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Konkanverter will bring Konkani communities on one platform'

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August 11, 2012

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Mangalore, August 11: Konkanverter, an online script conversion utility for Konkani language, conceived and developed by World Institute of Konkani Language, World Konkani Centre, Mangalore, was launched in the city on Saturday.

The utility converts and transliterates Konkani Language in five Scripts, i.e., Devanagari, Roman, Kannada, Malayalam and Perso-Arabic.

Perso-Arabic script has not been included in the current beta version. It will be added in due course of time and the full-fledged version will be available soon, Gurudutt Bantwalkar, Assistant Director, World Instotute of Konkani Language, World Konkani Centre, the man behind the utility said.

The software was being developed from the past two years and was a challenge which has successfully been met, he said.

Ramdas Kamath,Vice-president (finance & admin), Infosys Technologies, said that the utility has built a common platform which would enable sharing of ideas across borders and barriers. The utility is a testimony to the contribution of technology in creating harmony and bringing people together, he said.

Fr Francis Rodrigues, Rakno editor, in his address hoped that the software will help in bridging gaps among the people and build harmony in the society. More work should take place in Konkani using technology so as to enable people to listen to parliamentary proceedings in Konkani language in the future, he said.

Basti Vaman Shenoy, President, World Konkani Centre, also spoke.

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March 23,2020

Kasaragod, Mar 23: The district administration on Monday decided to abandon efforts to map out the movement details of the NRI who came from Dubai recently and came into contact with many in North Kerala.

The district has been completely locked down since Monday morning, on the directive of the Central Government. Prohibitory orders have been slapped in the district since Sunday night to restrict socialisation of the people.

As the person now in isolation have allegedly been non-cooperative, the authorities were finding it difficult to sketch out a rote map as his movement and socialisation has been so vast and wide since his arrival here on March 12.

The middle aged and popular NRI who landed at Karipur airpprt on March 11 had been in Calicut till midnight prior to boarding the Maveli Express to make it to his hometown Kasaragod, which is 160 kms away from Calicut. He had come into contact with very many, including two MLAs of the district, prior to getting tested positive and getting isolated in the hospital.

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January 11,2020

Udupi, Jan 11: A case has been registered against Pune Billava president on the charges of issuing life threats to former Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake and Dinesh Amin Mattu at the Udupi Town Police station, police sources said on Saturday.

Former Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake along with like-minded Billawa organisations and the Udupi Muslim Federation jointly scheduled an inter-religious Billawa – Muslims Harmony meet on January 11, at the Town Hall.

Journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu was the speaker and Vinay Kumar Sorake was to preside over the programme.

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July 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 22: A 54-year-old man committed suicide at his home, after he learned that he was tested positive for Covid-19, at Devasandra, in Sadashivanagar.

The deceased, Shivamahadeva, ran a cot shop in Yeshwantpur along with his brother. The police said that he was single and was living with his elder brother and his family.

In another incident, a 50-year-old man, committed suicide fearing Covid-19 and the stigma related to the illness.

The deceased has been identified as Nagaraju, a resident of Doddaballapura and a native of Hesaraghatta, and his body was found at the Hesaraghatta lake.

The police said that during the investigation it was found that the neighbours had accused Nagaraju of spreading the infection.

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