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Sandesha Awards-2012' announced; Indhudhara Honnapura, Peter Lewis among 10 recipients

February 16, 2012

Mangalore, February 16: Kannada journalist Indhudhara Honnapura and renowned artist Peter Lewis are among the ten individuals who have been selected for the 'Sandesha Awards 2012' conferred by Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education.

The award ceremony will he held on February 26, under the auspices of the Karnataka Catholic Bishop's Council, announced Fr. Valerian Mendonca, Director of the Foundation at a press meet here on Thursday.

He said Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore would preside over the function and Vaidehi, noted writer would be the chief guest. Also Rev. Dr. Henry D'Souza, Bishop of Bellary and Chairman, Sandesha Foundation will grace the occasion.

Fr. Mendonca said that ten different awards would be conferred on the occasion and each award carries a cash prize of 10, 000 rupees, a citation, a shawl and a trophy.

Dr. Na D'Souza Selection committee President announced the list of awardees.

Sandesha Kannada Literature Award will be conferred on Dr. KV Tirumalesh, A prolific writer in Kannada; his 30 works comprise poetry, short stories, novels, reviews, columns and linguistics.

Sandesha Konkani Literature Award will be conferred on M Madhava Pai, a great name in the Konkani translation field. He has contributed 750 pages 'Kannada-Konkani Dictionary'-a great service to Konkani Language.

Sandesha Literature Award goes to Catherine Rodrigues, who has written 57 Tulu dramas in her 30 years of Tulu Literature career. She is a ten time winner of the Late Dharmastala Ratnavarma Heggade Tulu Drama Writing Competition.

Sandesha Cinema Award will be conferred on Geethapriya (Laxman Rao Mohite), a great star in the cinema world, a song writer, story-writer, dialogue-writer as well as a great film director.

Sandesha Arts Award will be given to Peter Lewis, an artist of international fame, who got international recognition for his art exhibition at Texas in USA.

Sandesha Journalism Award will be conferred on Indhudhara Honnapura, editor of the monthly 'Honnapura Samvada'.

Sandesha Media Education Award will be given to Shree Padre hailing from Kasargodu, a well-known as an agriculturist. Rain-harvesting has been one of his creative contributions.

Sandesha Best Teacher Award goes to Rev. Sr. Maria Jyothi, AC, a pioneer in the education of the specially-abled children in Mangalore, Founder Principal of St. Agnes Special School.

Sandesha Konkani Music Award will be conferred on Late Sri Jerome D'Souza, who has composed more than 1000 songs in Konkani, brought out 14 music albums and published 2 anthologies called 'Amchim Podam'.

Sandesha Special Recognition Award will be given to John D'Silva journeying from Kerala to Mumbai; he has been a crusader of cooperative banking, an educationist and a philanthropist.

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June 27,2020

Mangaluru, June 27: The district health authorities are likely to conduct mass random testing for Covid-19 in Ullal town on the outskirts of the city in the wake of detection of several new coronavirus positive cases there in past couple few days.  

An elderly woman from Azad Nagar in Ullal was died of coronavirus earlier this week. Many others including a couple of policemen also tested positive for the deadly virus in vicinity.

Following this, local elected representatives including MLA U T Khader and religious leaders of Ullal held a meeting regarding taking steps to control the spread of the virus. In the meeting Mr Khader suggested the authorities to conduct random testing in Ullal town. 

Apart from Azad Nagar, covid-19 cases have surfaced in Kodi, Bangera Lane and in the surroundings of police station and Sahara Hospital triggering panic among people. Hence, the authorities are like to conduct random testing of auto rickshaw drivers, fishermen, street vendors among others. 

Meanwhile, several mosques in Ullal have reportedly decided to suspend congregational prayers temporarily.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi cautioned private bus transport services operators, taxis and autorickshaws from exploiting commuters in wake of bus and train services being suspended by the government as precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In a statement released here on Monday, Transport Minister Savadi said it has come to the notice that private buses, taxis and autorickshaws were misusing the opportunity and exploiting commuters. Inter-district bus services have been suspended in the districts wherein lockdown has been announced to protect the health of people and none should violate the decision of the government, he stated.

Transport and Police Department officials have been asked to taken action against those violating norms and exploiting commuters. Service providers for their profit cannot risk with the health of the people and repeated cases if come to the fore, they will not be spared, Savadi cautioned.

Government has taken measures to prevent spread of COVID-19. Private transport service providers and people should join hands and cooperate to contain it, he appealed. 

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