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Indian Army hosts KM Cariappa Memorial Lecture

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New Delhi :

The 18th Field Marshal KM Cariappa Memorial Lecture was held on Monday at the convention hall of Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi.

The event is held annually as part of the Infantry Day celebrations, which over the years, has become an occasion for prominent speakers to share their insights and thoughts on dynamically evolving strategic national security issues and imperatives of higher military leadership.

Lieutenant General SK Sinha (Retd), the erstwhile Vice Chief of Army Staff, a renowned veteran who has also rendered distinguished services to the nation in his capacity as India’s ambassador to Nepal as well as Governor of J&K and Assam, shared his experiences of the critical phase of transformation of the Indian Army at the time of India’s Independence and dwelt upon the personality and leadership traits of the Field Marshal.

He credited the Field Marshal with displaying visionary leadership and laying the foundations of the core values and military ethics of the modern Indian Army.

Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh speaking on the occasion, stressed on the continued relevance and necessity of upholding the core values of integrity, loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, courage and honour, as well as the necessity of ensuring financial probity in all dealings.

He highlighted various initiatives which the Army was relentlessly pursuing towards reinforcing these core values amongst all ranks, especially in the changing socio-economic milieu.

A large number of serving officers and the veteran community attended the event.

source: http://www.indiablooms.com / India Blooms / India Blooms News Service (IBNS) / New Delhi – November 11th, 2013

Five IAS officers transferred

Business & Economy, Leaders

The State government on Friday issued transfer orders to five IAS officers.

M V Savithri as been appointed the new Managing Director, Karnataka Public Lands Corporation Limited, and Priyanka Mary Francis is the new Managing Director for Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation.

The other officers are: V Srirama Reddy, MD, Managing Director for Karnataka State Beverages Corporation Limited; Dr D S Vishwanath, Deputy Commissioner, Ramanagara district, and P I Sreevidya, the Deputy Secretary, Zilla Panchayat, Kodagu — who has been given the additional responsibility of being the Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Kodagu.

Other officers

The government has also appointed V Umesh Kusuga, KAS, the new MD, North-Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, Hubli, and K B Anjanppa, CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Haveri.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / Bangalore – November 08th, 2013

Tata Coffee re-appoints Deepak Kumar

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Bangalore :

Tata Coffee Ltd has re-appointed M. Deepak Kumar as Executive Director-Finance for a period of one year commencing from October 25, 2013.

The decision to re-appoint Deepak Kumar was taken at the board of directors of the company at its meeting held on October 18.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> Companies / by Anil Urs anil.u@thehindu.co.in / October 18th, 2013

Nachappa elected vice-president of Karnataka Athletics Assn

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Former sprinter and Clean Sports India president Ashwini Nachappa was today elected as one of the vice-presidents of Karnataka Amateur Athletics Association in the polls held at its General body Meeting here.

Nachappa was elected as one of the four vice-presidents for a three-year term. The other three vice-presidents are Uday K Prabhu, Sunil Kumar Shety and A Munisanjeevappa.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief G Parameshwara was elected unanimously as KAA President, while Chandrashekar Rai was made the Secretary. H R Udaya Kumar will be the treasurer of the association.

Para-athlete H N Girisha, who won a silver in the London Paralympic Games last year, was also named as one of the Executive Committee members.

The GBM, which was attended by 138 members, gave unanimous approval to the Annual Report, Accounts for 2012-13, besides also passing several amendments to the constitution of the Association.

Welcoming Nachappa’s election as KAA vice-president, CSI Convenor B V P Rao said, “I hope other former sportspersons would emulate Nachappa and become administrators to clean up sports bodies in the country.

“Nachappa has worked at the grassroot level as she was the head of Bangalore Urban District Association. I hope she would go ahead further and in near future would take up important positions in Athletics Federation of India,” he said.

source: http://www.business-standard.com / Business Standard / Home> PTI Stories> National> News / by Press Trust of India / Bangalore – October 26th, 2013

Promoted as Dy. Director

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Dr. Kannanda P. Aiyappa, Assistant Director, Animal Husbandry and Vet. Service, Veterinary Hospital, Virajpet, Kodagu, was recently promoted as Dy. Director of the Polyclinic in Madikeri.

Dr. Aiyappa, who passed out in 1976 from Veterinary College, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, joined government service on 8.4.1976.

