Journalist Patil Puttappa passes away

Veteran journalist Patil Puttappa who was fondly known as Papu, passed away recently at the age of 99. He was an ardent follower of Gandhian principles and a Khadi activist. Patil Puttappa had also served as a former Rajya Sabha member. He remained as a strong representative of Kannada and had received several prestigious awards ..

Topics: Journalists • Kannada • Member of parliament • Rajya Sabha

Former Rajya Sabha member and veteran journalist Patil Puttappa passes away

On March 17, 2020, the veteran journalist and Rajya Sabha member Patil Puttappa passed away at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS). He died due to age related ailments. About Patil Puttappa Puttappa represented the state of Karnataka for two terms. He was a hardcore Kannada activist, popular writer and a journalist. He was ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Freedom Fighter • Freedom Struggle • Journalism • Kannada • Literature • Rajya Sabha • World Heritage site

My Circle Safety App

My Circle App was launched by Bharti Airtel in collaboration with FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO). My Circle app aims to help women in case they face any problem or a panic situation. My Circle App My Circle app enables women to send SOS alerts to any five of their family or friends in 13 languages including English, Hindi, ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Assamese • Bengali • Bharti Airtel • English • FICCI Ladies Organisation • FLO • Gujarati • Hindi • Kannada • Malayalam • Marathi • My Circle • Oriya • Punjabi • Tamil • Telugu • Urdu • Women in Distress • Women Safety

President’s Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Awards Conferred

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu conferred President’s Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Awards at New Delhi. Presidential Award of Certificate The award of the Certificate of Honour was introduced in the year 1958 to honour the scholars of Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian Languages. It was extended to cover Pali/Prakrit in the year 1996. ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Arabic • Certificate of Honour • Kannada • Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Award • Malayalam • Ministry of Human Resources and Development • Odiya • Pali • Persian • Prakrit • Sanskrit • Tamil • Telugu

No Presents Please wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018

No Presents Please is an English Novel translated from Kannada Work of Jayant Kaikini. The novel was translated to English by Tejaswini Niranjana. The award was announced during the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet. The award was presented by eminent writer Ruskin Bond to Jayant Kaikini and translator Tejaswini Niranjana. For the first time the award ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: English • Jayant Kaikini • Kannada • No Presents Please • Ruskin Bond • Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet • Tejaswini Niranjana