Two Vartha Bharati journalists to receive KUWJ awards
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has announced the annual awards for journalists for their excellent coverage of news in the year 2022-23 and Union State President Shivananda Tagadur has said that the journalists will be handed the awards at the 38th State Journalists' Convention to be held in Davanagere on February 3 and 4.
Vartha Bharati journalist Shamsuddeen K Yenmur is selected for the G Narayanaswamy Award for Best Rural Report while Ibrahim Khaleel has won the KA Nettakallappa Award for Best Sports Report.
The contribution of journalists in 30 different sections is being appreciated by the KUWJ. The list of the award-winning journalists and the categories under which they have won the awards is as follows:
1. G Narayanaswamy Award (Best Rural Report): Sannavanda Kishor Nachappa, Madikeri; Shamsuddeen K Yenmur, Vartha Bharati, Mangaluru.
2. Patel Bhyrahanumaiah Award (Best Human-interest Report): CN Shivashankar, Doordarshan, Kolar; MN Yogesh, Prajavani, Mandya.
3. Giridhar Award (Best Investigative Report): D Umesh Naik, Vijayavani; Tarikere L Devaraj, Vijaya Karnataka.
4. BS Venkataram Award (Best Scoop Report): Chandrahasa Hiremalali, Prajavani, Bengaluru; S Sridhar, Vijaya Karnataka, Ramanagar.
5. KA Nettakallappa Award (Best Sports Report): Manjunath, Jadagere, Vijaya Karnataka, Bengaluru; Ibrahim Khaleel, Vartha Bharati.
6. Khadri Shamanna Award (Best Political Analysis): Shashidhar Hegde, Nandikal, Vijaya Karnataka; DH Sukhesh, Public TV.
7. Mangala MC Verghese Award (Weekly Magazine): Karanth Peraje, Adike Patrike, Puttur; Raghavendra Thogarsi, Sudha.
8. Bandapura Muniraju Memorial Award (Best Photojournalism): KR Yogish, Janamitra, Kadur; Tajuddin Azad, Deccan Herald, Kalaburagi.
9. Best Photography: PK Badiger, Belagavi; Nataraj, Hassan; Anurag Basavaraju, Mysuru.
10. RL Vasudevarao Award (Best Article on Forestry): Prakash S Shet, Vijayavani, Hubballi; Amaresh Devadurga, Raichur.
11. RL Vasudevarao Award (Best Article on Wildlife): Akhilesh Chippali, Prajavani, Shivamogga.
12. BG Thimmappaiah Award (Best Report on Economically Backward Classes): Shashikanth S Shamballi, Prajavani, Bidar; Prakash Balakkanavar, Prajavani, Bagalkot.
13. Mandibele Shamanna Memorial Award (Best Report on Rural Life): P Shanthakumar, Kannada Prabha, Arsikere; HK Raghavendra, Kolar Patrike, Kolar.
14. Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Memorial Award: Nanjundappa, Doordarshan and Prajavani; Tripti Kumbragodu, Udayavani; HR Ashwini, Vijayavani, Bengaluru.
15. Yajaman T Narayanappa Memorial Award (Best Report on Agriculture): Baragur Virupakshappa, Prajapragathi, Sira, Tumakuru District; Malingaraya Poojara, Lakshmeeshwara, Gadag.
16. Nadigera Krishnarayara Award: Ranjeeth Ashwath, Vishwavani; N Raghavendra, Editor, Vinoda Patrike.
17. Best Page Design (Desk): GM Kotresh, Kannada Prabha, HK Ravindranath Honnur.
18. Best Coverage of Court Beat: S Shyam Prasad, PTI, Bengaluru.
19. Sunnavanda Srinivas Chandappa Award (Best Report on Defence): Anukariappa, Republic Kannada TV, Kodagu district.
20. KN Subramanya Award (Best Report in English Newspaper): Pawan Kumar H, Deccan Herald, Uttara Kannada; Akshaya PV, Star of Mysore, Kodagu.
21. TK Malagonda Award (Best Investigative Report): Siddu RG Halli, Haveri, Prajavani; Shashikanth Mendegar, Vijayapura.
22. Appajigowda Award (Best Coverage of Cinema): Arun Kumar, Bengaluru; Babita S, Vijaya Karnataka.
23. Tagaduru Kamalamma Veeregowda Award: BC Channegowda, Channarayapatna; Gururaj Kulkarni, Samyukta Karnataka, Bidar.
24. Badrinath Hombale Award: KN Puttalingayya, Editor, Udayakala; Venkatesh B Imrapura, Hosa Digantha, Gadag.
25. Abhimani Prakashana Award: Virupaksha K Kavatagi, Vijaya Karnataka, Chikkodi; Shivaraj Kembhavi, Udayavani, Lingasugur.
26. Gudihalli Nagaraj Award: MN Ahobalapathi, Vijaya Karnataka, Chitradurga; Shridhar Nayak, Senior Journalist.
27. Ravi Belagere Award: T Gururaj, Editor, Hello Mysore; Jagadish Belliyappa, TV-9.
28. Best Investigative Reporting: NewsFirst, Bengaluru, for report on fraud in egg supply to anganawadis.
29. Vidyunmana TV Category: Harish Nagaraj, Vistara TV; Navitha Jain, News18; Rachappa ZeeTV; Dasharath, TV-5; Manoj Kumar, Power TV; Mohan Raj, Cameraman, Suvarna TV.
30. KUWJ Special Award: Nirmala Yaligar, Bengaluru; PB Harish Rai, Mangaluru; Prakash Maski, Raichur; KS Bhaskar Shetty, Bengaluru; Radhakrishna Bhat, Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada; Venkatesh Murthy, Kalaburagi; Aravind Navada, Udupi; Rajashekhar Joginamane; Ramesh Palya.
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Two more infants die, toll in Jhansi medical college fire rises to 17
Jhansi (UP) (PTI): Two more infants rescued from a fire that ripped through the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College here have died, taking the total toll in the blaze to 17, a senior official said on Sunday.
Thirty-nine newborns were rescued from a devastating fire in the medical college hospital's neonatal intensive care unit on the night of November 15.
Dr Narendra Singh Sengar, the medical college's principal, told PTI that of the 39 infants rescued, two more died on Saturday.
While 10 babies died on the night of the fire, the remainder succumbed to their "illnesses", he said.
A post-mortem of the two bodies was done on Saturday and the cause of death was confirmed as "illness" in both cases. The bodies have been handed over to the family members, Sengar said.
The birth weight of both infants was 800 grams and one of them also had a hole in the heart, he added.
Meanwhile, Congress sources said on Sunday that the party's state chief Ajay Rai and Barabanki MP Tanuj Punia would travel to Jhansi and visit the medical college. They will also meet the families whose babies died in the fire.
