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Philatelic exhibition dedicated to children

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November 14, 2011

Mangalore, November 14: History was seen in the form of a stamp when the image of a boy eating a banana was displayed at the Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatics Association (DKPNA) exhibition at Head Post Office in Pandeshwar on Sunday.

DKPNA member Dr Rathish Udupa exhibited stamps, postal covers, cards and first day covers. Explaining the idea behind the stamp, Dr Rathish informed that 8 year old Shekar Borker was selected by Jawaharlal Nehru, and the stamp was issued in the interest of good nutrition for children. Interestingly the boy in the photo is now 62 years old and promotes philately after he retired from a company in New Delhi.

A total of 15 sheets of stamps, first day covers and postal covers from his collection all his stamps marked children's day. Jawaharlal Nehru with a child, children's drawings and others attracted the crowd. DKPNA member Jayaprakash displayed coins released by Kings of Karnataka Origin, to mark Rajyothsava.

Other coins on display were from the rule of Alupa Kings( 650-1335 AD, Hyder Ali( 1761-1782), Divan Purnayya( 1799-1810), Tippu Sultan(1782-1799) and Krishnaraja Wadiyar ( 1810-1868). Jayaprakash added that all the Kings brought out coins in Gold, Silver and Copper.

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May 5,2020

Bengaluru, May 5: A 62-year-old woman from Vijayapura succumbed to coronavirus infection on Tuesday, taking the COVID-19 death toll in Karnataka to 28, a health official said.

The state has registered eight more COVID-19 cases in the past 19 hours, increasing the count of such cases to 659, the official added.

"Positive case 640, 62-year-old female resident of Vijayapura died on Tuesday due to cardiac arrest," the health official said.

Admitted to a designated hospital''s ICU on Sunday, the woman was also suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchial Asthma (BA) and complained of breathlessness.

Among the eight fresh cases that emerged in the state, four were contacts of earlier cases, two with Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and one with travel history to Uttarakhand.

The health department is also tracing the contact history of a 30-year-old woman from Bengaluru Urban.

Incidentally, no new cases emerged from Davangere as 22 cases rocked the district on Monday.

Among the new cases, Bengaluru Urban contributed 3, followed by Bagalkote, 2, Ballari, Dakshina Kannada and Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada, 1 each.

Of the new cases, six are men and two women.

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July 17,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 17: An expert team from Bengaluru has arrived here on Friday to study the factors that have led to the sudden spurt in death due to Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka in the recent past.

The team has arrived following a request made by the district administration. The team comprising three experts has already held talks with specialist Doctors, according to official sources.

It will examine the reports on the treatment provided to the patients who have succumbed to the infection and will submit a report citing reasons for the increase in deaths, the sources added.

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May 3,2020

Bengaluru, May 3: Five more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Karnataka, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 606, the state government said on Sunday.

The total number of cases includes, 25 deaths and 282 discharged.

"Five new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Karnataka from 2nd May, 5 pm to 3rd May, 12 noon; taking the total number of positive cases to 606 which includes 25 deaths and 282 discharges," the government stated.

According to the statement, out of the five cases, three have been reported from Kalaburagi and two have been identified from Mudhol.

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