ಒಳ ಚರಂಡಿ ವಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಚ್ಚತಾ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಒಳಚರಂಡಿ ಸಹಾಯಕರು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯಾದ್ಯಂತ ತಮ್ಮ ಜೀವದ ಅಂಗು ತೊರೆದು ಮ್ಯಾನ್ ಹೋಲ್ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಸಾವನ್ನಪ್ಪಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ . ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ ಮಲ – ಮೂತ್ರ ಶುಚಿತ್ವ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದು , ಈ ಕೆಲಸವು ತುಂಬಾ ಕಷ್ಟಕರವಾದ ಕೆಲಸವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ . ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಹಾಳಾಗಿ ಕೈಬೆರಳುಗಳು ತುಂಡಾಗಿ ಅನೇಕ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರುಗಳಿಗೆ ವಾಸಿಯಾಗದಂತಹ ಚರ್ಮರೋಗವು ಬಂದಿರುತ್ತದೆ . ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ 10 ಮಹಾನಗರಪಾಲಿಕೆಗಳ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಳ ಚರಂಡಿ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು 1 ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 5-6 ಜನ ಮರಣ ಹೊಂದುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ . ಆದರೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ನಮ್ಮ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಯು.ಜಿ.ಡಿ. ಹೆಲ್ಸರ್ಗಳೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಖಾಯಂ ಪೌರಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು ಹಾಗೂ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಪೌರ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರಿಗೆ ಸಿಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಹಲವು ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ನಾವು ವಂಚಿತರಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ .
ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯನ್ನು ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸಿ , ಮಹಾನಗರ ಪಾಲಿಕೆಗಳ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ಹಾಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಒಳಚರಂಡಿ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರುಗಳನ್ನು ಖಾಯಂಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಜಿ ಮೇಯರ್ ನಾರಾಯಣ ರವರು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡಿದರು.
ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ : 1 ) ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ 10 ಮಹಾನಗರಪಾಲಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಒಳಚರಂಡಿ ಸಹಾಯಕರುಗಳನ್ನು ಖಾಯಂ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು .
Tuesday, March 22, 2022: Neuberg Diagnostics, one of the top four Pathlabs chains of Indian origin, conducted an awareness session for parents and caregivers of special needs children. The company brought together the national specialists and experts who shared insights on this genetic disorder that is probably the most common genetic cause of developmental delay and intellectual disability. One of the parents shared the journey that she and her family had with their special child and encouraged other parents to join communities and support each other.
Primary care physicians discussed about this genetic disorder, its complications, the need of regular systematic checkups, early medical intervention, and the role of healthcare providers. They highlighted the challenges related to the inclusiveness of these special children and shared how awareness and collective efforts can empower these children to join the mainstream workforce.
Dr. Shubha Phadke, MD (Pediatrics) & Professor and head of the department Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, informed that approximately 21400 children with Down Syndrome; 9000 with beta-thalassemia, and 5200 with sickle cell disease are born every year in India. She said, “If the disability is diagnosed at birth, then medical experts often look for medical complications like intellectual disability, heart malformations, trachea-oesophageal fistula, hyperthyroidism, cataracts, atlantoaxial dislocation, and risk of leukemia. And accordingly, counsel parents on therapies and treatments. These newborns need to undergo the regular physical examinations, eye examinations, hearing evaluations, and dental examinations.” Dr. Phadke added that unproven therapies which are rampantly being provided to these children and should not be promoted.
Dr. Jayashree Gopal, Director, DiabEndoIndia, Chennai, said, “We see that 3 in 4 Down Syndrome individuals report thyroid-related issues at adulthood. The most common type of thyroid they report is hyperthyroidism. Therefore, when these children reach the age of 20-21, they should be regularly screened for thyroids, sugar, blood pressure, and metabolic diseases.” She added, “We have noted the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in later years of Down Syndrome children. Also, they are more prone to early menopause.”
Dr. Sheetal Sharda, Director, Neuberg Centre for Genomic Medicine, during the discussion with experts and delegates concluded that there have been lots of progress in early diagnosis of many genetic disorders and prenatal diagnosis. She said, “We should have a balanced approach and always consider the parents’ decision as regards to their reproductive options. Screening tests like biochemical screening and testing of free fetal DNA in mother’s blood (NIPT) followed by invasive tests can help in the prenatal detection for genetic disorders. But it is totally a personal decision of the parents to take further informed decisions.”