He had been serving as Asst. Director since 1.6.1998.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> In Brief / October 21st, 2013

Re-elected to Orange Growers’ Co-op. Society

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Kodagu :

Former MLC C.S. Arun Machaiah has been unanimously re-elected as the President of Kodagu Orange Growers’ Co-operative Society for the term 2014-2018.

Kodagu Cooperative Association’s Deputy Registrar R. Sridhar was the election officer.

Rest of the office-bearers too were re-elected unanimously and they vowed to revive orange cultivation in Kodagu, which has seen improvement in the past few years.

K.G. Appaiah of Mekoor village is the Society’s Vice-President. The Directors are: Sunil Madappa of Gonikoppa town, K.U. Arun Poonacha of Devarapura, Arvind Kuttappa of Gonikoppa, S. Vishwanath of Mayamudi, C. Somanna of Balele, A.R. Krishnakumar of Devarapura, Sumi Subbaiah of Aruvathoklu, Shobha Kuttappa of Mekoor, K.K. Dinesh of Hathur and S.S. Suresh of Mayamudi.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / October 21st, 2013

Jawaid Akhtar Elected Chairperson of International Coffee Council

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Jawaid Akhtar, the Chairman of Coffee Board of India, was elected as the Chairperson of the International Coffee Council at the meetings of the International Coffee Organization which took place on 9 September 2013 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The 111th session of the Council and the meetings took place from 9 September 2013- 12 September 2013.

At the same time, Conradin Rasi of Switzerland was elected as the Vice-Chairperson of the International Coffee Council. The Council also appointed Juan Esteban Orduz of Colombia as the Chairperson of the Consultative Forum.

About the International Coffee Organization (ICO)

• The International Coffee Organization was established in 1963 in London.
• It was initiated with the United Nations (UN) to increase cooperation among the nations which produce, distribute and consume coffee.
• The International Coffee Organization was formed as a result of the five-year International Coffee Agreement signed in 1962 at the UN in New York.
• Till the year 2011, it comprised of 39 members, which included 33 exporting nations, 5 importing countries and one importing community, i.e., the European Union.
• The highest body of the ICO is International Coffee Council. It meets two times a year and the Private Sector Consultative Board of ICO includes 16 representatives from coffee production and consumption industries.
• The members of ICO represent 97 percent of the world coffee production and more than 80 percent of the world consumption.

source: http://www.jagranjosh.com / Jagran Josh / Home> Current Affairs / September 21st, 2013

Tributes paid to war hero Devayya

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Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah and others offering floral tributes to the portrait of Ajjamada Devayya at the Circle named after him in Madikeri on Saturday./ The Hindu
Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah and others offering floral tributes to the portrait of Ajjamada Devayya at the Circle named after him in Madikeri on Saturday./ The Hindu

Rich tributes were paid to late Squadron Leader Ajjamada B. Devayya, a Kodava hero who showed exemplary courage to shoot down a Pakistani Supersonic F104 aircraft in the 1965 war under adverse conditions, at the Circle named after him at the private bus stand in Madikeri on Saturday. Sq. Ldr. Devayya carried out the attack on this day in 1965 to lay down his life for the nation.

Garland

Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah, Ajjamada family members, officials, and guests garlanded the portrait of Devayya in the morning to remember the heroics of the war veteran with Mr. Bopaiah promising to find a suitable location to set up a statue in the city in honour of Devayya for upholding military traditions of Kodagu.

Sq. Ldr. Devayya was born on 24 Dec 1932. He was the only one among the members of the strike force who sacrificed his life for the nation after carrying out the task of attacking the Sargodha airfield in Pakistan on September 7, 1965.

This was revealed in a book written by English journalist John Fricker, after he was party to the description of an episode by the then Flight Lieutenant, Amjad Hussain, of Pakistan.

The private bus-stand circle in Madikeri was named after the war hero on September 7, 2009.

Sq. Ldr. Devayya was conferred with the Maha Vir Chakra for his illustrious service to the nation posthumously which was received by his wife Sundari from the President of India.

Delay

Though the State government sanctioned Rs. 5 lakh for setting up a statue of Devayya, the project was being delayed over a court order, he said. Efforts were on to talk to Bal Bhavan authorities to secure land to set up the statue of Devayya, he said. Deputy Commissioner Anurag Tewari, Ajjamada family members Karumbaiah, Katti Mandaiah, ex-servicemen, officials of Department of Sainik and Resettlement Board, Madikeri, were present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Madikeri – September 08th, 2013

On eve of Arjuna award ceremony, Joshna Chinappa wants boost for squash

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Joshna Chinappa will receive the Arjuna award today, a recognition that has come after a long wait for the Chennai squash player.

