Category: COVID19

·         Facebook partners with UNESCO to ensure reach among learners, educational institutions & teachers and supporting with updation & curation with relevant learning resources

·         Guide to also provide authentic information on COVID-19

Bengaluru, 13 April 2020: To ensure continuity in the process of learning in the wake of COVID-19, Facebook has launched an online resource guide titled, ‘Supporting Education Communities: An Online Learning Resources Guide’. The online resource will guide education communities on how to collaborate and continue the learning process using Facebook products, tools and programs while also providing information related to COVID-19 from authentic sources. Currently, the guide is available in English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Kannada.

In its first phase, Facebook has partnered with UNESCO who will support in ensuring the guide reaches learners, educational institutions and teachers across India besides supporting with the updation and curation of the guide with relevant learning resources.

The online resource will help and guide education communities on how to collaborate by using Facebook’s products and tools like Facebook Pages, Facebook Groups, Facebook Live, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. The guide will also provide vital information about COVID-19 from authoritative and credible sources such as Government of India’s advisory, WHO India Situation Report Page, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Coronavirus Resource Hub on Facebook, and Guidance from UNICEF on COVID-19 prevention and control in schools and help them in dealing with anxiety and bust misinformation surrounding the ongoing pandemic.

Speaking about the launch, Manish Chopra, Director, and Head of Partnerships, Facebook India said, “In these difficult times, it is even more important for people to stay connected and have access to credible information about COVID-19. Through our online learning resource guide, we want to equip teachers, parents and relevant government officials with ample resources and tools to help them stay connected and collaborate digitally to facilitate remote learning. We sincerely hope they are able to leverage these resources and continue the learning process.”

Eric Falt, Director and UNESCO Representative, UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka said, “The COVID-19 outbreak has caused not only a health crisis but also a learning crisis. More than 90% of the world’s learners are affected by the school and university closures. In line with the global efforts, UNESCO New Delhi will focus on mobilizing the national and state level actors and resources in order to develop an effective and unified response avoiding overlaps for maximum impact. Further, the on-ground needs will be matched with context-appropriate solutions to provide education remotely, leveraging hi-tech, low-tech and no-tech approaches with a special focus on ensuring access for women learners. Technology will be the key enabler for all such efforts. The partnership between UNESCO New Delhi and Facebook will therefore play an important role in providing an online platform for all stakeholders to come together and act in tandem to end the learning disruption.”

As more and more schools are advised to transition to a virtual model, Facebook remains committed to supporting communities and users to ease this process of virtual learning and enable educators with information about COVID-19.

Meanwhile, Facebook also launched the Coronavirus Information Centre, that provides the latest news and updates from MyGov Corona Hub, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and global health organizations, as well as helpful content about social distancing and preventing the spread of COVID-19. It is featured at the top of the News Feed, for easy access to the latest news and information as well as resources and tips to stay healthy.

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• ₹10 crores will go to the PM CARES Fund and ₹3 crores to Kerala’s CMDR Fund.
• Amma says humankind must live in better harmony with Nature to prevent future calamities.
• Amrita Hospital is providing free treatment for COVID-19 patients
• An interdisciplinary team constituting 60 faculty members of Amrita University are researching ways for various scalable solutions for relief efforts
• A 24-hour mental-health hotline is being manned by trained professionals.

13 April 2020 :

The Mata Amritanandamayi Math announced today that it is donating ₹13 crores [$1.7 million U.S.] to help combat and contain COVID-19 as well as to provide relief to those physically, mentally and economically affected by the virus. Moreover, it will provide free care to COVID-19 patients at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital) in Kochi. Rs. 10 crores will go to the Central Government’s PM CARES Fund, and ₹3 crores will go to the Kerala Government’s Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.

“Seeing the entire world hurting and crying in pain, my heart is aching deeply,” Amma said in the statement issued by the Math. “Let us all pray for the souls who have succumbed to this pandemic, for the mental peace of their families and friends, for the peace of the world, and for God’s grace.”

At Amma’s request Amrita University and Amrita Hospital have set up a mental-health hotline (0476 280 5050), where people who are feeling stressed, anxious or depressed due to the pandemic and its ramifications can call to get free support. Last week, Amma had publicly requested doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists to set aside time to provide counselling. “Counselling is a service needed at this time,” Amma said. “Please consider this as an appeal from Amma to doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists. Whether you are believers or not, set aside one or two hours every day to provide free counselling for those who need it.”

