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14th diocese of Karnataka inaugurated; Jerald Lobo takes charge as first Bishop of Udupi

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October 15, 2012

Udupi, October 15: The 14th diocese in Karnataka and 166th diocese in the country was inaugurated, at Kallianpur Milagres Cathedral grounds on Monday. Most Rev Dr Jerald Isaac Lobo was installed as the Bishop of the diocese.

Apostolic Nuncio in India and Representative of Pope Rev Dr Salvatore Pennacchio who was in Udupi as a part of the inauguration, delivered the message of peace and harmony to the people, by practicing faith in religion.

Terming it as a great joy for the people of Udupi to have a separate diocese, he said the new diocese should help the people to express faith in religion and spread harmony.

The newly appointed Bishop said that the new diocese has tremendous opportunities and challenges before it. “The Udupi which was a part of the Mangalore diocese has a history, but it is new as an independent diocese. It has the legacy of faith and good work,” he said.

He was speaking at the inauguration of the Udupi diocese at Kallianpur Milagres Cathedral grounds. Terming it as a great joy for the people of Udupi to have a separate diocese, he said that the new diocese should help the people to express faith in religion and spread harmony.

Most Rev Dr Jerald Isaac Lobo, who took charge as the Bishop of newly formed diocese, said that the new diocese has tremendous opportunities and challenges before it. “Udupi, which was a part of the Mangalore diocese, has a history, but it is new as an independent diocese. It has the legacy of faith and good work,” he said.

Stressing on the significance of humanitarian values, he said all religions should promote fraternity and good values and should not divide the people. Every religion preaches peace and harmony and it is the duty of the people to join hands in promoting peace .

Udupi District-in-Charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said that Catholics have always been a part of Udupi and they have become one amongst us, by practicing their culture and tradition.

Puttige seer Sugunendra Theertha insisted on treating all religions equally by upholding the dignity of every religion.

Offerings were made by the deaneries under Udupi diocese. Kundapur deanery offered coconut sapling, Shirva deanery offered banana plant, Udupi deanery rice and food grains, and Kallianpur deanery offered fruits and groceries on the occasion.

The new Diocese of Udupi consists of 48 parishes in Karkala, Udupi and Kundapur. There are 1.25 lakh catholics, 58 diocesan priests, 20 religious priests/brothers and 225 sisters in Udupi diocese.

The new diocese of Udupi will be a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. The Church of Our Lady of Miracles will be the cathedral of the newly installed diocese.

Rajya Sabha MP Oscar Fernandes, Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Jaya Prakash Hegde, Bangalore Arch Bishop Most Rev Bernanrd Moras, Mangalore Bishop Aloysius Paul D'Souza were present.

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April 18,2020
Mangaluru, Apr 18: Food kits were distributed to as many as 100 needy Beary poets, writers and artistes’ on behalf of the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy at a simple ceremony held at the Academy office here on Friday.
 
The service initiative during the Lockdown was taken up as per the guidance of Minister for Kannada and Culture C T Ravi.
 
Dakshina Kannada District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary distributed the kits to the beneficiaries.

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May 20,2020

Udupi, May 20: All the six fishermen were rescued from a deep-sea fishing boat, which capsized after hitting a rock near Malpe here yesterday. 

The boat was owned by Reshma Kharvi. The incident occurred while the boat was returning after fishing to Malpe harbor. 

The helmsman lost control over the boat after steering got damaged and hit the rock and damaged. 

The crew of another boat which was near to the sinking boat immediately rushed and rescued six fishermen.

Attempts to rescue the sinking boat using the yet another boat could not materialise. 

The loss is said to be about Rs 80 lakh, including Rs. 5 lakh worth items, including fish, net, and other accessories. The boat ventured from Malpe port on May 14.

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March 8,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 8: The economic slowdown in the country had a cascading effect on Karnataka, as its growth rate for outgoing fiscal 2019-20 is projected to be 6.8 per cent against 7.8 per cent in the last fiscal (2018-19), a senior official said on Saturday.

"The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) is estimated to be 1 per cent less at 6.8 per cent for this fiscal from 7.8 per cent in the last fiscal due to slowdown in manufacturing (industry) and services sectors," an official of the state finance department told media.

Though the agriculture sector has revived from 1.6 per dent in the drought-hit last fiscal (2018-19) to register 3.9 per cent this fiscal, growth rates of industries and services will be 4.8 per cent and 7.9 per cent for 2019-20 against 5.6 per cent and 9.8 per cent respectively in 2018-19.

"The GSDP is projected to grow at 6.3 per cent in the ensuing fiscal of 2020-21 due to continued slowdown in the national economy," the official hinted.

According to the state's economic survey for 2019-20, the farm sector grew more than double to 3.9 per cent from 1.6 per cent a year ago due to increase in the production of foodgrains, dairy products and fish catch.

Foodgrain production across the state rose to 136 lakh tonnes from 128 lakh tonnes a year ago, the survey revealed.

"In line with the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate decline, Karnataka's GSDP has declined from a high of 13.3 per cent in 2016-17 to a low of 6.8 per cent in 2019-20.

"The GSDP has declined from a double-digit growth of 10.8 per cent in 2017-18 to 7.8 per cent in 2018-19 and 6.8 per cent in 2019-20," the survey pointed out.

The survey has adopted the all-India growth rate for the services sector growth in the state, which reflects the impact of slowdown in the key sector.

At current prices, the southern state's GSDP is expected to be Rs 16,99,115 crore (budget estimates) with a 10 per cent growth rate in the next fiscal (2020-21).

"Real estate, professional services and ownership of dwellings contributed 35.31 per cent to the GSDP in 2019-20, followed by manufacturing with 15.32 per cent, trade and repair services 9.51 per cent and crops 7.44 per cent," said the survey findings.

Per capital income in the state at current prices is estimated to be Rs 2,31,246 in 2019-20, an increase of 8.8 per cent from Rs 2,12,477 in 2018-19.

"The per capita income in the state is 58.4 per cent more than that of all-India rate at Rs 1,35,050 in this fiscal," the survey added.

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