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Prof Hilda Rayappan, Mark Denis D'Souza among 5 selected for Rachana awards

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November 6, 2012

Mangalore, November 6: Five outstanding personalities from various fields have been chosen for Rachana annual awards instituted by Rachana, a forum of Catholic businessmen, professionals and entrepreneurs. The award will be conferred on November 25 at Milagres hall in Mangalore.

Addressing a press meet on Tuesday, Rachana President Roy Castelino said the awardees are Prof Hilda Rayappan (Woman of the Year), Florine Pinto (Agriculturist of the Year), Walter D'Souza (Entrepreneur of Year), Dr Oscar G Concesso (Professional of the Year) and Mark Denis D'Souza, Sharjah (NRI Entrepreneur of the Year).

The award distribution ceremony programme will be presided over by Mangalore Bishop Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza. Major Gen (Retd) Ian Cardoza, Chairman, Rehabilitation, Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, will be the chief guest.

A panel of 15 eminent members from Catholic community selected the awardees.

Prof Hilda Rayappan

Prof Hilda Rayappan has been chosen for her outstanding contribution in the field of social service over three decades. She is the founder of Prajna Counselling Centre, Mangalore.

The main thrust of the organisation is to give professional help and advice to someone with psychological or personal problems and also offers humane services to the needy and deprived in their community, irrespective of caste, creed and religion.

The Centre has helped over 6,000 cases of distressed women and girls, and built a 40-bed de-addiction cum rehabilitation centre in Mangalore, thereby providing fresh lease of life to nearly 16,193 addicts so far. It has promoted over 250 Self-Help Groups and provided help to over 1,000 children and families of weaker sections in education and employment.

Florine Pinto

Florine Pinto is a progressive agriculturist with modern outlook who has taken up cultivation of high yielding crops such as paddy, coconut, arecanut, pepper and tropical fruits like chikku, banana, 3 varieties of jambus and pineapple in an irrigated land spread over 20 acre land.

She has donated one acre of land to build a chapel at Perne, and served the village community for over 21 years both as member and president of Perne panchayat.

Walter D'Souza

He is a leading exporter of Mangalore and Chairman of Federation of Indian Export Organisations, Union Ministry of Commerce.

Walter D'Souza is an importer of raw cashew nuts and the leading exporter of cashew kernels and shell liquid from India. He is the winner of best exporter award for cashew nut shell liquid from government of Karnataka.

Dr Oscar G Concesso

Hailing from Mangalore, he presently works in Chennai and has a masters degree in architechture from the University of Oklahoma, USA, and is one of the few doctorates in Modern Architecture. He has been awarded for his innovative idea on post tension technologies in high-rise buildings, the first of its kind in India.

He has won Indian Buildings Congress National Award 4 times for excellence in built environment unmatched by any architect in India.

Mark Denis D'Souza

He established industry Fortuna Engineering Works in 1986 which is one of the leading companies in the Gulf providing employment to Mangaloreans in particular and Indians in general. He has great concern towards Konkani culture and literature, and is involved in various Mangalorean Konkani organizations in Sharjah and contribution towards social causes.

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February 18,2020

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The accused Muhammed, a native of Perla, has been taken into custody for carrying the prohibited currency and the police is investigating the crime.

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June 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 22: Concerned over the increase in COVID-19 cases in the city, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday directed officials to implement lockdown measures strictly in the clusters which have reported more infections.

Yediyurappa held a meeting with Ministers and senior officials regarding containing COVID-19 in Bengaluru and said it can be achieved only if preventive measures are implemented strictly and asked the officials to work in this direction.

"Lockdown shall be implemented strictly in the clusters which reported more cases, especially, K.R. Market and surrounding areas such as Siddapura, VV Puram, Kalasipalya etc. It was decided to seal the adjoining streets, where the cases are reported, a release from the Chief Minister's office said. Stringent action would be taken against those who violate quarantine norms and FIR would be filed if necessary, it said.

Till Sunday evening, the state capital has reported 1,272 cases of COVID-19, including 64 deaths and 411 discharges. On Sunday, as many as 196 fresh cases were recorded. Officers were directed to ensure hygiene and provide other basic amenities to the people who were quarantined in the social welfare department's hostels and other government institutions.

"COVID-19 should be contained without affecting the economic activities in Bengaluru, which resumed recently," the Chief Minister said.

Noting that booth-level officers and volunteers were working to trace contacts and monitor quarantined persons, he said the COVID war room shall have real-time information on the availability of beds in various designated hospitals and facilitate treatment to the infected without loss of time.

A bulletin from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the city civic body, said there were 298 active containment zones in the city. BBMP Commissioner B H Anil Kumar along with the Chamarajpet Congress MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan visited a few slum areas in the city to take stock of the COVID-19 situation, officials said.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: The Karnataka government would provide Rs 10,000 immediate relief to families affected by heavy rains and flooding in districts across coastal, central and southern areas of the state, an official said on Thursday.

"Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has directed all the Deputy Commissioners in the rain-cum-flood-hit districts to provide Rs 10,000 interim relief to the affected families and Rs 5 lakh to those whose houses were completely damaged in the natural disaster," a Revenue Department official told media persons here.

As the south-west monsoon advanced and intensified, heavy and widespread rains with gusty winds have been lashing 12 of the 30 districts across the state, wreaking havoc and disrupting normal life due to flooding, landslides, lakes and ponds overflowing, and rivers and their tributaries in the spate.

"The Chief Minister also instructed the officials to make use schools, colleges and public places as relief centres to shelter the rain-cum-flood-hit families, as hostels and community halls have been converted into Covid care centres in the affected districts," said the official.

The affected districts have also been advised to conduct a survey of crop loss suffered by farmers for compensation under the centrally-sponsored Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and the Weather Based Crop Insurance Schemes.

Deputy Commissioners have been told to take preventive measures to protect and provide relief to the people from heavy rains, floods and landslides in the affected districts.

"Yediyurappa also directed ministers in-charge of the districts to remain in their constituency and visit the affected areas to assess damage caused by the rains and flash floods for compensation and relief aid," noted the official.

The Chief Minister on Wednesday announced Rs 50 crore for rescue and relief operations in the affected districts across the state.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological department has issued a red alert on heavy rains in the affected districts of Kodagu, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttar Kannada in the coastal region and in Shivamoga, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Haveri in the Malnad region.

"Bagamandala in Kodagu district where Cauvery river springs near Talakaveri received a whopping 486 mm rain during the last 24 hours, causing flash floods and disrupting normal life as offices, shops and eateries remained shut and public transport was affected," added the official.

The water-level in Cauvery and Lakshmanatheertha is flowing at high level while the Sayi layout and Kuvempu layout Kushalnagar is inundated and the affected residents were shifted to safer location.

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