Karnataka records nearly 2k COVID cases: 37 deaths
Number of infected people rises to 23474, death toll to 372
Bengaluru: Cases of COVID-19 is on the rise in Karnataka. Every day, more than thousand positive cases are being found in the state over the past few days.
A total of 1,925 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the state from Saturday evening to Sunday evening, taking the tally of infected persons to 23,474.
In the last 24 hours, 37 people have succumbed to COVID-19. Bengaluru Urban District reported 16 mortalities, while Bidar reported 9, Belagavi, Davanagere, and Kalaburagi 2 each, and Bellary, Chikkaballapur, Hassan, Mysuru, Dharwad and Tumkuru districts reported one Covid death each. With this, the death toll has risen to 372, the Department of Health and Family Welfare bulletin stated.
Bengaluru Urban continues to top the list of the worst affected districts. The severity of the situation can be gauged from the fact that Bengaluru Urban accounted for 1,235 cases. The other top districts are: Dakshina Kannada (147), Ballari (90), Vijayapura (51), Kalaburagi (49), Udupi, Dharwad (45 each), Bidar (29), Mysuru (25), Koppal (22), Uttara Kannada (21), Chamarajanagar (19, Haveri (15), Hassan (14), Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru (13 each), Belagavi, Davangere (11 each), Raichur, Mandya (10 each), Chikkamagaluru (9), Shivamogga (8), Gadag (7), Ramanagara (6), Bagalkot (4) and Chitradurga (3).
Of the 23,474 infected persons in the entire state, 9,847 are fully recovered. Of these, 603 were discharged in a single day. However, there were 372 mortalities, while 13,251 people are being treated, according to the evening bulletin issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
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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.
