Mangaluru: Twelve new COVID-19 cases in DK on Wednesday; Ullal Police Station PSI tests positive
Mangaluru: A 57-year-old woman died of coronavirus for the second consecutive day. Meanwhile, 12 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the district on Wednesday. This list also includes a PSI of the Ullal Police Station. With this, the tally of such cases has climbed up to 465 in the district.
Wednesday is also the first time that 45 people have been recovered in a single, and this has brought a ray of hope among the people here.
Of the new cases, four people (a 29-year-old youth, 25, 51, and 24-year-old women) have returned from Sharjah and were quarantined, while the remaining eight were infected without any travel history. This is the first time in the district that many people have been infected in a single day whose source of the contract remained untraced. Seven of them are residents of Mangaluru, one is from Puttur and all are men.
Presently, 155 people are being treated at District COVID Hospital and most of them are in stable condition. A 41-year-old man suffering from COVID-infected pneumonia and a 57-year-old woman suffering from liver problems are being treated at the ICU.
45 people recovered: This is the first time a large number (45 people) who were infected with coronavirus have been released from the hospital after recovery. From a two-year-old child to a 61-year-old senior citizen have recovered. Most of those released are young. In all, 301 people have been cured in the district so far, Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B. Rupesh said.
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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.
