Three month rural service must for BDS students during internship: Mazumdar

Mangalore, November 6: Rendering service in rural areas for three months will be mandatory in the one-year internship that undergraduates have to do for obtaining the Bachelor of Dental Sciences (BDS) degree, said Dental Council of India (DCI) President Dr Dibyendu Mazumdar.

Speaking at the national conference of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry organised by A B Shetty Institute of Dental Sciences here on Friday, he said that the rural people were not treated by dentists. There are 290 dental colleges in the country.

The dentists should give priority to the rural areas. The three month internship would be befetiing as the gradutes would be exposed to the rural areas. Former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde said that reduction in value system in the society had disheartened him. “I can not forget the bitter experiences as Lokayukta of Karnataka.

The bureaucracy and the political system has become so corrupt in Karnataka that it can not be repaired. The tragedy is that corruption has engulfed education sector as well.

The teachers who were responsible for building the future of the students are also not doing justice to the job. There is a need to instill values in the society.”

Corruption is like a disease. The youth should raise their voice against corruption which has spread its tentacles all over.

President of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Naveet Grewal also spoke. Justice Hegde also released a souvenir.

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DK in-charge minister presents CM’s MSP plea to Prime Minister in Mangaluru

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November 28,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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