Karnataka PUC results out: Dakshina Kannada, Udupi tied for highest pass percentage

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Bengaluru South and Bengaluru North regions secured a pass percentage of 77.56% and 75.54% respectively.

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The results of the second-year pre-university course (PUC) examinations in Karnataka were announced on Tuesday morning by state Education Minister Suresh Kumar. The overall pass percentage this year is 61.8% which is a marginal increase compared to 61.73% in 2019. Students can check their result on www.karresults.nic.in. The coastal districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada were tied for the highest pass percentage at 90.71%. Kodagu district was third with 81.53% while Uttara Kannada district saw 80.97% of all students pass. Bengaluru South and Bengaluru North regions secured a pass percentage of 77.56% and 75.54% respectively. Chitradurga (56.8%), Raichur (56.22%), and Vijayapura (54.22%) were at the other end of the scale as the districts with the lowest pass percentage. Girl students outscored boys, securing a pass percentage of 68.73% compared to male students in the state at 54.77%. While the pass percentage was 62.6% in urban areas, it was 58.9% in rural areas. The pass percentage slightly improved in the science stream but it dipped slightly in the commerce and arts streams. The supplementary examinations for second-year PUC students will be held in the last week of August. There was a big increase in the number of centums (full marks) scored this year. As many as 20,958 students scored centums with the highest in mathematics (7,131) subject. This is in comparison to just 12,008 centums last year. Students from Indu Independent PU college in Ballari bagged most of the top spots in the arts stream. The top seven spots were split between 14 students, all of whom are from Ballari. Out of the 14 students, 11 are from Indu Independent PU college.

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Hubbali-Ankola Rail Line: Karnataka HC extends stay on controversial clearance

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The project Hubbali-Ankola Rail Line has faced stiff opposition for environmental reasons.

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In a boost for conservationists working to protect the Western Ghats, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday extended the interim stay order imposed on the controversial Hubballi-Ankola railway line project.  The initial stay was ordered by the High Court by a bench led by Chief Justice AS Oka on June 18 while hearing a petition filed by Bengaluru-based urban conservationist Vijay Nishanth. There are other petitions filed against the project as well. The bench also denied the state government plea seeking a fixed date for the case. The state government had sought a date of next hearing citing this as an "urgent matter". To a request by AGA seeking a date stating there is some urgency. CJ Abhay Oka says "No urgency you withdraw the decision the matter will come to an end." — Mustafa Plumber (@plumbermushi) July 14, 2020 Speaking with TNM, Sreeja Chakraborty, the advocate appearing for the petitioner, said, "Rule Nisi has been issued against the state. The state submitted that the project is urgent, yet the state and the central government chose not to appear before the Hon'ble High Court, which means there is no next date of hearing. Rule nisi means rule or order upon condition that is to become absolute unless cause is shown to the contrary.” This is not the first litigation process initiated to scrap the project that has been in and out of the backburner for over two decades and was previously opposed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority among other authorities when the matter was under scrutiny of the apex court. The matter had again come to life when on March 20 a few members of the State Wildlife Board cleared the project. This U-turn came days after a unanimous decision on March 9 by the State Wildlife Board headed by the Chief Minister to not go ahead with the Hubballi-Ankola railway line project.  The decision by the HC means that the state government cannot proceed with any works related to the 168-kilometre-long railway line proposed to run from Dharwad district to Uttara Kannada, cutting across close to 600 hectares of fragile ecosystem including forests within the Kali Tiger Reserve and the Bedthi Conservation Reserve. Sreeja said, “The Hubli-Ankola Railway line project is shelved for an unforeseeable future. The decision of the State Wildlife Board which is now stayed primarily because the Board while approving the project on 20th March was sitting on appeal of their own decision of 9th March, 2020, which is legally incorrect. That's why there cannot be any re-meeting on Hubli-Ankola by the State Board. The final decision of the Board was conclusively taken on 9th March, 2020 and it was to reject it. There is no provision under the law for the state board to conduct any re-meeting. That's the principle ground on which the 20th March meeting decision is stayed.”  The project has seen stiff opposition  from local residents, activists and experts on environmental grounds as it will require cutting of 600 hectares of forests including within the Kali Tiger Reserve and the Bedthi Conservation Reserve.

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Bengaluru lockdown unlikely to be extended: Karnataka CM Yediyurappa

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There was widespread speculation on social media that the lockdown in Bengaluru may be extended beyond July 22.

