Bengaluru Live News: Naveen S G, a 21-year-old fourth-year medical student from Karnataka, was killed in Kharkiv on Tuesday morning. Karnataka News Updates: Naveen S G, a 21-year-old fourth-year medical student from Karnataka, stepped out of the bunker, where the students had been holed up for the past six days, to buy groceries — and became the first Indian casualty in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “One group left on Monday. But Naveen suggested that the others wait so that we can take our juniors along, too, as they had been in Ukraine for less than a year. It was his idea to leave Kharkiv on Wednesday morning,” Amit Vaishyar, a final-year student, told The Indian Express over phone.
“My brother will never come back but please save those who are alive.” These were the words of Harsha SG, elder brother of Naveen SG, the fourth-year medical student from Karnataka who on Tuesday became the first Indian casualty in the ongoing war in Ukraine. Harsha, on Wednesday, told The Indian Express that the government should give more preference to evacuate Indian students stranded in Ukraine than bringing back the body of his brother.
In other news, Karnataka Tuesday reported 202 fresh Covid-19 cases and seven related fatalities taking the total to 39,41,265 and 39,957 respectively. There were 971 people who were discharged. These pushed the total recoveries to 38,96,423 till date, a bulletin said. Also, the cyber crime police in south Bengaluru registered a case against an online forum and an individual allegedly over social media posts against a Karnataka High Court judge who is part of the bench that is hearing petitions on the hijab controversy in the state.
The tragic death of Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, a medical student who was killed in shelling in Ukraine is a reflection of the National Eligibility Entrance Test's (NEET) 'shameless face', as it is causing injustice to talented but economically vulnerable rural students in the guise of qualification, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said on Wednesday.
Alleging that NEET was shattering the medical education dreams of the middle class and the poor, in a series of tweets, he said it has become a 'death statute' for the parents and students, as higher education is being reserved only for the haves while denying it for the have-nots.
Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, a 21-year-old medical student from Haveri district in Karnataka was killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv city on Tuesday. 'Naveen secured 96 percent in SSLC (class 10) and 97 percent in PUC (12th). Even then, he was denied a medical seat in India which is considered as Kashi of Global Education. It is not easy for a rural student to secure such a high percentage. Despite that, the medical seat was denied,' the former CM said in a tweet. (PTI)
Karnataka on Wednesday registered 188 fresh coronavirus cases and 12 related fatalities, taking the aggregate to 39,41,453 and the toll to 39,969. There were 816 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries in the state to 38,97,239, a Health bulletin said.
Of the new cases, 106 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 370 people being discharged and 4 virus-related deaths.
The total number of active cases across the state stood at 4,207. While the positivity rate for the day is 0.45 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 6.38 per cent. (PTI)
Bringing home the mortal remains of Naveen, the Karnataka student who lost his life in the war zone of Ukraine, is the top priority for the State government. All help and cooperation would be extended to Naveen's family, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
Speaking to media persons Bommai said, Naveen's friends have sent a few photographs of a body with dress resembling what Naveen was wearing, however it has to be confirmed with the External Affairs minister and the officials of the Indian Embassy in Ukraine. Serious efforts are being made to bring Naveen's body back home, Bommai said.
Replying to a question the Chief Minister said that an ex-gratia too would be presented to Naveen's family, however the top priority now is to bring his mortal remains back. (ENS)
Accusing BJP leaders of indulging in public relation exercise during the Ukraine crisis, Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah said the death of a student from Karnataka in shelling in the war-torn nation has exposed under-preparedness of the central government and failure to assess the impact by Ministry of External Affairs.
Noting that about 20,000 students were studying in Ukraine, the former Chief Minister said the government had lots of time to evacuate them between the outbreak of hostilities in early January this year till the start of military conflict in late February.
"Build up of Russian troops around Ukraine started as early as November 2021. Why was there lack of response by government to issue adequate advisory for the students to leave Ukraine and make necessary arrangements to fly those students back to India? Why did the government start the process only after the outbreak of military conflict?" Siddaramaiah asked. (PTI)
In a letter to the Central Empowered Committee constituted by the Supreme Court, the Union Environment Ministry and Karnataka Forest Department Environmentalist Akhilesh Chipli requested to plant 24,400 saplings in place of the 488 trees that will be axed to pave way to widen the National Highway-206 that passes through Sagar town.
The Sagar division of the state Forest department has given a clearance to cut 488 trees for the highway, approval for which had come in 2019. Last year, the Union Ministry of Road and Transport had approved a revised estimate of a four-lane project of the Tumakuru-Shivamogga NH-206 at a cost of Rs 6,398.02 crore. (Read more)
Karnataka Congress leaders D K Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah led the Padayatra with supporters demanding implementation of the balancing reservoir project across Cauvery river at Mekedatu, in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Bengaluru India Nano, India’s flagship Nanotech Event focusing on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology was announced by state Minister for Electronics Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan in the curtain raiser-press meet programme.
The three-day event is organised by the Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Science and Technology, KSTePS and JNCASR and will be conducted virtually during March 7-9.
