Mar 7: 155 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Mar 7: Karnataka on Monday registered 155 fresh coronavirus cases and 5 fatalities thereby taking the total till date to 39,42,730 and 39,996 respectively.
There were 349 patients who got discharged pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,99,647, said a bulletin.
Of the new cases, 97 were from Bengaluru Urban, while there were 169 discharges were the city, there were 3 deaths, the bulletin said.
The total number of active cases across the State was 3,049.
While the positivity rate for the day was 0.47 per cent, the case fatality rate was 3.22 per cent.
Of the five deaths reported today, three are from Bengaluru Urban, followed by one each from Belagavi and Mandya.
After Bengaluru urban, Mysuru recorded the second highest number of cases with 14, followed by seven each from Kalaburagi and Chitradurga, four each from Dakshina Kannada and Shivamogga, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district now has 17,79,605 cases, Mysuru 2,29,357 and Tumakuru 1,59,784.
Cumulatively, 6,47,99,038 crore samples were tested, of which 32,458 were examined today.
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Padma awardees in Odisha to receive monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (PTI): The Odisha government will provide a monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000 to each of the Padma awardees of the state from the current month.
The Odia Language Literature and Culture Department issued a notification to this effect on Thursday.
In view of their outstanding contribution to society in various fields, the state government has decided to provide an honorarium of Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees, the notification said.
All the Padma awardees of the state, who are alive, will receive the honorarium through direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode from January 2025, it said.
The government has asked collectors and culture officers of all districts to submit details of the Padma award winners (who are alive) including the district collector's certificate, bank account details, IFSC code to the Directorate of Odia, Language, Literature and Culture as soon as possible.
In March last year, the previous BJD government had announced a monthly honorarium of Rs 25,000 for the Padma awardees from Odisha. However, it was not implemented yet, an official of the department said.
In November last year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had decided to provide Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees of the state. Accordingly, the formal notification was published on Thursday, he said.
The Padma Award was introduced in 1954. The award is given to personalities for their outstanding contribution in the fields of arts, education, science, sports, social work, public service, medicine, literature, etc.
As per the Padma Awards website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, till now, the President has conferred Padma awards on 105 eminent personalities from Odisha, which includes 90 Padma Shri, 11 Padma Bhushan and four Padma Vibhushan.