The experts reiterated that as a society, we must embrace these children as an essential part of the society, help create suitable jobs and enable them to lead a dignified life. We should move positively towards a better inclusive society
Maharashtra Tourism steps forward to help revive tourism industry with 9 city road show tour; also witnessed an overwhelming response from Bengaluru
Bengaluru: March 2022: Maharashtra as a state is one of the preferred tourist destinations due to its historical forts, pristine beaches, religious & heritage monuments, hill stations, wildlife, adventure sports, exotic cuisine, cultural festivals, transport connectivity and much more. With an aim to offer tremendous opportunities, garner opinions from prospective clients, define possible market potential by connecting with travel trade, Maharashtra Tourism has initiated a 9 city road show tour across the nation. As a part of this initiative, Maharashtra Tourism conducted a road show in the glorious city of Bengaluru.The event was organized on 21st March at The Pride, Bengaluru Hotel and was attended by the prominent names in the tour and travel fraternity in the city.
Mr. Milind Borikar (IAS), Director of the Directorate of Tourism, Govt. of Maharashtra said, “We at Maharashtra Tourism are organizing a road show series with a core motive of promoting tourism industry in Maharashtra and to boost inter-state travel and tourism opportunities. We are happy that post the second Covid wave, hospitality sector in Maharashtra is witnessing a steady increase in recovery and travel companies too are seeing surge in the booking trends. It is astounding to have received such an overwhelming response from Bengaluru towards Maharashtra Tourism road show and we wish to see the same response from other cities as well.”
Maharashtra has a huge potential in each and every segment of Tourism, which offers unlimited possibilities for tourists to explore. Crucial to this is the excellent connectivity options that Maharashtra state offers to the tourists. The state is well connected by roadways, railways, waterways and airways. Also, Maharashtra has a huge & varied accommodation capacity that caters to domestic and international tourists.
The state has ample wildlife sanctuaries and nature resorts, where the tourists can enjoy jungle safaris & forest trails. Scuba diving, para-sailing, para-gliding, jet-skiing, surfing, water rafting, trekking are popular adventure activities engaging tourists in Maharashtra. Revolutionary places like Anandwan,Hemalkasa, Hiware Bajar, Ralegan Siddhi are popular Social Tourism destinations in the state. Religious pilgrimage centers such as Shirdi, five Jyotirlingas, Gurudwara in Nanded, three and half Shakti Peeth, Anant Sagar in Shegaon, Narsobawadi, Karanja Lad, Akkalkot, Ashtavinayak have tourists visiting round the year. As per travel insights from a popular online search engine,Mumbai, Shirdi, Lonavala, Mahableshwar- Panchgani, UNESCO Sites like Ajanta & Ellora caves, Tarkarli, Tadoba National Park, Ganpatipule, Kamshet, Igatpuri, Nagpur, Nashik, Karjat, Alibaug, Chikhaldara, Bhandardara are popular travel destinations in Maharashtra. Maharashtra Tourism offers various policies to boost niche tourism segments in the state such as Agro Tourism policy, Beach Shack policy, Caravan policy and Adventure Tourism policy. These policies have been designed keeping in mind the changing travel patterns and consumer behaviour of tourists. Millennial’s are looking at more experience-based traveling like adventure tourism and community-based tourism.
The event will also travel to major financial hubs including, Lucknow(March 21st), Delhi & Hyderabad (March 23rd ), Chandigarh & Kochi (March 25th ). These road shows will give the entrepreneur large pool of potential leads, which are important for research to networking, brand expansion, sales negotiations and just general end-user sales.
Free distribution of Jaipur artificial limbs, callipers and forearm fitments from 21″ March, 2022 to 27 March, 2022
BENGALURU: Rotary Bangalore Peenya of RI District 3190 in association with Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayatha Samithi, Jaipur is organised the 24th Annual Mega Limb Camp in Bengaluru from March 21 to March 27, 2022. Padmashree Dr. Malathi Holla Inaugurated this devine camp.
The week long mega limb camp will see free distribution of artificial limbs, callipers for pollo affected and forearm to the beneficiaries.
Equipped with copy of Aadhaar card and COVID vaccination certificate, the beneficiaries just have to walk-in to the camp.
“We are happy to associate with Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayatha Samithi to help the deserving for years. Free lodging and boarding will be provided for outstation beneficiaries,” said Rtn. G.R, Vasanth Kumar, Chairman – Limb Camp, Rotary Bangalore Peenya.
“These low.cost artificial limbs are made of durable quality and last long. It provides a new lease of life to the amputees,” he added.
“This is the 24th Annual Free Mega Limp camp conducted by us in which we expect around 2500 peopie to benefit. Last time, we gave away limbs. callipers and forearms to 2202 number of people,” said Rtn. Nataraju, B.M. President, Rotary Bangalore Peenya.
The mega limb camp held at Ganesh Bagh, Sri. SSBS Jain Sangh Trust, No.9, Bhagavan Mahaveer Road, (Infantry Road) near Shivajinagar Bus stand, Bengaluru-1.
For more details, please contact: Rtn. Vasanth Kumar Mobile No: 9845052554 Rotary Bangalore Peenya Rtn. Girish Mobile No: 9880112800 Rotary Bangalore Peenya
Bengaluru, 20th March 2022: The RV University has launched the Centre for Visual and Performing Arts to bridge the gap in conservation, performing arts and art education.
