of new cases reported daily. This makes everyone including some experts to doubt whether India witnessing the Second wave. What is Epidemic Wave? A wave by definition is, "A constant rise in the number of new cases of infected people to a peak and then to decline." The above data shows that the first wave has not subsided by the number of new cases. This graph also doesn't show the new cases are declining. It clearly says the number of cases is still rising rampantly. What Med...

3-day biennial event to deliberate on measures to promote ornamental fishery and recent advances in aquaculture Kochi, (news.kvartha.com May 10): Recent advances in sustainable aquaculture and ornamental fishery as a money-spinning export industry will dominate the proceedings of the fourth edition of Aqua Aquaria India (AAI), a showpiece event of Asia’s marine sector being held in Karnataka’s port city of Mangalore from May 14-16. “Diversification in Sustainable Aquaculture” is the focal theme of the three-day biennial exposition, the largest aquaculture-cum-aquariculture shows in Asia, organised by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), a nodal agency of the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry dealing with promotion of marine products export and allied activities. Hon’ble Minister for Fisheries, Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of Karnataka Shri Pramod Madhwaraj will inaugurate the event. Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, will deliver the keynote addr...

In a petition submitted to Siddaramaiah,CM of Karnataka,Kanthapuram appealed for a fair trial and immediate bail if not proven guilty. Bengaluru: Kanthapuram A.P Abubacker Musliyar, the General Secretary of All India Sunni Scholars Organization has said that the continuing remand of Abdulnasar Ma’adani, a Muslim Preacher from Kerala and chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), without being granted bail is a case of growing concern for many reasons and a burning injustice. It was in a petition submitted to the Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah in the previous day in Bengaluru that Kanthapuram expressed his concern over six years long detention of Abdul Nasar Maadani at Parappana Agrahara jail, as one charge sheeted for 2008 Bengaluru blast case. He pointed out that ‘the demand of all fair minded people is that Ma’adani is ensured of a proper trial and justice be delivered in this case at the earliest. The repeated postponement and infinitely lagging trial process ...

Former chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has been allegedly caught on tape demanding Rs 20 crore from an MLC aspirant to give away his party’s seat for the Upper House of Karnataka Legislature. The 35-minute audio clip is a conversation between Kumaraswamy and the aspirant from Bijapur, Vijaygouda Patil. This clip was anonymously released to the media on Saturday and verified by Kumaraswamy. In the audio, an alleged Vijugouda supporter offers Kumaraswamy an amount of Rs 40 crore in lieu of a seat to the Bijapur leader. Apparently, the conversation between the two parties is purported to have taken place in Bangalore during a party meet in early June this year. Kumaraswamy has admittedly accepted that the event had indeed taken place and he reiterated that he hasn’t done any crime. He further mentioned that 40 of his MLAs are demanding Rs 1 crore each.

Dharamsala, May 31 ( IANS) The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Thursday said a mother of three immolated herself in Tibet to protest Beijing's "repressive policies" and demand the return of the Dalai Lama to his homeland. A total of 38 people have reportedly killed themselves since 2009. Rikyo, a 36-year-old mother of three, died on the spot after setting herself on fire in front of the Jonang Zamthang monastery in Barma town in Tibet's Ngaba region on May 30, said the CTA. It said the locals took the body inside the monastery, where thousands of monks offered prayers. Citing media reports, a CTA spokesperson told IANS that more than 600 Tibetans have been detained in Lhasa after the region saw two self-immolations last Sunday. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has blamed Beijing for igniting self-immolation protests in Tibet, saying the issue is "very political".

Bangalore, Feb 13 (IANS) A Bangalore court Monday ordered police to probe Karnataka's three sleeze watching ministers on charges of transmitting and viewing porn films. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kiran Kheny directed the state police to complete the probe against Laxman Savadi, C.C. Patil and J. Krishna Palemar by Feb 27. The probe will be conducted by Vidhana Soudha or the state secretariat police. The assembly is housed in the Vidhana Soudha. Savadi and Patil watched the porn clip in the assembly on the cell phone belonging to Palemar last Tuesday. They resigned from the ministry Wednesday following a public outcry. Kehny's order came on a complaint by Bangalore advocate Dharmpal Gowda that Savadi, Patil and Palemar had violated laws prohibiting transmission and viewing of obscene films. Gowda told reporters that he had filed the complaint under sections 292 and 294 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Section 292 prohibits production/printing, sale, hire, distribut...

Bangalore, Feb 11 ( IANS) Will the three Karnataka sleazegate ministers corroborate or contradict one another in their replies to the assembly speaker's notice seeking their version on porn viewing in the house? This question dominates the talk in political and public circles as Laxman Savadi, C.C. Patil and J. Krishna Palemar of the BJP ready their replies to be given to speaker K.G. Bopaiah Monday. The three have been giving varying versions since Savadi and Patil were caught on camera by TV channels watching a porn clip on Palemar's cell phone in the assembly on Tuesday. The three have resigned and are trying to save their assembly membership in the face of forceful demand from the opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular parties as well as civil society that they quit as lawmakers. Palemar has expressed surprise over why his name was taken by Savadi and Patil. He says he does not know how the MMS came to him on Feb 7, the day Savadi and Patil watched it in the house. Pal...

