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India’s spiritual tradition, family system model for world: Vice President

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Amravati, Feb 4 (IANS) Indias spiritual tradition and the family system are its greatest strengths and are a model for the whole world, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday.

Calling India as “a capital of spirituality”, he urged the people to understand the meaning and purpose of life and to realise the potential of the country’s heritage and culture.

“Everyone must do their duty to make the country mighty,” Naidu said while addressing the gathering at the second anniversary of Swarna Bharat Trust Andhra Pradesh’s Atkur, and emphasised that honest practices must come into system to weed out corruption that has become a “dreaded concern”.

He also inaugurated a health camp on the occasion of the World Cancer Day.

The Vice President said that diseases like cancer require early detection for better treatment and added that lifestyle changes, environmental changes are among the reasons for these health problems.

We must have adequate facilities for identifying health problems to provide medicines on time, he added.

Supreme Court judge Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasad and state Health Minister Kamineni Sreenivas were also present on the occasion.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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