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Mangaluru: Billawas Dubai presents scholarships, excellency awards

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August 14, 2016

Mangaluru, Aug 14: As part of its mission to educate the new generation of needy families of the community, Billawas Dubai and Northern Emirates (BDNE), a charitable trust, on Sunday organised a scholarship distribution program in the city.

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Kota Srinivas Poojary, former minister, and Jaya C. Suvarna, President, Rashtriya Billawa Mahamandala were present as chief guest at the scholarship distribution programme held at Adyakksha Koragappa Memorial Hall in Shri Gokarnatheshwara Temple, Kudroli, here.

As many as 211 deserving students who are studying medicine, engineering, nursing, post-graduation etc were given scholarships.

On the same occasion 23 outstanding students were presented with Excellency awards. Besides, 15 helpless and sick individuals were provided financial assistance for urgent medical care. A total of Rs 15.68 lakhs cash was spent for these causes.

Nithyananda D Kotian, President, Billawar Association, Mumbai, H S Sairam, President, Shri Gokarnatheshwara Kshetra Kudroli, Ganesh A Bangera, President, Shri Guru Charitable Trust, Jithendra Suvarna, former president, BDNE and VasanthThumbey, general secretary, were present among others.

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Ahmed Fairman
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Thursday, 1 Jan 1970

Education is the key to success, it destroy all enemies of society.
Always go for quality education.

Peaceful life is the result of education.
Teach inter-community harmony.

Teach your children 'Other caste as their brothers and cousins. \";88.85.231.200"

Ahmed Fairman
 - 
Thursday, 1 Jan 1970

Education is the key to success, it destroy all enemies of society.
Always go for quality education.

Peaceful life is the result of education.
Teach inter-community harmony.

Teach your children 'Other caste as their brothers and cousins. \";88.85.231.200"

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February 16,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 16: Leaving spectators awestruck, Karnataka's Srinivasa Gowda ran 142.5 meters in 13.62 seconds at traditional buffalo race Kambala, following which people started comparing him to former Jamaican Sprinter Usain Bolt.

Gowda, who is from Mudbidri town, accomplished the feat during a Kambala race in a paddy field in Kadri on February 1.

"People are comparing me to Usain Bolt. He is a world champion, I am only running in a slushy paddy field," said Srinivasa Gowda.

People took to social media and drew a parallel between him and Bolt. Twitterati hailed Gowda and his accomplishment on the muddy grounds.

Kambala is an annual buffalo race held in the southwestern state of Karnataka.

Traditionally, it is sponsored by local Tuluva landlords and households in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi.

"I'll call Karnataka's Srinivasa Gowda for trials by top SAI Coaches. There's lack of knowledge in masses about the standards of Olympics especially in athletics where ultimate human strength & endurance are surpassed. I'll ensure that no talents in India is left out untested," Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted on Saturday.

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June 6,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 6: As buses in Karnataka are operating following precautionary measures issued by the government to combat COVID-19, a few bus conductors were seen working wearing protective gears resembling personal protective equipment (PPE) on Saturday.

The Karnataka government had allowed resumption of bus services in the state during the fourth phase of COVID-19 lockdown, which ended on May 31.

The private buses were also equipped with hand sanitiser for the passengers. All the passengers were seen wearing face masks and maintaining distance from each other.

One of the bus conductors, en route State bank to Shaktinagar in Mangaluru was, was seen fully covered with protective suit.  

Sudarshan, a private bus conductor, also covered his face with a face shield. "PPE kit is for our protection and it is a must to keep ourselves and our passengers safe from COVID-19. All necessary equipment, including sanitisers and masks to fight COVID-19 have been provided by our bus owner to us," Sudarshan said.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Karnataka on Tuesday reported its biggest single-day spike of 6,259 Covid-19 cases and 110 fresh deaths, taking the total infection count to 1,45,830 and the toll to 2,704, the health department said.

The day also saw a record 6,777 patients getting discharged after recovery, outnumbering the fresh cases. Out of 6,259 fresh cases, a total of 2,035 cases were from Bengaluru Urban district. The previous biggest single-day record was on July 30 when the state added 6,128 cases.

A bulletin from the department said cumulatively 1,45,830 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and it included 2,704 deaths and 69,272 discharges. Out of the 73,846 active cases, as many as 73,212 patients were stable in isolation at designated hospitals while 634 in the intensive care units.

Among the fresh deaths, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 30 followed by Dakshina Kannada (13) and Mysuru (9).

Most of the people who succumbed either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI), the bulletin said. Besides Bengaluru Urban, the other districts which reported higher fresh cases on Tuesday are Mysuru 662, Kalaburagi 285, Ballari 284, Belagavi 263, Dakshina Kannada 225, Davangere 191, Dharwad and Hassan 188. Bengaluru Urban district continued to top the list of positive cases with a total of 63,033 infections, followed by Ballari 7,638 and Dakshina Kannada 6,388.

Among discharges too Bengaluru Urban tops the districts with 27,877 discharges, followed by Ballari 3,724 and Kalaburagi 3,470. A total of 14,89,016 samples had been tested so far, out of which 42,458 on Tuesday with 29,488 being rapid antigen tests.

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