For decades Amma has stressed the necessity of mankind changing its lifestyle to be more harmonious with Nature and warning that failure to do so would result in increased natural disasters and disease. “The selfish things man has done to Nature are now coming back in the form of such epidemics,” Amma said. “We need to develop the attitude that we are nothing but Nature’s servants. We should practise humility, servitude and respect. At least now let us stop throwing our arrogance in Nature’s face. The time has come to bow down before the forces of Nature. The time has come to beg Nature to forgive all our trespasses. The time has come to abandon the lackadaisical attitude that Nature will just forbear, suffer and forgive all the indignities we keep heaping on her. Nature is commanding us to wake up and look around. To awaken humankind, Nature is sounding a loud alarm in the form of COVID-19.”

Through its deemed university, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), the Math also has a interdisciplinary team researching ways to produce low-cost scalable medical masks, gowns and face-protection visors, as well as ventilators, rapid-setup isolation wards, units for sterilizing medical waste, and IoT means for the remote monitoring of quarantined patients. The team includes more than 60 faculty from the fields of medicine, nanoscience, AI, big data, sensor-manufacturing and material sciences.

Through online classes and interactions, Amrita students are also being engaged in Coronavirus-related curriculum and service opportunities. The Math is also in regular communication with the leaders of its 101 adopted Amrita SeRVe villages, promoting Coronavirus awareness, ensuring the villagers are aware of all the latest government-assistance programs available to them, as well as ensuring that fake news and erroneous information regarding the pandemic does not spread within their communities. Some Amrita SeRVe villagers have been trained by the Math to tailor medical masks and are fulfilling government contracts for the same.

Under Amma’s direction, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math has provided more than ₹500 crore in disaster relief since 2005. This has included the provision of financial support, household items, free healthcare and even construction of new homes, etc.

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ತುಮಕೂರು: ಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಹಕಾರ ಸಚಿವರಾದ ಎಸ್.ಟಿ.ಸೋಮಶೇಖರ್ ಅವರು ಶಾಸಕರಾದ ಜ್ಯೋತಿಗಣೇಶ್, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು, APMC ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು. ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಹಿರಿಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ತುಮಕೂರು ಎಪಿಎಂಸಿಯ ಅಂತರಸನಹಳ್ಳಿ ತರಕಾರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹೂವು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ ನಡೆಸಿದರು.

ಇದೇ ವೇಳೆ ಸೋಂಕು ನಿವಾರಕ ಟನಲ್ ಅನ್ನು ಸ್ವತಃ ಸಚಿವರೇ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಜನಜಾಗೃತಿ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದರು.

ವರ್ತಕರು ಹಾಗೂ ರೈತರ ಜೊತೆ ಕೆಲಕಾಲ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ಆಲಿಸಿದ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರು, ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗೆ ತರಕಾರಿ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ಸಾಗಾಟ ಮಾಡುವಾಗ ಪೊಲೀಸರಿಂದ ತೊಂದರೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆಯೇ ಎಂದು ವಿಚಾರಿಸಿದರು. ಈ ವೇಳೆ ಸನ್ಮಾನ ಮಾಡಲು ವರ್ತಕರು ಮುಂದಾದರಾದರೂ ನಯವಾಗಿಯೇ ನಿರಾಕರಿಸಿದ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರು, ಇಂಥ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಇವುಗಳು ಬೇಡ. ಮೊದಲು ಈ ಸಂಕಷ್ಟಗಳಿಂದ ಪಾರಾದರೆ ಸಾಕು ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ಬಳಿಕ ಎಪಿಎಂಸಿ ಪ್ರಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾದ ಕ್ರಮಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಸಚಿವರು, ರಸ್ತೆ ಹದಗೆಟ್ಟಿರುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅಸಮಾಧಾನ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿ ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಸರಿಪಡಿಸುವಂತೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದರು.

ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕವಾಗಿ ಇರಿಸಲಾದ ಹೂವಿನ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದ ಸಚಿವರು, ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ಹಾಗೂ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿಚಾರಿಸಿದರು. ಹೂವು ಮಾರಾಟಕ್ಕೆ ಅವಕಾಶವಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬ ದೂರಿನ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವರ್ತಕರಲ್ಲೇ ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿ, ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿದರು.

ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳ ತ್ವರಿತ ಇತ್ಯರ್ಥಕ್ಕೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಬದ್ಧ

ಎಪಿಎಂಸಿಗೆ ರೈತರು ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಮಾರಾಟ ಮಾಡುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದಲೇ ಎಲ್ಲೂ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಾಗದಂತೆ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳೂ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ನಾನೂ ಸಹ ಎಲ್ಲ ಎಪಿಎಂಸಿಗಳಿಗೂ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ, ಖುದ್ದಾಗಿ ಅಹವಾಲು ಆಲಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ರೈತರ ಹಾಗೂ ವರ್ತಕರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಬಗೆಹರಿಸಲು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಸಿದ್ಧವಿದೆ. ಆ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಹಲವಾರು ಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಸುದ್ದಿಗಾರರ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗೆ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದರು.

ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಟನಲ್ ಗೆ ಸೂಚನೆ
ಎಪಿಎಂಸಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲ ಅನುಕೂಲ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡಲು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಸ್ಯಾನಿಟೈಸೇಶನ್, ಮಾಸ್ಕ್ , ಸೋಂಕು ನಿವಾರಕ ಟನಲ್ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡುವಂತೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಇದು ಜಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಅಂತರವನ್ನು ಕಾಯ್ದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ಮೋಸ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಕ್ರಮ
ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಬೆಲೆ ಮಾರಾಟ ಆಗುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿ, ಇಂಥ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳು ಕಂಡುಬಂದರೆ ಮುಲಾಜಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಕಟ್ಟುನಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಸೂಚಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ತೂಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೋಸ, ಪಡಿತರ ನೀಡದೇ ಇರುವಂಥವರನ್ನು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಸಹಿಸದು ಎಂದು ಸಚಿವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ಅಂತಾರಾಜ್ಯ ಮಾರಾಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗೆ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದ ಸಚಿವರು, ಅಂಥ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಬಗೆಹರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.
ತುಮಕೂರು ಗಡಿಯಿಂದ
ಆಂಧ್ರ ಪೊಲೀಸರು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಲು ಅನುವು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ ಬಗೆಹರಿಸುವೆ ಎಂದು ಸಚಿವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ಮೈಸೂರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಕೊರೋನಾ
ಮೈಸೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊರೋನಾ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಕಟ್ಟುನಿಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಶೀಘ್ರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ಕೊರೋನಾ ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಇದೇ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಚಿವರು ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಯೊಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದರು.

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ಸುತ್ತೋಲೆ.

ಮಾರಕವಾದ ಕೊರೋನಾ ಸೊಂಕು (ಕೋವಿಡ್ 19) ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಹರಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋಂಕಿತರ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿಗಾ ಇಡುವುದೇ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಹಾಯಕರಿಗೆ ಬಹುದೊಡ್ಡ ಕೆಲಸವಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಸೋಂಕಿತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿಗಾ ಇರಿಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಅಲರ್ಟ್ ಸಂದೇಶಗಳನ್ನು‌ ನೀಡುವ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸೇತು ಕೋವಿಡ್19 ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಆ್ಯಪ್ ನ್ನು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಪಡಿಸಿದೆ. ಈ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಆ್ಯಪ್ ನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಜಲಸಂಪನ್ಮೂಲ ಇಲಾಖೆಯ ‌ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು, ನೀರಾವರಿ ನಿಗಮಗಳ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ವರ್ಗದವರು ಡೌನ್‌ಲೋಡ್ ಮಾಡಿ ಇದರ ಪ್ರಯೋಜನ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಸೂಚಿಸಿದೆ.

– ಶ್ರೀ ರಮೇಶ್ ಜಾರಕಿಹೊಳಿ
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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ

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The Central Bureau of Investigation, in addition to their work, has joined hands
with other Government agencies to provide food to needy and poor including migrant
labourers/workers who are facing a lot of hardship and staying at the temporary
shelters during the present Nation-wide Lockdown as a preventive measure against
the spread of the COVID-19 novel Corona Virus.

The CBI officials of certain branches including at Chennai, Bangalore,
Hyderabad, in addition to their work have also extended support voluntarily and
distributed food/ration to these homeless migrant labourers/workers staying in
temporary shelters.
CBI will be continuing its efforts to reach out and help these needy and poor
people in this difficult situation.

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