Udupi: COVID-19 nodal officer tests positive for Coronavirus
Udupi: Dr. Prashant Bhat, the COVID-19 nodal officer of the district on Thursday tested positive for the virus following which the District Health and Family Welfare Officer has also been sent to home quarantine.
Ever since the detection of COVID-19 in the Udupi District, Dr. Prashant was working as the nodal officer for the pandemic. District Health and Family Welfare Officer, Dr. Sudhirchandra Sood, who was working closely with Dr. Prashant during the course of the pandemic, has also been sent to home quarantine as a precautionary measure.
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Dr. Prashant has been serving as the nodal officer for four and a half months and had been following up about each COVID-19 case that was detected in the district over the course of time.
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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 The High Court had issued notice to Meta via email hours before the restriction was withdrawn.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.
