The historians were unanimous that Hampi or the area around the erstwhile capital of Vijayanagara dynasty, is Kishkindha Kshetra, where Hanuman was born
Month: April 2021
** Freedom fighter and Gandhian passes away in Belagavi
The close associate of Vinoba Bhave celebrated his 101st birthday a few months ago.
Sadashiv Rao Bhosle, freedom fighter, former MLA, veteran Gandhian and close associate of Vinoba Bhave, passed away on Thursday.
** New portal integrates COVID-19 data at PHC level in Bengaluru for the first time
It is named Public Health Activities Surveillance and Tracking (PHAST)
The health department of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has designed a new portal named Public Health Activities Surveillance and Tracking (PHAST) that integrates all COVID-19 related data at the Public Health Centre (PHC) level for the first time.
** St. Antony’s Church marks centenary year
St. Antony’s Church, Sasthan in Udupi district, marked its centenary celebration on Wednesday with a thanksgiving mass and felicitation programme.
** Doha: Well-known social worker Abdul Latif Madikeri passes away
Well-known social worker Abdul Lathif Madikeri, secretary of Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF), an association for NRIs, passed away on Sunday April 11.
** Kuwait: MFC clinches Oriental Trophy-2021 Season II
A total of 20 teams participated in the Oriental Trophy-2021 (Season-II) tournament.
The teams were divided into four groups consisting of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group were qualified for the knockout stages but the two undefeated titans of the tournament, Mangalore Friends Cricketers (MFC) and Magic XI reached to the grand finale of Oriental Trophy-2021 (Season-II) on Friday April 2 at 10 am, Kuwait time.
** Bengaluru: HAL bags award for Innovative Training Practices
Central public sector undertaking HAL bagged first place for Innovative Training Practices 2019-20 at the 30th National Award ceremony held recently at New Delhi by the Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD).
** Mangaluru: Deepa K S wins gold at state-level bench press competition
Group of Iron Games, Davanagere held state-level bench press competitions in association with Karnataka Power Lifting Association at Kuvempu Kannada Bhavana.
Deepa K S of Mangaluru has won the gold medal in the master division. She also won a silver medal in the women’s open division (69 kg).
** Ronald Colaco leads by example: First non-Hindu to build two temples in India
NRI entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr Ronald Colaco has once again exemplified the spirit of harmony and humanity by re-constructing and donating an ancient 700-year-old temple at Singrihalli completely built in dressed and carved stones.
** Dubai: Viyon Robin Veigas elected president of Konkan Yuva
Viyon Robin was elected unanimously during the Annual General Body meeting and election. He hails from the Vittal parish from the diocese of Mangaluru.
He will succeed Vivian Fernandes as the tenth president.