Telangana’s Omicron tally touches 56 with 12 new cases
The Hindu
10 cases detected during random sampling tests at airport
Telangana recorded 12 new Omicron cases by Monday evening, including two contacts of people with the variant. Ten cases were detected during random sampling tests carried out among air passengers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport after they landed from countries other than those designated ‘at risk’.
Now, the count of people with Omicron variant in the State has reached 56. Of the 263 passengers from at-risk countries subjected to tests at the airport, 24 turned out to be positive. This took the daily caseload in the State to 182 and the total up to 6,80,844.
One person succumbed to the disease, taking the toll to 4,023. The State has 3,417 cases in isolation or treatment at various facilities.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”