Mangaluru doctor conferred award posthumously by President Murmu
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 10: Renowned urologist late Dr GG Lakshmana Prabhu was posthumously conferred the Excellence Award by President Droupadi Murmu at a function in New Delhi on Friday.
Kavita Prabhu, wife of the late Dr. Lakshmana Prabhu, received a gold medal and certificate as the President's Award of Merit.
Dr Prabhu practised urology in Mangaluru for the last 30 years and became synonymous with urology and nephrology. His observations and papers published on the subject have attracted attention worldwide.
Prabhu's contribution to the medical world and the qualitative and quantitative development of the health sector is immense. The President said that the medical community has a responsibility to develop medical tourism and create a healthy society.
NBEMS President Dr Abhijat Sheth, former President of the Urological Society of India, Dr. Mahesh Desai, and Apoorva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Union Government, were present.
Dr Prabhu was known for his selfless service as Head of the Urology Department of Mangaluru-based Kasturba Medical College.
As Secretary of the Urological Society of India, Dr Prabhu participated in many national and international conferences and presented personal papers. Dr Prabhu died on November 17, 2023, due to illness.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
