Noted Kannada poet Jayath Kaikini gets Dr. Shivarama Karanth Balavana Award

Vartha Bharati | 21-09-2019 | 16:49:00 IST

Puttur, Sep 21: Noted Kannada poet and story writer Jayath Kaikini has been chosen for the Dr Shivarama Karanth Balavana Award.

The decision to present the award to Kaikini was taken at a preparatory meeting on novelist and playwright Karanths birth anniversary celebrations.

The anniversary would be observed on October 10.

Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary will inaugurate the programme to be presided over by Sanjeeva Matandoor, MLA.

A seminar and cultural programmes would also be held, assistant commissioner H K Krishnamurthy said.

Karanths house at Balavana has been renovated at a cost of Rs 30 lakh.

A sum of Rs one crore was sanctioned for the comprehensive development of Balavana and the work has been entrusted to INTACH, Bengaluru, he said.

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Boat carrying 250 people, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, sinks in Andaman Sea

15-04-2026 ¦ 15-04-2026 IST

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Dhaka (AP): At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, were missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently on the way to Malaysia, according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies.

When the boat sank and the status of any search Wednesday were unclear.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration in a joint statement said Tuesday that the trawler departed from Teknaf in the southern Bangladeshi district of Cox's Bazar carrying a large number of passengers to Malaysia.

Overcrowding, strong winds and rough seas caused the vessel to lose control and sink, the agencies said.

UNHCR and IOM said the disappearance reflected the protracted displacement of Rohingya people and the absence of durable solutions.

They said ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state has made the Rohingyas' safe return to Myanmar uncertain, and limited humanitarian assistance, restricted access to education and employment in refugee camps, continue to push vulnerable Rohingya refugees to choose risky sea journeys, often based on false promises of higher wages and better opportunities abroad.

UNHCR and IOM urged the international community to strengthen funding and solidarity to ensure lifesaving assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, which has sheltered more than 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar.