Mar 13: No COVID-19 death reported in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Mar 13: Karnataka on Sunday achieved a significant milestone in its fight against COVID-19 when it recorded zero fatalities in the state.
This is the first time in several months since the pandemic outbreak that the state has recorded zero virus-related deaths, an official said on condition of anonymity.
The state recorded 164 fresh infections taking the total COVID-19 cases to 39,43,806, the health department said.
In its daily COVID-19 bulletin, the department said 130 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,01,093. Active cases stood at 2,656.
Bengaluru Urban district reported 112 infections. Other districts too had fresh cases, including 21 in Chitradurga, seven in Mysuru and four in Tumakuru.
The positivity rate for the day was 0.44 per cent and the case fatality rate was zero per cent.
As many as 36,623 tests were conducted, including 30,067 RT-PCR tests, taking the total tests in the state so far to 6.51 crore.
There were 10,320 inoculations done on the day taking the total vaccinations so far to 10.20 crore, the health department said.
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
