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Karnataka government sounds 'high alert' over bird flu

Bengaluru, 07 Jan 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: The Karnataka government has asked all districts to be on 'high alert' and take preventive measures in the wake of bird flu (H5N8) outbreak in neighbouring Kerala, Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Chauhan said on Wednesday. As of now no cases of bird flu have been reported in the state, but officials have been directed to take all preventive measures, he said. Deputy Directors of the department in districts including Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysuru and Chamarajanagar that shares border with Kerala have been directed to take preventive measures by holding district level diseases control committee meetings, along with Deputy Commissioners (DCs). It has also been directed to erect checkposts in border areas for prohibiting the transportation of poultry and poultry products from

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In-house rumblings: Caste, sub-caste equations threaten to rive Karnataka Congress

BENGALURU, 11 Feb 2021 [Fik/News Sources]: The Congress party, currently a full house with a Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and as many as five working presidents, is being threatened by loud rumblings that certain castes and communities have been given prominence and others have been ignored.  While KPCC President D K Shivakumar and Working President R Ramalinga Reddy both hail from the prominent Vokkaliga community, senior leader HK Patil, appointed in-charge of Maharashtra, belongs to the Reddy community. Of the other working presidents, Satish Jarkiholi is an ST, Saleem Ahmed a minority, Eshwar Khandre is a Lingayat and R Dhruvanarayan is from SC Right. With the issue catching fire, sources in the party said that SC Left members are complaining that they have not got their due.  K H Muniyappa,

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Second wave of COVID-19 has begun: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar

Bengaluru, 22 Mar 2021 [Fik/News Sources]: The much-feared second wave of Covid-19 has finally begun in Karnataka, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar declared on Sunday. He also stressed that people need to avoid gatherings, ceremonies, functions, parties and any sort of crowding for the next one or two months in order to prevent any sharp rise in Covid-19 cases.  A late-evening emergency meeting with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, attended by Health Minister Sudhakar, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar, Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan and Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Jawaid Akhtar, however, took no decision on lockdowns, night curfews or stopping of offline classes in schools and colleges, or any other restrictions. It was agreed to review the situation

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