* 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

* 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

Karnataka Government’s RDWSD Department Awarded ‘Best Communication in Sanitation Award 2021’ by ISC

The Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Department (RDWSD), Government of Karnataka, has been bestowed with the Best Communication in Sanitation Award for 2021 in digital communication category by Indian Sanitation Coalition (ISC) – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

Manipal’s Bharatiya Vikas Trust Bags Ashden Award under Energy Access Skills Category : November 04th, 2021

Bharatiya Vikas Trust (BVT), Manipal, established by late T.A. Pai, has bagged the Ashden Award 2021 in the ‘Energy Access Skills’ category.

Trust’s Master Trainer Sudhir Kulkarni and Consultant Sudeeptha Ghosh received the award from Costa Rica President Charlos Alvarado Quesada during the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on November 4.

Church Street Pedestrianisation Project (Bengaluru) Bags MoHUA Awards

The “Clean Air Street – Church Street First” was been conferred with the “Commendation Award in Urban Transport” under the category “Running trophy for the state/UT, which has Implemented Best Urban Transport Projects during the previous year”.

Air Cargo Terminal at Hubballi Airport Operational. First ever in North Karnataka: November 03rd, 2021

A dedicated domestic air cargo terminal at Hubballi Airport, the first such facility in North Karnataka region, became operational on Novermber 03rd, 2021.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has, in coordination with Airports Authority of India – Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Company Limited, operationalised the dedicated domestic air cargo terminal.

The old passenger terminal building at the airport has been renovated to function as a cargo terminal at an estimated cost of ₹45 lakh. The old passenger terminal was lying unutilised after the new terminal of the airport with hi-tech facilities was commissioned.

Director of Hubballi Airport Pramod Kumar Thakre.