1. State level conference of visually challenged persons will be held at Kannada Bhavana in Bengaluru today. Sangeeta Ratna awards will be presented during the conference.
2. Today is the last day for participants to register for the seventh edition of ‘Racefor7’, a 7-km event to raise awareness for the rare disease community in India. It will be held across India on February 27. ‘Racefor7’ symbolically represents the 7,000 known rare diseases; the estimated 70 million rare disease patients in India; and the average of 7 years it takes to diagnose a rare disease, according to the Organization for Rare Diseases India (ORDI). Race for 7 is held every year in February to commemorate Rare Disease Day which falls on the last day of the month. To participate in this race, register here. Registrations close on February 20. Participants can run, walk or even cycle 7 kilometers wherever they are located to lend their support for rare diseases.
From Northern region:
1. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be laying foundation for 108 yoga mantapas being proposed by Panchamashali Jagadguru Peeta in Harihara today.
2. Srirama Sene chief Pramod Mutalik has demanded a ban on PFI and CFI. He has alleged that international conspiracy is behind the row over dress code in PU colleges.
3. Newly built Siruguppa Bus Stand to be inaugurated by Transport Minister B. Sriramulu today
4. Bhoomi Pooja for 67 projects taken up at a cost of ₹228.94 crores to be performed in Hosapet by Vijayanagara District in-charge Minister Shashikala Jolle.
From Southern region:
1. In the run up to the State budget slated to be tabled in early March, farmers are set to spell out their demands and expectations from the government besides highlighting key issues plaguing agricultural sector today.
From Mangaluru:
1. Union Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh is performing Bhoomi Pooja for building a coke oven plant in the premises of KIOCL Ltd. at Panambur and later will visit berth No. 8 and 15 at the New Mangaluru Port. He is set to sign an MoU with the NMPT.
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