With the focal theme ‘Nanotech for Sustainable Future’ the summit will witness participation of over 2500 registered delegates. The event consists of Multi-Track Conference where 75 National & International Speakers will deliver lectures over 25 Sessions; Exhibition where over 40 companies will showcase Nanotech Products, Services, and Innovation and Poster Session where over 150 Young Researchers displays their research. (PTI)
Russia will investigate the death of the 21-year-old Indian medical student in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Russian Ambassador-designate Denis Alipov said on Wednesday. Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, a fourth-year medical student at the Kharkiv National Medical University, was killed in intense shelling in Kharkiv on Tuesday.
Following the incident, India asked the envoys of both Russia and Ukraine to ensure "urgent safe passage" to Indian nationals who are still in Kharkiv and other conflict zones. "I want to express our sympathy to the family of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar and to the entire Indian nation over the tragedy," Alipov said at a media briefing.
"Russia will do everything it possibly can to ensure the safety of Indian citizens in the areas of intense conflict...and a proper investigation of this unfortunate incident," he said. Naveen hailed from Chalageri in the Haveri district of Karnataka. (PTI)
Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, talking about the student killed in Ukraine said, "It is very sad that our mirror has been lost in the war between the two countries (Russia/Ukraine)."
"I especially pray Shiva to protect the people of Ukraine and all the Indians there," he added.
“My brother will never come back but please save those who are alive.” These were the words of Harsha SG, elder brother of Naveen SG, the fourth-year medical student from Karnataka who on Tuesday became the first Indian casualty in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Harsha, on Wednesday, told The Indian Express that the government should give more preference to evacuate Indian students stranded in Ukraine than bringing back the body of his brother. (Read more)
Bengaluru Navanirmana Party (BNP) has accused real estate players of dumping debris illegally in the Vrishabhavathi river. Releasing a statement on Tuesday, the BNP also alleged that the authorities have not taken any action despite being repeatedly intimated about the problem.
“This has led to sewage water flowing through the farms located along the river. The illegal dumping is evident at Kambipura village in Survey Number 170, where the debris mound is at least 20 ft in height and is spread over a 700 ft area. Complaints made to officials at different levels have gone unheeded,” the party said. Read more
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the government is trying to find out details about the student from Haveri district who was reportedly injured due to the shelling by Russian forces in Ukraine's Kharkiv city. On Tuesday, 22-year-old Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagouda was India's first tragic casualty in the ongoing military offensive in the eastern European country.
To a query on the condition of the injured person in the shelling that killed Naveen, Bommai said he is trying to gather the details. "I am trying to find out. One report says that the person is safe as he was not with him, another report says he is injured. We are waiting for confirmation," Bommai said.
On Tuesday, Bommai had said two students from Chalageri village in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district were also there during the attack. "One is injured while the other is safe," Bommai had said. (PTI)
Students and workers from India, along with a large number of people from other countries, were marching on Wednesday in Kharkiv in war-ravaged Ukraine towards the nearest railway station risking their lives holding the Indian national flag, the father of one student said. 'About 1,000 people, including 700 Indians, are marching towards the railway station holding the Indian flag. They are going to the railway station, which is seven kilometres from their bunker, by walk as no vehicles are available,' Venkatesh Vaishyar told PTI.
Venkatesh's son Amit V Vaishyar (23) is a fifth-year medical student in Kharkiv Medical College. He is among three students from Chalageri in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district studying MBBS in Kharkiv Medical College. Amit's cousin Suman (24), son of Sridhar Murthy Vaishyar, is also a student there and both of them are trying to return from the strife-torn country.
On Tuesday, their junior 22-year-old Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagouda was killed in a shelling when he moved out of the bunker to fetch some food, water and exchange currency. "Students have no option but to take the risk as they don't have food and water. They are relying on God now and walking towards the railway station," Venkatesh said. (PTI)
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai Wednesday said that the government was taking all measures to bring back the body of 21-year-old Naveen S G's body from Ukraine, reported ANI. Naveen, a medical student in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv near the Russian border was killed on Tuesday.
"Naveen's friends have sent a photo of his body, sending it to MEA to confirm the same...We're in touch with the Indian embassy so that at least the body is secured. Trying everything possible to bring back the body," he said. The family will also be compensated, Bommai added.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) in Australia have developed a mathematical model that predicts how antibodies generated by Covid-19 vaccines confer protection against symptomatic infections and to what extent. The study was published in the journal Nature Computational Science.
The researchers claim that predicting the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines would aid further development of vaccine and usage strategies. In order to achieve this, they developed a multi-scale mathematical model that proposes mechanistic links between Covid-19 vaccine efficacies and the neutralising antibody (NAb) responses they elicit. Read more
Bengaluru city is likely to see a maximum temperature of 32.8 degree Celsius and a minimum temperature of 17.2 degree Celsius, according to an 9 am update from the Meteorological Centre in Bengaluru. The humidity is set to be 22%. No rainfall has been predicted.
For the next 24 hours, Bengaluru will experience clear sky conditions. Mist very likely during early morning hours in some areas. Maximum and Minimum temperatures very likely to be around 32 and 18 degree Celsius respectively.
Many areas in Bengaluru are set to face disruption in water supply from 6am to midnight on March 3 owing to the pipeline-linking work undertaken by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB).
In a press statement released on Monday, the BWSSB said it would link 1,350mm-dia-pipeline of Cauvery 4th stage 1st phase near Gublala to the 18-million-litre-capacity reservoir constructed in the extended area of 6th stage Banashankari. Besides, the agency will clear the obstruction near the 3rd stage raw-water channel and fix weir plats near the aerator of the new 300mld water treatment plant (WTP) to facilitate the flow toward 3rd stage WTP. Read more
In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that by the middle of the 21st Century the international transboundary river basins of Amu Darya, Indus, Ganges and the interstate Sabarmati river basin in India could face severe water scarcity challenges with climate change acting as a stress multiplier.
Both climatic and non-climatic drivers, such as socio-economic changes, have created water stress conditions in both water supply and demand in all subregions of Asia. These changes in space and time directly or indirectly affected water use sectors and services, said IPCC. Read more
The cyber crime police in south Bengaluru registered a case against an online forum and an individual allegedly over social media posts against a Karnataka High Court judge who is part of the bench that is hearing petitions on the hijab controversy in the state. The Bengaluru South CEN (cyber, economics and narcotics) police station registered a suo motu complaint on February 23 over a post on the Facebook page of the Mangalore Muslims forum on February 9 and a subsequent post on the Facebook page of an individual, Ateeq Shariff. Read more
“My brother will never come back but please save those who are alive.” These were the words of Harsha SG, elder brother of Naveen SG, the fourth-year medical student from Karnataka who on Tuesday became the first Indian casualty in the ongoing war in Ukraine. Harsha, on Wednesday, told The Indian Express that the government should give more preference to evacuate Indian students stranded in Ukraine than bringing back the body of his brother.
“Many parents are spending every minute anxiously (thinking about their children). More than my brother’s body, I would ask the government to bring all other students safely,” he said. Read more
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said several leaders from Congress and JD(S), from various districts, who wish public welfare, are in touch with the BJP and will be joining the party in the days to come. The Chief Minister was speaking after inducting former JD(S) MLA from Devanahalli, Pilla Munishamappa and his supporters, and some Congress leaders into BJP at the party state headquarters here.
Pointing out that the joining of Congress and JD(S) leaders and workers from Bengaluru Rural and Ramanagara districts will strengthen the party in the region, a BJP release quoting Bommai said, such events of leaders from other parties joining BJP would continue in the months to come. He also expressed confidence that the BJP will increase its strength in north and southern Karnataka regions and will return to power in 2023.
Meanwhile, stating that Congress will not come to power in Karnataka for 10 more years, state BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel said, thereafter the state will become 'Congress free'. (PTI)
One student from Karnataka was injured in shelling in Kharkiv in Ukraine, that left a medical student from the state dead, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Tuesday. He had accompanied Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, who died in the shelling.
"Two more students from Chalageri village in Ranebennur Taluk in Haveri district were also there. One is injured while the other is safe," Bommai told reporters. He added that he spoke to Naveen father's Shekarappa Gyanagouda and expressed his grief. Bommai said his concern is to bring Naveen's body to India.
"We have not yet receive any information what the condition of the body is...I have spoken to the PMO and made a request. I have also sent a message to the Prime Minister to bring the body from Ukraine. Our officials are in touch with the Embassy officials in Ukraine," the Chief Minister said. (PTI)
India’s evacuation exercise faces a challenge after the death of an Indian student during shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city which has been attacked by Russia. The death also complicates New Delhi’s diplomatic hand — it had been projecting itself as a neutral actor, refusing to take sides.
Suddenly, the safety and security of around 8,000 Indian nationals still there has become an issue of urgent concern. Given that half of these students are stuck in the eastern parts of Ukraine where battles are raging, the evacuation faces a logistical challenge. Read the full story here.
Numbed by the sound of explosions outside, a group of students at the Kharkiv National Medical University in eastern Ukraine decided it was time to leave — even if it meant a cross-country dash of over 1,500 km from their city near the Russian border to the Hungarian border in the southwest. “One group left on Monday. But Naveen suggested that the others wait so that we can take our juniors along, too, as they had been in Ukraine for less than a year. It was his idea to leave Kharkiv on Wednesday morning,” Amit Vaishyar, a final-year student, told The Indian Express over phone.
On Tuesday morning, Naveen S G, a 21-year-old fourth-year medical student from Karnataka, stepped out of the bunker, where the students had been holed up for the past six days, to buy groceries — and became the first Indian casualty in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has issued a notice to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) seeking an explanation on why sewage has been entering the Horamavu-Agara lake which has resulted in the death of fish. Residents of Horamavu noticed dead fish floating in the lake on Sunday. Read more
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