The Soligas tribe in the Western Ghats of India reveres the Bengal tiger. Their coexistence in India’s Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve has helped the tiger population flourish, says Shadi Atallah, a natural resource economist in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at University of Illinois.
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** Award given to critic H.S. Shivaprakash
Kannada Border Development Authority Chairman C. Somashekar presented the Ambikatanayadatta National Award to H.S. Shivaprakash, poet, critic and columnist.
The award instituted by the Da Ra Bendre National Memorial Trust is given to eminent writers.
** Mysore Armed Forces Ex-Servicemen Association Inauguration Tomorrow
The newly- formed Mysore Armed Forces Ex-servicemen Association will be jointly inaugurated by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and Chamarajanagar MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad at a programme to take place at Kodagu Sahakara Sangha premises in Jayalakshmipuram tomorrow (Jan.31) at 10.30 am.
** Student becomes a golden member of Siddi community
Kanchana Laxmi Siddi, 26, who hails from Chipgeri, a remote village in Yellapur taluk, Uttara Kannada district, made her community proud by clinching two gold medals at the Bangalore University’s 55th annual convocation on Saturday.
** Stalls for GI products
Karnataka boasts of a total of 42 products that have been included in the Geographical Indication (GI) of goods list. This is out of 370 goods have been given GI tag in the country.
Separate stalls for GI goods would be set up at the Bengaluru and other airports in the State for their promotion, said Major and Medium Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar on Friday in the Assembly.
** Indigenous remedy for efficient management of solid waste
The Swachh Swast Trust of Hubballi led by social activist Vishwanath Patil has come up with an indigenously-developed Swachh Swast Wastebin Project aimed at facilitating efficient solid waste management, particularly wet waste
** M.B. Ambalagi passes away
President of The North-Eastern Teachers Forum and educationist-activist M.B. Ambalagi passed away on Thursday. He was 57. He was ill for some time and failed to respond to treatment.
** Alumni install air filter tower in Hubballi
AA Mirji, Chairman of Hale Vidyarthigal Sangh said the air filter was made by the students of Jain College of Engineering and Technology for their college project.
The alumni of Sadguru Shri Siddharoodha High School with the technical support of Jain College of Engineering and Technology in the city come up with the air filter tower which is first of its kind in Hubballi-Dharwad twin cities.
** KLE – CTIE awarded Seed Support Scheme
The Start-up Incubation Centre at KLE Technological University, KLE – CTIE, has been awarded the NIDHI – SSS (National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovators – Seed Support Scheme) by the Union government.
** Bilikere women’s collective adopts CFTRI technologies
GRAAM plans to brand products, help in setting up a unit for value-addition of millet-based products
• Ragi Mudde mix and Ragi Shishuposhan developed by the CSIR’s premier food lab were transferred to the women entrepreneurs’ initiative as a part of rural livelihood improvement initiatives