Month: January 2021

Rakesh Krishna, one among 32 children in the country to win Pradhan Mantri Rastriya Bal Puraskar 2021, spoke to media on Monday January 25 after interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi through virtual conference at zilla panchayat office here.

A first year PU student, Rakesh Krishna K., is among the 32 children awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar this year.

One among these is the “Novel seeder for systematic cultivation”, which he presented at the Jignyasa 2018 competition organised by Agastya International Foundation in Bengaluru. Rakesh Krishna did not want to speak more about his work till Monday.

Rakesh Krishna from Bannur in Puttur taluk and 10-year-old Veer Kashyap from Bengaluru are among the nine children to receive the award under the Innovation category.

Toys made from paper mache or paper pulp are the new attractions among the eco-friendly products being made by a social entrepreneurship called Paper Seed near Mangaluru.

Paper Seed, located at Pakshikere on the outskirts of the city, launched the paper toys on Sund

A day-long dance festival along with presentation of Ravi Datar Award will mark the 25th anniversary of classical dance school Natyanjali Nritya Kendra in Hubballi on Sunday.

Addressing presspersons here on Friday, president of the Nritya Kendra Pradeep Bhat said that performing artiste, director and musician K. Chandrashekhar Navada would be honoured with the Ravi Datar Award at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday.

The country’s first sandalwood museum showcasing different variety of the species will be inaugurated on Monday.

District in charge Minister S.T. Somashekar will inaugurate the museum which is at Sri Gandha Koti on the Aranya Bhavan campus in Ashokapuram at 10 a.m.

To commemorate the birth anniversary of the former MLA, late Chandrashekar Patil Revoor on January 26, the Chandrasekhar Patil Revoor Foundation has announced the launch of a free dialysis centre in Kalaburagi.

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