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Amidst speculation on social media that the lockdown in Bengaluru may be extended, the Karnataka government clarified that there was no proposal on the issue yet. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Monday that there is no proposal to extend the week-long lockdown in Bengaluru urban and rural districts, which will be enforced from Tuesday night to check rising COVID-19 cases. He also appealed to people to cooperate with authorities and not pay heed to rumours. The rumours gained momentum as some Ministers had also indicated that such a move could be taken. The clarification sought to put to rest speculations that the lockdown may be extended beyond July 22. "The Chief Minister held a COVID task force meeting. There is no proposal before the government to extend the one week-long lockdown in Bengaluru urban and rural. The Chief Minister has appealed to people to cooperate without worrying and paying heed to rumours," Yediyurappa’s office said in a tweet.   ಇಂದು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಶ್ರೀ@BSYBJPರವರು ಕೋವಿಡ್ ಟಾಸ್ಕ್ ಫೋರ್ಸ್ ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸಿದರು. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ ಮತ್ತು ಗ್ರಾಮಾಂತರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಧಿಸಲಾಗಿರುವ 1 ವಾರದ ಲಾಕ್ ಡೌನ್ ಅನ್ನು ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾಪ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಮುಂದಿಲ್ಲ. ಜನರು ಆತಂಕಪಡದೆ, ವದಂತಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಿವಿಗೊಡದೆ, ಸರ್ಕಾರದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಹಕರಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು ಕೋರಿದ್ದಾರೆ (1/2) pic.twitter.com/Gy5Xp4W6Z7 — CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) July 13, 2020   With a spike in COVID-19 cases in the past weeks, the state government had announced a complete lockdown in the two districts that cover Bengaluru from 8 pm on Tuesday to 5 am on July 22. On Monday, Karnataka reported 2,738 new cases of coronavirus. This takes the total active cases in the state to 24,572. Bengaluru Urban district reported 1,315 new coronavirus cases, taking the total active cases in the city to 15,052. Bengaluru Rural reported 21 new cases on Monday, taking the total active cases in the district to 332. With inputs from PTI

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Bengaluru has 3,452 containment zones, 138 wards have over 50 COVID-19 cases

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Koramangala, JP Nagar, Malleswaram, Shanthala Nagar, HSR Layout, Domlur and BTM Layout continue to have over 50 COVID-19 cases.

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Bengaluru continues to report more than 1,000 cases every day, a worrying trend that has been observed since late June. On July 13, the city reported 1, 315 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, taking the total active cases in Bengaluru to 15,052. On Monday, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) added 12 more wards that have recorded more than 50 COVID-19 cases. This takes the total number of Bengaluru wards with over 50 cases to 138 (out of 198 wards). More new cases in West Zone Although South Zone continues to have a large number of actives cases, on Monday, West Zone has the most number of wards that reported more than 50 cases. Here is the list of 12 new wards with a high number of cases: West Zone: Raj Mahal Guttahali, Vrisahbhavathi Nagar, Govindaraja Nagar, Dr Raj Kumar Ward, Shiva Nagar, Mudalapalya South Zone: Gali Anjenaya Temple Ward East Zone: Ganga Nagar, New Tippa Sandra Rajarajeswari (RR) Nagar Zone: Laggere Mahadevapura: Marathahali, Basavanapura Other prime regions in Bengaluru such as Koramangala, JP Nagar, Malleswaram, Shanthala Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, HSR Layout, Domlur, HAL Airport and BTM Layout continue to have over 50 cases, as identified by BBMP. BBMP wards with more than 10 cases (as on July 13) Containment Zones BBMP had identified and added 284 new containment zones, taking the total active containment zones to 3,452. This brings the total number of containment zones to 4,616.    Containment zones spreads across BBMP (as on July 13) A total of 15,052 patients are under treatment in Bengaluru. On Monday, BBMP released a dashboard that shows real-time bed availability in 102 hospitals for patients in Bengaluru. This dashboard features the total number of reserved beds, occupied beds, available beds and the beds blocked by the civic body. It will also show the number of ICU (Intensive Care Unit) beds and ventilators at each hospital. Bengaluru will go into a one-week lockdown from 8 pm on July 14 (Tuesday) to 5 am on July 23.

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Bengaluru lockdown: Travel tickets serve as passes for trips to airport, railway station

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The Karnataka government has clarified that travel tickets will serve as movement passes and people can travel by taxis /auto rickshaws to board flights and trains.

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One of the confusions ahead of the fresh lockdown in Bengaluru this week was whether people can travel to airports and railway stations to catch flights and trains they had already booked. The answer is yes. The Karnataka government has clarified that travel tickets will serve as movement passes and people can travel by taxis/cab aggregators/auto rickshaws to board flight and trains. This means that those who are travelling by train or flight during the lockdown period will be able to hail a cab or an auto and go to the railway station or airport.  However, the state government said that no new flights will be added to the existing ones. The guidelines for the lockdown this week were released late on Monday night.  The fresh lockdown will be in effect from 8 pm on July 14 to 5 am on July 22 in Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban districts. This decision was announced on Saturday by Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa following a spike in COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru since the end of June. On Monday, Dakshina Kannada and Dharwad districts too, announced a lockdown starting from Wednesday.  Bengaluru reported 1,315 COVID-19 cases on Monday taking the active cases in the city to 15,052. Bengaluru has reported 19,702 COVID-19 cases so far while Karnataka has seen 41,581 cases. The capital city also has 3,168 containment zones. While shops have been ordered to close for the week, ration shops (PDS) dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish shops, and those selling animal fodder will continue to operate from 5 am to 12 noon as per the guidelines shared by the state government.  Read: Bengaluru lockdown: What will remain open and what will be closed

