Anybody can purchase doctoral degree for thousand bucks: Regrets Prof S.G. Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, October 14: Kannada Development Authority chairman Prof S.G. Siddaramaiah said that anybody could get doctorate degree for a thousand rupees from a foreign university.
Speaking at the Ninth Kannada Sahitya Samskritika Samavesha organised by the Buddha Basava Gandhi Cultural Trust at Kannada Sahitya Parishad here on Sunday, he said that instead of getting a doctoral degree through payment, it was better to get it by working on a literary work. Those who involve in literary activities as multi-lingual personality would promote Kannada. Such writers would contribute for the exchange of literature and culture as they have knowledge of literature of other languages and writer Varada Srinivas was one among such writers, he said.
The competitive exams should be conducted in regional languages. As the Central government was conducting various competitive exams only in Hindi and English, the pluralism of regional languages does not have place in the federal system and it was anti-Constitutional. Poetess Varada Srinivas has raised voice against atrocity on women, dominance of male-dominated society and female equality in her poems, he opined.
Both are equal
Convention president and writer Varada Srinivas welcomed the Supreme Court decision of abolishing the IPC Section 486 which allowed man to have ownership over woman and removing the restriction on women to enter Sabarimala temple. The Supreme Court had upheld the Constitutional morality, according to which, husband was no longer a boss or owner and woman was no longer a slave. Both man and woman were equal in all aspects including sex and they were basic values. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court verdict, in a way, has given licence to husband to have illicit affair. Normally, the chances of wife having illicit affair were less. Many people opined that this verdict was like a licence given to have adultery. The verdict would create enmity between men and women individually. This would create an embarrassing situation in a society which has traditional mindset, she said.
Rapes, sexual harassment, use of contraceptive pills, removing uterus and other issues have already pushed women to ditch. Why should she be punished for the mistakes of others? She was not happy with the verdict given by the Supreme Court. No woman would think of having illicit affair if her husband had such relationship. It would be a rare case as some modern women could think of having such relationship, she said.
Sahitya Koota President Nanjappa Kalegowda, Buddha Basava Gandhi Cultural Trust President S. Ramalingeswara, K.V. Nagaraja Murthy of District Sharana Sahitya Parishat and others were present.
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1,600 Indians travel to India on 5 Qatar Airways flights amid airspace curbs
Doha (PTI): Around 1,600 Indian nationals travelled to India on five Qatar Airways flights on Tuesday, even as the airline continues to operate limited services due to restrictions on Qatar's airspace, the Indian Embassy here said.
The flights included two services to Delhi and one each to Mumbai, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, the embassy said in a social media post.
"In total, about 1600 Indian nationals travelled on Qatar Airways flights today," it said.
The mission noted that Qatar's airspace remains largely closed and Qatar Airways is currently operating only limited, non-scheduled flights.
The airline has announced services to nine Indian destinations starting Wednesday, and passengers can make bookings through the Qatar Airways website, mobile application or authorised travel agents.
The embassy said it continues to facilitate temporary Saudi transit visas for stranded Indian nationals wishing to travel to India via Saudi Arabia by crossing the Salwa land border.
The mission will remain open on all days in the coming week to provide consular services, including issuance of passports, while its control room and helplines through phone, email and WhatsApp will continue to function on a 24/7 basis.
It urged the Indian community to follow instructions issued by Qatari authorities and exercise responsibility in sharing information to help maintain public safety and community stability.
The embassy and Indian community organisations have also collaborated to support members of the Indian fishermen community in Qatar by providing dry rations to those in need.
Tensions in West Asia continue to escalate following the US-Israel strikes on Iran since February 28.
