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** Mail and merit: Driven by dedication
A 55-year-old driver of the Mail Motor Service section of the Bengaluru Postal Region, R Balakrishna, has received the Meghdoot
** Meet Shravan Regret Iyer: United Nation’s World Meteorological Organisation 2021 award winner
Awards are not new to filmmaker and photographer Shravan Regret Iyer.
But his most recent win, the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) 2021 award, is something special for him.
** Calling budding athletes: Sports School in Bengaluru launches national scholarship programme
The Sports School (TSS) in Bengaluru launched a national scholarship programme for 2021-22 on Friday.
Around 60 students in U-12, U-14 and U-16 category will be awarded the scholarship in cricket, football, tennis and basketball.
** On the road to victory, they soldiered on
In the last five decades, about 53 Tibetan soldiers have laid down their lives on the front lines.
On the occasion of Vijay Diwas on Wednesday, 36 war veterans paid their respect to those who lost their lives in the war. They gathered at the war memorial at Doeguling Tibetan Settlement in Mundgod of Uttara Kannada district. The programme was led by Lhagpa Tsering, who is the Tibetan Settlement Officer of Mundgod.
** Philanthropist, builder R N Shetty dies at 92
Well-known businessman, philanthropist and educationist R N Shetty died early on Thursday in Bengaluru after a cardiac arrest. He was 92.
** Kannada varsity Nadoja honour for Wooday Krishna, Dr Daddi
The Kannada University, Hampi, will confer Nadoja honorary degree on educationist Dr Wooday P Krishna of Bengaluru and Dr Hanamanth Govindappa Daddi of Jamkhandi at its 28th convocation on November 10.
** Maratha Development Corporation is now official
The government order came after the Cabinet recently approved the establishment of the Maratha corporation
** A Mangaluru farmer scripts success story under MGNREGS
Sadashiva Kuppepadavu, a banker-turned-farmer, used facilities of the MGNREGS scheme to contruct a successful poultry farm