The 25-year-old became the first Indian girl to win the prestigious British Junior under-19 title in 2003 and followed it up with a gold at the South Asian Federation Games gold in 2004.

Joshna Chinappa
Joshna Chinappa

Chinappa, currently ranked 27 in the world, spoke to MiD DAY on what the Arjuna award means to her and other aspects of the sport.

Excerpts:

What does the Arjuna award mean to you?
It means a lot to me. This is one of my biggest achievements. I have been recognised by the government and the feeling is special.

With you and Deepika Pallikal being the only two faces in Indian squash, what will it take for more of your kind to emerge?
Hopefully, there will be more kids taking up squash after us and pursuing it as a career. But for that, there has to be better structure to develop squash and reach out to all sections of people in different parts of the country. There is a need for good coaches, facilities, conducting tournaments all over the country and helping kids financially to play international as well as national tournaments.

How has the progress of you and Deepika changed the popularity of the sport in the past few years?
I think more people are aware of squash because of what Saurav Ghosal, Deepika Pallikal, Siddharth Suchde, Harinder Sandhu and myself have been doing on the international circuit. There have been some international events that have helped in bringing more recognition to the sport. Squash has grown a lot in Chennai, but needs to develop more in other parts of the country.

What needs to be done to give the sport a boost? It is restricted to cities and has not entered rural areas…
Squash is still a club-level sport in many cities and not everyone can afford a membership to play. We need to develop courts that are easily accessible at the grassroots level. Courts have to be built with the help of the central and state governments along with the federation. Also, a program to develop squash in particular areas. Hopefully, with a good plan, corporates will come on board to support squash and then we can see more kids
taking up the sport.

Since squash has been short-listed now for the Olympics, how difficult will it be for the federation to convince the International Olympic Committee for the final spot?
Squash being short-listed is amazing and hopefully, we can make it to the Olympics as it deserves to. But we are competing with wrestling which has a better chance of getting back in. I’m just hoping for the best.

source: http://www.mid-day.com / Mid Day / Home> Sports / by Sundari Iyer / Mumbai – August 31st, 2013

Plans on for grand Madikeri Dasara

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K M Ganesh elected unopposed as Dasara Janotsava Samithi working president.

K M Ganesh has been elected unopposed as Dasara Janotsava Samithi working president for the year 2013 and 2014.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner Anurag Tiwari on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Ganesh called upon the citizens to celebrate Madikeri Dasara grandeously. “Let us impress upon the district-in-charge minister to sanction additional funds to celebrate Dasara. All the differences should be kept aside and Dasara should be celebrated with traditional fervour. The funds given to Dashamantapa is meagre. There is a need to increase it.”

Dasara Committee immediate past working committee president Rabin Devaiah and former CMC president H M Nandakumar also spoke.

Office-bearers

Other elected office-bearers are Prakash Acharya, Mahesh Jaini, T H Udaykumar, Madurai, Rajesh and Abdul Razak (vice presidents); P G Manjunath (only for 2013 celebration)( general secretary), Chummi Devaiah (treasurer), Shashikumar (honorary secretary), R B Shivakumar, Venkatesh (secretary), A K Lokesh, Pushpa Poonaccha, Savitha Rai, Ashok (joint secretary), Nanda Kumar, Robin Devaiah, V P Suresh, Sathish Pai, M B Devaia, P D Ponnappa, Chidwilas, S C Subramani, B S Mohan, Muneer Ahammed, T M Ayyappa (honorary president).

Sub committee — Culture (H T Anil), Sports (Manu Manjunath), Stage (K Pemmaiah), welcome (Kanehithlu Monappa), decoration (P M Harish), poets meet (Payapanda Shashi Somaiah). Vinod has been elected as the president of Dashamantapa President.

Audit report

Without CMC elected representatives Deputy Commissioner will function as the president
of the committee.

Speaking on the occasion, DC Anurag Tiwari said that the audit report on the celebrations should be placed before the public within three months of Dasara celebrations. It should be published in the website. The committee should work in transparency.
Confusion in term

As per Madikeri Dasara Utsav Samithi bylaw, the post of general secretary and treasurer of the committee is reserved for the CMC members. As there are no elected representatives in the CMC, there was confusion over the elected members whether they can serve for two years. As a result, the elected two posts will be only for this year’s celebration.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / by DHNS / Madikeri – August 28th, 2013