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Pingara Rajyotsava Award-2012 conferred on Jaya C Suvarna

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November 20, 2012

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Mangalore, November 20: Mangalore Bishop St Aloysius Paul on Tuesday conferred 8th annual Pingara Rajyotsava Award-2012 on philanthropist and All India Billawas Federation Jaya C Suvarna at a grand programme at Town Hall in city.

Instituted by 'Pingara' Kannada weekly newspaper the award consists of a citation and a scroll of honour.

Responding to the award Mr Suvarna said urged the people to lead a selfless life and give priority to “service”, without expecting any reward.

He called upon the youths to think high and strive hard to reach the goals.

Speaking on the occasion Bishop said that Mr Suvarna is a role model for the youths, who want to reach greater heights.

He said that 'Pingara' has selected a deserved person for the prestigious award.

Chief pontiff of Kateel Shree Durga Parameshwari Temple K Laxminarayana Asranna presided over the programme.

Mulky-Moodbidri MLA Abhayachandra Jain, BJP leader Shrikar Prabhu, president of RACHANA, Roy Castelino, Dharmadarshi Harikrishna Punaroor, Mangalore Diocese PRO Fr William Menezes, Kudroli Shree Gokarnanatheshwara temple trustee Dr B J Suvarna, Mangalore Press Club president Ramakrishna were present on the occasion among others.

Earlier 'Pingara' editor Raymond D'Cunha, said that the jury narrowed down on Mr Suvarna's name from among 17 applications received by the weekly.

He said that Mr Suvarna's selfless service to the society guided the jury's decision in selecting him for the award.

"The jury comprising prominent people from different walks of life carefully studied the contributions of Mr Suvarna before finalising his name," Mr D'Cunha said.

"While few achievers forwarded their bio-data to the newspaper office for selection, well-wishers of others sent in their names for the award," he said.

The only criterion apart from their achievements, he said, for selection to the award is requirement that the applicant should be born in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, or Kasargod districts.

Past recipients of the award include Kuntadi Dayanand Pai (2005), M Mohan Alva (2006), Walter Nandalike (2007), Grace Pinto (2008), D Veerendra Heggade (2009), Louis J Pinto (2010) and Harikrishna Punarooru (2011).

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We request all other gym owners also to follow the guidelines strictly to keep their members safe and healthy," said Prasad Kumar, a gym owner in Bangalore.

He added, "The last few months have been very difficult for us gym owners and fitness instructors. We are very grateful to the government for allowing us to re-open. 

We are going to be very cautious when we open. Even before this COVID-19 pandemic, we used to sanitise all the equipment before and after every use so hopefully, this won't be too difficult for us. We are getting rid of the air conditioners to allow cross ventilation and open the space a little more."

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This comes after Karnataka High court asked the state government to reconsider the decision of conducting the CET exam.

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New Delhi, Jul 9: The Central Board of Secondary Education has strongly defended its decision to drop topics like democratic rights, citizenship, federalism, secularism etc in the name of reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12 due to COVID-19 pandemic. 

The board has claimed that the dropped lessons "are either being covered by the rationalised syllabus or in the Alternative Academic Calendar of NCERT".

The CBSE said it had to come up with the clarification after realizing its decision was "interpreted differently".

"The rationalisation of syllabus up to 30 per cent has been undertaken by the Board for nearly 190 subjects of class 9 to 12 for the academic session 2020-21 as a one-time measure only. The objective is to reduce the exam stress of students due to the prevailing health emergency situation and prevent learning gaps," it said.

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