It was launched at a glittering event last evening in Bengaluru which was attended by celebrities like the Founder of Ranga Shankara, Mrs Arundhati Nag, former MP, Rajya Sabha, Mrs B Jayashree and renowned Kannada author Mr Jayant Kaikini.
In his Presidential Address, Dr M.K. Panduranga Setty, Chancellor, RV University and President Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust said, “The future workplaces of the world are looking at creativity, collaboration and communication. These are skills of artistic training. A solid foundation of knowledge and the ability to think innovatively and creatively is the aspiration of every Liberal Arts School and global economy. At RV University, we want to promote that. We remain committed not merely to academic excellence, but academic excellence with the ability to creatively solve problems, to be able to work with society and make it a more livable place”.
Outlining the plans of the Centre for Visual and Performing Arts, Dr. YSR Murthy, Vice-Chancellor, RV University said, “We have received a philanthropic grant from C. Krishniah Chetty Group of Jewelers to organise an Annual Music Festival in Bengaluru in November 2022. Subsequently, we have plans to start an annual theatre and annual dance festival. We will forge collaborations with the top cultural institutions, art and theatre schools, music sabhas, major national and international festivals, museums, and art galleries.” Highlighting the RV University’s commitment to make this Centre a vibrant entity and organise year round activities, Vice Chancellor, RVU, Dr. Murthy said, “The Centre will host workshops, conferences, lecture demonstrations by leading performing artistes and artist-in-residence programmes. The Centre will offer a range of certificate courses, short term courses, and weekend programmes that will provide great learning opportunities to students and the community.” Addressing the audience at the event, Arundhati Nag, said, “It is an important day for all of us as RV University has launched the Centre for Visual and Performing Arts. I hope that not only the students from the University learn the importance of art and culture in our lives, but others across the country get an opportunity to use the impressive infrastructure of RVU, and benefit from that.”
B Jayashree highlighted the importance of the Centre in bringing in connection with culture across the country and the world. She said, “The RV Group of Educational Institutions have contributed immensely to the education system in India, by offering high quality education at an affordable cost. By opening this new Centre for Visual and Performing Arts, it has opened new doors and opportunities for students and others to pursue their passion”.
Jayant Kaikini set the tone for the final act of the evening, a tribute to the Nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar by the highly popular singer Sangeeta Katti. Reminiscing about how the world of music and performing arts have undergone a massive change over the last few decades, he said “Today’s generation of youth are very fortunate to have the opportunity to pursue their passion and dreams, thanks to entities like the Centre for Visual and Performing Arts, and I hope that they will make full use of this.”
The launch event was held at RV Dental College auditorium in JP Nagar, Bangalore. The evening included performances by RV University students showing their newly acquired skills through the energetic Kamsale dance, a scintillating display of Yakshagana by students of Yaksha Degula and a tribute to Lata Mangeshkar by Sangeeta Katti, who sang evergreen melodies.
Professor Deepa Ganesh, Executive Director, Centre for Visual and Performing Arts said, “Art was never insular, it was always profoundly impacted by the socio-political happenings of the society. To study art, therefore, not only holds clues to the past but has keys to handle the future.”
Adding further, she mentioned, “The Centre for Visual and Performing Arts wants to somewhat think like a disrupter. The Centre, unlike conventional departments, wants to be a space for dialogue. It is open to both traditions and to the innovation of contemporary times. It is not interested in a hybrid model but in a conversation, debate and collaboration of cultures. It is interested in the knowledge systems, documented and oral. It aspires to focus on socially relevant and participatory practices and encourages projects that investigate the nature of art and society.”
The courses taught at the Centre will have their linkage with the liberal arts courses that the University offers. This combination will allow students to study a broader range of subjects. It will help in developing well-rounded individuals having adequate knowledge and skills in multiple fields. The students will be taught to think critically and be problem-solvers, which will be an incredibly valuable skill in any career.
There will be interdisciplinary courses provided to students through the Liberal Arts programme of RV University, which is already offering courses such as Introduction to Performing Arts, Creative Writing, and Great Films of the World, which prepares the student to think in a creative way.
The Centre will provide ample opportunities for students to groom themselves to be career-ready and provide accessibility to art education for all people.
The advisory board members of the Centre include experts from various fields of music, dance and fine arts like Arundhati Nag, Girish Kasaravalli, Sukanya Ramgopal and H.K. Venkataram among others. With such luminaries on board, this Centre aims to become a landmark institution in arts education in the cultural hub of Bengaluru.
India’s most significant contribution to its rich legacy and history is art and culture. They are its soft power. But over the years, the structure of society has changed, and opened up opportunities to students to pursue careers in art and culture. This has raised many questions of how one can preserve the rich tradition of performing arts, while integrating it into current cultural practices. We, as a society, need to collectively preserve high standards in art education and bring in more innovative delivery forms. There is a vital need to educate the current and future generation of the less heard or seen forms of arts and the emergence of new ones.
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