Vartha Bharati's BM Bashir gets BR Ambedkar Award, Sanath Belagali honored with Dr Kalaburgi award
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has announced the recipients of the KUWJ Endowment Fund Awards. BM Bashir, News Editor of 'Vartabharati', has been honored with the 'Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Award', while Sanath Kumar Belagali, a columnist of Varthabharati, has been awarded the 'Dr. M. M. Kalaburgi Award'.
The awards, which include a cash prize of Rs 5,000 each, a plaque, and other honours, will be presented at a ceremony in Chitradurga on April 1.
The recipients of this year's awards are as follows:
- Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Award: BM Bashir from Mangaluru
- Gommata Media Award: Kuntinath Sri Kalamani from Belagavi
- DVG Award: V. Venkatesh from Bengaluru
- CR Krishna Rao (CRK) Award: CG Manjula from Bengaluru
- Yashodhamma G Narayana Award: Mallige Machamma from Mysuru
- SV Jayashila Rao Award: Mohana Hegde from Hubballi
- Dr. MM Kalaburgi Award: Sanat Kumar Belagali
- Kidi Sheshappa Award: BM Nandish from Hassan
- HS Doreswamy Award: R Jayakumar from Bengaluru
- PR Ramaiah Award: CK Mahendra from Mysuru
- HK Veeranna Gowda Award: Ashok Ram from Ramnagar
- Rajasekharakoti Award: Sasikumar B Kerura from Bagalkote
- P. Ramaiah Award: Manohar Mallada from Ranebennur
- M. Ramamurthy Award: HK Basavaraju from Bengaluru
- Garudanagari Nagaraj Award: Prabhulinga Shastri Math from Bengaluru
- Mahadev Prakash Award: Vijayakumar Warna from Kalaburagi
- Minchu Srinivas Award of Shimoga: N Babu from Bhadravathi
- HS Rangaswamy Award: Namdev Watkar from Yadagiri
- M. Nagendra Rao Award: Ravi R from Davanagere
- Girijamma Rudrappa Talikote Award: K Gopika Mallesh from Kolar
- Gurulingaswamy Holimath Award: RC Puttaraju from Chamarajanagar
Special Awards will be given to Chikkappanalli Shanmukh, SB Ravikumar, Sha Manjunath and Ravi Mallapur.
The awards highlight the dedication and excellence of journalists in Karnataka and their contributions to the field of Journalism.
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Karnataka students shine in ICSE, ISC exams with over 99% pass percentage
Bengaluru: In the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) for classes 10 and 12, Karnataka students outshine other states with pass percentages reaching 100%, as per the results announced on April 30.
With an overall pass percentage of 99.70%, altogether 29,745 students from 425 schools appeared in the ICSE 10 examination. Girls once again surpassed boys, attaining a pass percentage of 99.82%, while boys' was 99.58%. Only 89 students could not pass these examinations.
With 99.63% of 2,442 students from 55 schools passing the exams, it is a registered robust performance for ISC stream students of class 12. The performance was no less impressive among reserved category students, with 2019 Scheduled Caste (SC) students of class 10 recording a 99.41% pass percentage, while 479 Scheduled Tribe (ST) students along with 13,238 Other Backward Class (OBC) students recorded pass percentages of 99.37% and 99.56%, respectively.
With a pass percentage of 93.81%, 97 SC students passed in Class 12, while all 33 ST and 447 OBC students passed with a 100% success rate for both groups.
