Dakshina Kannada in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary goes under home quarantine
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District In-Charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary has gone under home quarantine at his residence at Kota in Udupi District.
The Karnataka Muzrai Department Minister, has opted for home quarantine as he had come in contact with Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa a few days back in Bengaluru. Yediyurappa tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
The Chief Minister had urged people who had come in contact with him over the last few days to go into home quarantine as a precautionary measure. Poojary is expected to go for COVID-19 testing on Tuesday.
In an official statement, Poojary added that there were no COVID-19 symptoms in him in last five days and was quarantined at home as a precautionary measure. He added that if his COVID-19 test returns as negative, he will come back to work.
Poojary also wished quick recovery to Yediyurappa from the virus, in his statement.
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MediaOne TV Facebook page restored after block linked to ‘government request’
Kochi: The official Facebook page of Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV has been restored after being blocked without prior notice, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.
The channel was quoted by Maktoob as saying that the restriction was lifted automatically, with Meta Platforms informing it that the action had been taken following a “government request” which has now expired or been reversed.
The development came shortly after the channel approached the Kerala High Court challenging the blocking of its page, terming it arbitrary and in violation of legal provisions and judicial precedents. The High Court had issued notice to Meta via email hours before the restriction was withdrawn.
In its petition, the channel said access to its Facebook page had been restricted for users in India without citing any specific content or alleged violation. It contended that while individual posts may be taken down under applicable a rule, blocking an entire page goes beyond the scope of such measures.
The incident followed an earlier action taken against the channel in 2022, when the Ministry of Information and transmitting prohibited it from transmitting. It cited national security concerns regarding the Ministry of Home Affairs' refusal of security clearance.
The Supreme Court of India in April 2023 set aside the ban, observing that national security claims cannot be made without substantive basis and that criticism of government policies does not render a media outlet anti-national.