Karnataka was supposed to be a stepping stone for the Bharatiya Janata Party's successful political foray in the south. But it is turning out to be a millstone around the party's neck. The scandal involving three Karnataka ministers, two of whom were caught allegedly watching a pornographic clip on a mobile, is the latest to hit the party. This is not the first time that party members in the state have shown a keen interest in subjects outside politics. M.P. Renukacharya's name featured in a sex scandal before he became a minister and another minister, H. Halappa, had to quit when he faced rape charges. It is not easy to decide which of the two acts of misdemeanour - seeing sexually explicit videos inside the state legislature or defrauding the exchequer - is more condemnable. But BJP members have been found crossing the line in both cases. While B.S. Yeddyurappa had to be dragged kicking and screaming from the chief minister's chair following allegations of corruptio...

Dharamsala, Feb 9 (IANS) Former US speaker Nancy Pelosi has said there is a need for the Chinese government to change its repressive policies regarding Tibet, a statement said Thursday. "In recent weeks, the Chinese government has intensified its crackdown; there have been reports of indiscriminate shootings by Chinese police forces resulting in the loss of life and injuries," Pelosi said in a statement posted on the website of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) based here. "Further, the disturbing trend of self-immolations by Tibetans reflect the desperation of the human rights situation and the need for the Chinese government to change its repressive policies against the Tibetan people. "It's long past time for the Chinese government to enter into a meaningful dialogue with representatives of the Tibetan government-in-exile to produce a way forward that promotes peace and stability in China and Tibet," Pelosi added. The CTA has said that 16 Tibeta...

Bangalore, Jan 30 (IANS) With one-third of the global population living in India and China by 2025, the region will face imminent water scarcity unless there is action. Now experts from the two countries as well as US, Britain, Germany and other places are set to deliberate on water-related issues at a meet here from Tuesday. Billed as the first World Water Summit in India's IT hub, the summit is aimed at generating innovative ideas to meet the challenge of managing scarce water sources. "Ensuring adequate and safe water to all sections of the population, particularly the poor is a big challenge. The objective of the summit is to deliberate on issues and generate ideas," former Karnataka chief secretary A. Ravindra, the brain behind the meet, told IANS. Ravindra is now advisor to the chief minister and also heads the Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD), a non-profit organisation he started in 2003. The summit is organised by the CSD in association with Bangalore Wa...

Pune, Jan 27 (IANS) Pankaj Advani of PSPB scored a 5-0 win over Balachandra Bhaskar of Karnataka to retain the men's billiards title in the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship here on Friday. Advani, a former World champion, was in supreme form, scoring a 151(151)-31, 152(59)-26, 153(151)-0, 150(150)-0, 150(62)-36 win over Bhaskar to claim his sixth national billiards title. In the semifinals, Advani blanked Sourav Kothari 4-0 to set up a repeat final against Bhaskar who overcame Alok Kumar (PSPB) (150 (123)-30, 121 (102)-150 (102), 9-152 (113), 152-28, 19-151 (124), 151 (114)-118 (82), 150 (108)-103-(85). Kothari defeated Alok Kumar 2-1 in the play-off for third and fourth positions. Meanwhile, Pune's Arantxa Sanchis won her maiden women's billiard title when she beat multiple champion Meenal Thakur of Mumbai 3-2 in a tight all-Maharashtra final on Thursday. Sanchis set herself up for a double crown by making it to the quarterfinals of the women's sno...

Bangalore, Jan 26 (IANS) Karnataka Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj Thursday urged people of the state to restore probity in public life by eliminating corruption in society. "There is an urgent need to restore probity in public life due to lack of which there is a strong discontent in society. There is a growing demand for an environment free from corruption," Bhardwaj said in a brief address at the 63rd Republic Day celebrations after hoisting the tricolour at the Field Marshall Manekshaw ground in the heart of this tech hub. Assuring the people that he would not allow dilution or weakening of the ombudsman (Lokayukta) in the state, the governor said the anti-graft institution would be given independence and powers to carry its investigation into various high-profile cases, including the multi-billion rupee mining and land scams that led to the fall of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first government in south India in July 2011. "There will be no dilution or ...

Bangalore, Jan 26 (IANS) Pomp and pageantry marked the 63rd Republic Day celebrations Thursday in Karnataka, with Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj hoisting the tricolour and inspecting a guard of honour at an impressive parade in the heart of Bangalore. Amid tight security on a sunny day with cool breeze wafting over the Field Marshal Manekshaw ground, the governor unfurled the national flag as rose petals were showered from a flying chopper, which had the crowds cheering and applauding. Clad in dark blue suite and sporting a rose in the pocket, Bhardwaj took salute and inspected the guard of honour by going round the ground atop an open jeep in the presence of about 10,000 people. The crowds stood in attention when the national anthem was played followed by rendering of state anthem and patriotic songs. Contingents of the three services - army, navy and air force led the march past followed by battalions of the Karnataka State Reserve Police, Rapid Action Force and Central Industr...