Eight places in Karnataka will receive the award and along with Mysuru and Bengaluru, places including K.R. Nagar, Periyapatna, Hubballi-Dharwad, Mudhol, Hosadurga and Kumta figure in the list.
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* Farmer From Kodagu Has Won An Award For Preserving Local Pepper Crop
- Napanda Poonacha of Kodagu district, a progressive farmer, who hopes to be recognized as a pro-nature farmer
- He was recently granted the Plant Genome Saviour Farmer Reward (2019-20) for his efforts to save indigenous ‘Adi Pepper’ crop
* ‘The Best Cyclist Men’ Awardee
Charith Gowda, a first PUC student of Sapient College, Vijayanagar II Stage in city, has bagged ‘The Best Cyclist Men’ award by securing three Gold Medals — Time Trial, Mass Start and Relay Categories — in the 18th National Mountain Bike Cycling Championships held at Alandi in Pune, Maharashtra, between Oct. 29 and Oct. 31
* Three Bengaluru-based groups make it to Facebook’s community accelerator programme
A group that guides women on travel; a community that advocates new-age parenting; and a section that connects city women with entrepreneurs. Bangalore Women Power, Adventure Women India and Moms of India — were recently recognised by Facebook at the first edition of the Community Accelerator Programme
*Highlight on heritage: New book on Hampi aims to demystify stories around the historical site
* BMTC first in country to induct BS VI buses
* Another award for Church Street project
* CFTRI Scientist Develops New Beverage From Coffee Leaves
* Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine programme launched
* Engineer’s experiment with Boer goat
T.S. Umesh crosses the Boer with the native Talcher breed and they fetch a good price