496 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, 4 deaths
Bengaluru: Karnataka logged 496 new COVID-19 cases and four related fatalities, taking the total infection count to 9,28,055 and the toll to 12,144, the Health Department said on Monday.
The day also saw 797 patients getting discharged after recovery.
Out of the 496 fresh cases reported on Monday, 282 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone.
Cumulatively 9,28,055 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 12,144 deaths and 9,06,548 discharges, the Health department said in a bulletin.
Out of 9,344 active cases, 9,148 patients are stable and in isolation at designated hospitals, while 196 are in Intensive Care Units.
Two of the four deaths reported on Monday were from Bengaluru Urban, followed by Bidar and Mysuru (one each).
Bengaluru Urban topped the districts in the number of cases (282), Msyuru was next with 36, Dharwad 19, Hassan 16, Chitradurga and Kalaburagi 14, Kodagu and Tumakuru 12, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district was also on top of the list of positive cases, with a total of 3,92,863, followed by Mysuru 52,828 and Ballari 38,999.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 3,82,540, followed by Mysuru 51,519 and Ballari 38,266.
A total of over 1,53,75,146 samples have been tested so far, out of which 86,903 were tested on Monday alone.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Amit Shah deepfake video: Case registered against Maharashtra Youth Cong's social media handle
Mumbai(PTI): The Mumbai police have registered a case against the Maharashtra Youth Congress' social media handle and 16 others for allegedly sharing a deepfake video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, officials said on Tuesday.
In the fake video, BJP leader Shah was purportedly seen announcing the curtailment of reservation rights of the SCs, STs and OBCs.
A complaint in this connection was filed by Mumbai BJP functionary Pratik Karpe at the Bandra Kurla Complex cyber police station on Monday, an official said.
According to the complainant, the deepfake video of Shah was created, published and widely propagated on the internet, and shared by the accused with a malafide intent to defame the Union minister.
As per the complaint, the video deceitfully portrays Shah announcing the curtailment of the reservation rights granted to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes.
However, the original video, from where the deepfake video has been created, has completely different wordings and connotations, said the complainant.
In his original speech, Shah had said that if the BJP comes to power, they will finish the unconstitutional Muslim reservation and this right will be given to the SCs, STs and OBCs of Telangana, as per the complainant.
The accused persons made a deepfake video of the speech and circulated it widely on various social media platforms, Karpe claimed.
The complainant also requested police to take down the deepfake video immediately and register a case against the accused persons, who shared it for allegedly causing disruption, enmity and hatred in different castes.
Based on the complaint, the case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act at the BKC cyber police station against the social media handle of Maharashtra Youth Congress and 16 others, who had allegedly shared the deepfake video on various social media platforms, the official said.
A probe is underway into the case, he said.
Deepfake videos are the ones which have been altered, in a convincing way, to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually done or said.
_vb_64.jpeg)
