SKHF's chartered flight with over 170 stranded Kannadigas takes off from Dammam for Mangaluru
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Dammam: A chartered flight with 173 stranded Kannadigas including eight infants took off from Dammam International Airport on Monday. The flight, arranged by Saudi Kannadiga Humanity Forum (SKHF) took off from Dammam at 2 pm KSA time and is expected to land at Mangaluru Airport later at night.
SKHF, an NGO was recently formed to help stranded Kannadigas in Saudi due to the COVID-19 crisis in their repatriation to India. The NGO was formed under the leadership of Zakariya Jokatte, who is also the president of the Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Jubail Unit and KS Shaikh Karnire, Director of Expertise Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia.
The passengers who would take the flight to Mangaluru on Monday were shortlisted through an online portal, where people with emergencies for repatriation had to register themselves to be flown back to the home state. Those on the flight included aged people, people with medical emergencies, people struggling due to loss of jobs, pregnant women, and others.
The members of the organization were on Monday afternoon present at the Dammam International Airport to assist the people in regulating formalities to board the flight.
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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.
