Bengaluru: Kannada and Culture Department Minister, CT Ravi on Monday announced that 64 people will be honored this year with the prestigious Rajyotsava Award for their services in various fields.

The awards will be given by Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa on November 1 in a ceremony at Banquet Hall of Karnataka Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

The list of people who will receive the prestigious honor of the state can be found below.

Literature 

Dr Manjappa Shetty Masagali 

Prof B Rajashekarappa 

Chandrakanth Karadalli 

Dr Saraswathi Chimmalagi 

 

Theatre 

Parashuram Siddi 

Pal Sudarshan 

Hooli Shekhar 

N Shivalingaiah 

Dr H K Ramanath 

Bhargavi Narayan 

 

Music 

Chote Rahmath Khan 

Nagavalli Nagaraj 

Dr Muddu Mohan 

Srinivasa Udupa 

 

Folk Art

Neelgararu Doddagavibasappa 

Holabasaiah Dundaiah Sambalad 

Bheem singh Sakaram Rathod 

Usman Saab Khadar Saab 

Kotresha Chennabasappa Kotrappanavar 

K R Hosalayya

 

Sculpture 

V V Deshpande 

K Jnaneshwar 

 

Painting 

Ramesh Rao 

Mohan Sitanoor 

 

Sports 

Vishwanath 

Bhaskar Ganiga 

Chenada A Kuttappa 

Nandita Naganagoudar 

 

Yoga 

Srimathi Vanithakka 

Kumari Khushi 

 

Yakshagana 

Dr. Shridhara Bhandary 

 

Bayalata 

Y Mallappa Gavayi 

 

Films 

Shailashree 

 

TV 

Jayakumar Kodaganura 

 

Education

N R Gunjaal 

Prof T Shivanna 

Dr K Chidananda Gowda 

Dr. Gururaj Karajagi 

 

Miscellaneous

Dr Vijay Sankeshwar 

N T Shantha Gangadhar 

Dr Channaveera Shivacharya 

LT Gen BNBM Prasad 

Dr N Someshwar 

K Prakash Shetty 

 

Journalism 

B V Mallikarjunaiah 

 

Co-operation 

Ramesh Vaidya 

 

Social service 

S G Bharathi 

Kattige Channappa 

 

Agriculture 

B K Deva Rao 

Vishveshwar Sajjan 

 

Environment 

Saalumarada Veerachar 

Shivaji Chatrappa Kagnekar 

 

Organisations/groups 

Prabhat Art International 

Sri Patanjali Yoga Shikshana Samiti, Hanumanthapura 

 

Medicine

Dr Hanumantharaya Pandit 

Dr Anjanappa 

Dr Nagarathna 

Dr G T Subhash 

Dr Krishna Prasad

 

Judiciary 

Kumar N 

 

Expats 

Jayavanth Mannoli 

Gangadhar Bevinakoppa 

B G Mohandas 

 

Cottage industry 

Navaratna Indukumar 

 

Literary criticism 

K V Subramanyam

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Washington (PTI): India and China bore the maximum brunt of tougher immigration policy unveiled by the Trump administration which issued 2.5 lakh fewer visas in the first eight months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, according to a media report.

From January to August 2025, the State Department approved 11 per cent fewer permanent resident and temporary visas compared with the same period a year before, according to State Department data released in early March.

These visas are generally issued for students, workers, and family members of citizens and legal residents.

The 11 per cent drop doesn't include tourist visas, which also fell during the same period, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

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According to the report, visas for Chinese and Indian nationals fell by about 84,000 compared with the same period in 2024, largely reflecting a drop-off in international students and workers from those countries.

Business and tourism visas declined by about 3.4 per cent in the first eight months of 2025 compared with that period a year earlier, a drop of nearly two lakh visas.

Between January and August 2024, the US had issued more than 3.44 lakh student visas, the number declined to a little over 2.38 lakh during the same period in 2025.

The family preference visa, which includes adult children and siblings of US citizens fell by more than 27 per cent or by over 44,000.

The visas issued to sea and airline workers also reduced by 30,876, while those issued for culture exchange visitors declined by 29,594.

The visas issued to fiance/spouse declined from 37,229 in the first eight months of 2024 to 18,894 for the period under review in 2025.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement that “President Trump was elected with a resounding mandate to put American citizens first and every policy decision he’s made has reflected that priority.”

In a statement to The Washington Post, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said: “A visa is a privilege, not a right. Unlike the Biden administration, President Trump is not willing to compromise the safety of American citizens to allow mass migration of unvetted foreign nationals into our country.”