June 22: 3,709 new COVID-19 cases, 139 deaths in Karnataka
Dakshina Kannada logs 374 positive Covid-19 cases, 15 deaths
Bengaluru, Jun 22: Karnataka on Tuesday reported 3,709 new cases of COVID-19 and 139 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 28,15,029 and toll to 34,164.
The day also saw 8,111 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 26,62,250, the health department said.
Total number of active cases is at 1,18,592.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 2.87 per cent, case fatality rate (CFR) was at 3.74 per cent.
Bengaluru Urban logged 803 new cases, 1,745 discharges and 26 deaths.
Dakshina Kannada reported 15 deaths, Mysuru (11), Davangere and Kolar (9), Mandya (8), followed by others.
According to a health department bulletin, the top contributors to the fresh case tally today include Mysuru with 486 new cases, Dakshina Kannada 374 and Hassan 309.
The total number of positive cases in Bengaluru Urban is now 12,07,096, followed by Mysuru 1,63,115 and Tumakuru 1,14,011.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 11,22,252, followed by Mysuru 1,54,947 and Tumakuru 1,09,811.
Cumulatively a total of 3,30,18,369 samples have been tested in the state,of which 1,29,099 were tested on Tuesday alone.
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Manipur violence accounted for 97% of displacements in South Asia in 2023: Report
New Delhi (PTI): Conflict and violence triggered 69,000 displacements in South Asia in 2023, with Manipur violence alone accounting for 67,000, according to a new report.
The report by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) termed it the highest number of displacements triggered by conflict and violence in India since 2018.
On May 3, 2023, a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in Manipur's hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. The march led to ethnic clashes between the Meitei and the Kuki communities, ultimately claiming more than 200 lives.
The Manipur High Court had in March last year called for recommendations to be sent to the central government to recognise the Meitei community as a "scheduled tribe," an official status designed to protect minorities from marginalisation.
The call was met with resistance from other local scheduled tribes, including the Kukis.
Land disputes were also an underlying driver of the tensions.
"Protests turned violent in Churachandpur district on May 3, and the violence spread to other districts, including Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Tengnupal, and Kangpokipi, triggering around 67,000 displacements," the report said.
More than three-quarters of the movements took place within Manipur, but almost a fifth were to the neighbouring state of Mizoram and smaller numbers to Nagaland and Assam.
As the violence escalated, the central government imposed curfews, shut down the internet, and dispatched security forces.
It also set up relief camps and established a peace committee for Manipur, chaired by the state governor, but the initiative was hampered by disagreements about its composition.
All of those displaced by the violence were still living in internal displacement at the end of the year, the IDMC noted.
The IDMC said around 5.3 million people were living in internal displacement as a result of conflict and violence across South Asia at the end of 2023, 80 per cent of whom were in Afghanistan.
