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KSP constitutes award to fete upcoming litterateurs

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October 1, 2011

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Udupi, October 1: Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Nallur Prasad said that the Parishat has newly constituted an award to felicitate the upcoming litterateurs. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award will be given away in the month of November which carries a cash of Rs 1,11,111 as the prize amount, he added.

Speaking to mediapersons here after the concluding ceremony of two-day conference of taluk-level presidents and district-level office-bearers of Kannada Sahitya Parishat, he said the new award is purely considered on the achievement basis.

The person who is aged between 40 to 45 years is eligible for the award. A committee is set up in charge of the award and amount of Rs 20 lakh is being deposited for the purpose.

He said elaborate preparations are being carried out for the 78th Akila Bharath Kannada Sahitya Sammellan which will be held at Gangavathi. The President of the Sammellan will be chosen by the Executive Committee by the end of October. A decision has been taken to organise the Sammellan on November 18, 19 and 20. The State government usually releases Rs one crore for the Sammellan. Parishat has held talks with District-in-Charge Minister of Gangavathi, Laxman Savadi, who is also the Cooperative Minister, to sanction additional Rs one crore for the purpose, he added.

He said the Parishat in association with Karnataka State Open University has taken measure to introduce PG diploma courses in journalism, translation, old Kannada literature and theatre. Besides, plans have been chalked out to introduce PhD and M.Phil. The syllabus for the courses is designed and the fee structure will be affordable to all. Board of studies and Board of administration is set up, Prasad informed.

Parishat will organise research workshop in each district at the cost of Rs one lakh. The “Grama Siri” programme adopted by the Parishat proved to be worthy and success in Dumagiri village of Kustagi taluk in Koppala district. Plans have been chalked out to organise Grama Siri in all villages in the state, he added.

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August 3,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 3: All those who met Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who has tested positive for Covid-19, in the last three-four days will have to be quarantined, Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K said on Monday.

He also said those who came in contact with Yediyurappa in a couple of programmes in the past week are being traced.

Sudhakar, a medical doctor himself, said Yediyurappa has "very mild cough and his chest is clear."

"I think eight to ten days," he told news agency when asked how long the Chief Minister would have to remain in hospital.

Sudhakar said he is also getting himself tested as a few of his office staff had tested positive.

"All those who met the Chief Minister in the last 3-4 days...ideally they should be quarantined till they receive their results/report. Those who came in contact with him in a couple of programmes will have to isolate themselves and subject themselves for testing," the Minister said.

On the Chief Minister meeting Governor Vajubhai Vala, along with Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai last Friday, Sudhakar said as a result "They also become primary contacts. Ideally, they should also be quarantined and tested."

Yediyurappa who was hospitalised on Sunday night after testing positive for Covid-19 was "doing well" and is "clinically stable", the hospital treating him said.

The 77-year old leader is being monitored by a team of doctors at the Manipal hospital here.

"He is doing well, is clinically stable and will be monitored closely by our team," the hospital said in a statement late last night.

"I have tested positive for coronavirus. Whilst I am fine, I am being hospitalised as a precaution on the recommendation of doctors. I request those who have come in contact with me recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine," Yediyurappa had said in his tweet.

Yediyurappa was in home quarantine a couple of weeks ago, after some staff members in his home office were found infected with the virus. Subsequently, he tested negative for Covid-19.

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June 16,2020

Newsroom, Jun 16: A 35-year-old Kannada lecturer died in a motorbike accident at Tumkuru in Karnataka.

The deceased is K N Swamy, who was a guest lecturer in Department of Kannada at Central University of Kerala located at Periya in Kasaragod district.

The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon when he was riding his motorbike.

Swamy was also a writer and poet in Kannada.

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April 27,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 27: As many as 345 Bengaluru-based journalists tested negative for coronavirus on Monday after undergoing a medical check-up got up for them at a hospital here, a top official said.

They had undergone the tests at the Sir C V Raman General Hospital here on April 25 and the results came out negative on Monday. They were among a total of 1,170 journalists who took the tests at the four-day medical check-up camp at the Hospital here from April 23.

"The medical check-up was done in four slots at the Hospital here from Thursday and concluded on Monday. A total of 1,170 journalists undertook the tests, 480 of them on Monday alone, the joint director of the Department of Information and Public Relation D P Muralidhar said.

The test reports of the 480 journalists may come out on Wednesday, he said. Only one journalist tested positive so far and has been admitted to the designated COVID-19 hospital, he said, adding 36 of his primary and secondary contacts have been quarantined.

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