Cong govt allocates Rs 200 cr for Christians, Rs 100 cr for development of Wakf properties
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced an allocation of Rs 100 crore for the development of Wakf properties and Rs 200 crore for the development of Christian community in the 2024-2025 budget he presented in the Assembly.
Further, a provision of Rs 50 crore will be made for the development of major pilgrimage destinations of Jains.
A development grant of Rs one crore has been earmarked for Shri Nanak Jhira Sahib Gurudwara in Bidar.
Siddaramaiah said Rs 20 crore would be granted to provide basic facilities at major pilgrimage destinations in the state.
The Chief Minister said 50 Morarji Desai Residential Schools, 100 post-matric boys/girls hostels will be started with a capacity of 100 students each and 100 new Maulana Azad Schools will be opened in the state.
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Also, pre-university colleges will be started in 25 schools, which have their own buildings.
The Chief Minister said 'Tripitaka', the sacred texts of the Buddhist community, will be translated into Kannada, for which necessary grants will be allocated.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