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Bengaluru hospital bed availability can now be tracked through BBMP dashboard

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The dashboard contains figures of total reserved beds, occupied beds, available beds and the beds blocked by BBMP and shows real-time bed availability in 102 hospitals in the city.

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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has released a dashboard showing real-time bed availability for COVID-19 patients on Monday. "Now it is public! #BBMP dashboard on real-time bed availability for #Covid19 patients," BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar said in a social media post. The dashboard contains figures of total reserved beds, occupied beds, available beds and the beds blocked by BBMP. In addition, it also shows real-time bed availability in 102 hospitals in Bengaluru, showing figures of ICU beds and ventilators at each hospital.  Now it is public! #BBMP dashboard on real-time bed availability for #Covid19 patients. ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರ ಗಮನಕ್ಕೆ! #ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ #ಕೋವಿಡ್19 ಸೋಂಕಿತರಿಗೆ ಲಭ್ಯವಿರುವ ಹಾಸಿಗೆಗಳ ನೈಜ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಬಹುದು. Click here https://t.co/p2p8k8brZm — B.H.Anil Kumar,IAS (@BBMPCOMM) July 13, 2020 Link for the dashboard - https://ift.tt/2OjYHM3 The move comes days after the Karnataka High Court asked the state government to make public the figures of COVID-19 beds available in Bengaluru. BBMP officials had earlier told TNM that there was a slight delay in putting the dashboard together. Days after the administration in Bengaluru had promised to make data on the number of beds, a system had yet to be made public. This, even as the Karnataka High Court asked the state government to make public the data of COVID-19 beds within Bengaluru, along with details of oxygen and the ventilator beds available. Speaking to TNM, Hephsiba Rani Korlapati, who is in charge of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike COVID-19 War Room, said though the website went live at the start of the month, it took some more time before it could go live for the public. Randeep D, Special BBMP Commissioner, who was part of the team building the site said that the delay was down to linking the system with the SAST (Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust) portal which is the system devised by the government for patients availing government subsidy. Read: Bengaluru still has no real-time database of number of beds available for COVID-19 Calls for a real-time system came after reports of several Bengaluru patients struggling to avail beds for COVID-19 treatment in the city. TNM earlier reported a 52-year-old man in the city suffering from breathlessness died after he was turned away from as many as 18 hospitals.  Read: Turned away by 18 hospitals in Bengaluru, 52-year-old man with breathlessness dies In another case, a 55-year-old man died after he was unable to secure a hospital bed with an oxygen cylinder. Read: Another Bengaluru man dies after hours in search for oxygen bed With 1315 cases reported on Monday, Bengaluru now has 15,052 active COVID-19 cases. The city also has 3,168 containment zones and a fresh lockdown will be in effect from 8 pm on July 14 to 5 am on July 22. 

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Bengaluru reports 1,315 new COVID-19 cases on Monday

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The total number of active cases in the city is 15,052.

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Karnataka reported 2,738 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 1,315 cases from Bengaluru. The rise in cases in Bengaluru, which started at the end of June, continued with the cases on Monday taking the total number of active cases in the city to 15,052. 47 deaths and 283 recoveries were reported in the city on Monday.   Over 100 cases were also reported in Yadgir (162), Mysuru (151), Dakshina Kannada (131) and Ballari (106).  A total of 73 deaths were reported in the state. 545 patients in the state are currently in Intensive Care Units (ICUs).    The cases emerged just two days before a lockdown will come into effect in Bengaluru. The lockdown will last from 8 pm on July 14 to 5 am on July 22.  Detailed guidelines regarding restrictions during the lockdown period were made public on Monday. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday decided to impose a lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Bengaluru currently has 3,168 containment zones with over 50 COVID-19 cases in 126 wards in the city. The number of containment zones shot up from the end of June when it was 487. A day before the fresh lockdown comes into force in Bengaluru, a traffic pile up was seen in the highways leading out of the state capital. An official at a toll booth on Tumakuru Road told TNM that there was an increase in the traffic leaving the city. District-in-charge Ministers in Dakshina Kannada and Dharwad announced that a lockdown will be in effect starting Wednesday.  Karnataka has reported 41,581 COVID-19 cases so far including 19,702 in Bengaluru. The second highest number of cases reported is in Dakshina Kannada district with a total of 2,353 cases.

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