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March 16, 2021
New Delhi, Mar 16: India recorded 24,492 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the country s infection tally to 1,14,09,831, according to Union health ministry data.
The death toll due to the disease increased to 1,58,856 with 131 more fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 9 am showed.
Registering an upward trend for five days in a row, the total active caseload has gone up to 2,23,432 which is 1.93 per cent of the total infections in the country, while the recovery rate has dropped to 96.68 per cent, the data stated.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,27,543, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.39 per cent, according to the data.
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He had translated about 50 of William Shakespeare sonnets, the poetry of TS Elliot and works of poet Yeats into Kannada. Late Kannada poet NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta. | Photo Credit: Twitter
Bengaluru: Noted Kannada poet, critic and translator NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta died early on Saturday.
He was 84 and was suffering with age related ailments, family sources said.
Popularly known as NSL in Kannada literary world, he was born in 1936 in Shivamogga district.
Bhatta has been household name through his bhavageetes (lyrical poems), and is known for his contribution of modern Kannada poetry, critical works and translations.
He had translated about 50 of William Shakespeare sonnets, the poetry of TS Elliot and works of poet Yeats into Kannada.
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NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta had many titles to his name. A poet, teacher, scholar, critic, essayist, orator, an authority on Kannada literary history professor, Bhatta passed away early on Saturday. The renowned personality was 85 at the time of his death and had been suffering with age-related ailments.
On the news of Bhatta s passing, Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa and other cabinet members expressed deep condolences on Saturday.
Who was Lakshminarayana Bhatta?
Lakshminarayana Bhatta was born in Shivamogga in 1936. He is popularly known as NSL in literary circles and Kannada music industry. Bhatta has contributed a significant great deal to the Kannada literature and beyond. He has published several poems back in the days when cassettes were quite popular in the 80s.