Karnataka Rajyotsava: Dakshina Kannada District Award conferred to Vartha Bharati's Pushparaj
Mangaluru: On the occasion of Karnataka Rajyotsava, senior journalist and Vartha Bharati Mangaluru Bureau Chief, Pushparaj B.N., was honoured with the Dakshina Kannada District level Rajyotsava Award for 2024 by District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao.
The award ceremony was held this morning at Nehru Maidan, Mangaluru, as part of the district-level Rajyotsava celebrations. In addition to Pushparaj, awards were presented to 57 individual achievers and 24 organisations for their contributions.
The event was attended by notable figures, including Dakshina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta, Mangaluru City Corporation Mayor Manoj Kodikal, MLA Vedavyas Kamath, MLC Ivan D’Souza, and Dakshina Kannada Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. M.P. Srinath.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
