First flight from Dammam with stranded Kannadigas to land at Mangaluru Airport on June 21
Under Vande Bharat Mission
Mangaluru: In what has come as a relief to the stranded Kannadiga NRIs in Saudi Arabia, a flight under Vande Bharat Mission will fly from Dammam to Mangaluru Airport on June 21 with stranded Indians.
With International flights suspended since March due to the Corona lockdown, thousands of Kannadiga NRIs are reportedly stranded in the Kingdom awaiting their repatriation.
Several organisations including Saudi Kannadigas Humanity Forum have been pressing the State and Central Government to arrange flights from the Kingdom to Karnataka.
Zakaria Bajpe and Shaikh Karnire, led the movement along with other businessmen and officials of several organisations. Several video conferencing meeting were held with State and Central ministers in this regard. But it had availed no fruits as under Vande Bharat flights from various countries were arranged to repatriate stranded NRIs but no flights were arranged from Saudi to Karnataka. Triggering dissent among the Kannadigas in Saudi.
Now the government has finally arranged a flight from the Kingdom to Mangaluru on June 21.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
