Karnataka: On "Mask Day" BJP MP Ananth Kumar Hegde attends meeting without wearing mask
Karwar: The BJP Government in Karnataka observed “Mask Day” in the state to create awareness among the masses about the importance of wearing masks during the COVID-19 crisis. But the BJP MP of Uttara Kannada District, Ananth Kumar Hegde was seen attending a meeting in Karwar without wearing a mask, photos of which are now going viral on social media platforms.
Chief Minister Yediyurappa while underlining the importance of wearing masks and using sanitizers had ordered observing “Mask Day” across the state on June 18. Social media users debated that when an elected representative cannot follow the norm and observe the “Mask Day” how was the government expecting general people to follow it.
Hegde was attending a meeting with officials at the Zilla Panchayath Office in Karwar where reports added that several officials and elected representatives were not wearing masks. After the pictures from the meeting went viral, several users questioned if the “Mask Day” was only for the general public to be observed?
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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
