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Noted Kannada lexicographer Prof G Venkatasubbaiah passes away in Bengaluru
He was awarded the prestigious Padmashri, Pampa award and also Kendra Sahitya Akademi’s literary honour ‘Basha Sanman’ for south zone.
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BENGALURU: Professor G Venkatasubbaiah, lexicographer passed away at a Bengaluru private hospital early on Monday. He was 107.
It took him 60 years to develop eight volumes of the dictionary, which is the most for any Indian language dictionary. While the first volume of the dictionary was printed in 1970, the eighth and final volume appeared in 1995.
The eight volumes of the Kannada dictionary is about 10,000 pages long. Prof G Venkatasubbiah along with other experts developed it on par with the Oxford dictionary.
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When the pandemic broke out, the mantra for Covid containment was Test, Trace and Treat. But now, experts say it is extremely important to ensure that vaccine coverage happens at a quick pace.
The coverage of at least 60% of the population at the current rate of progress will take a minimum of six months, said Dr Manjunath, Director of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology. “Taking the vaccine is very important, but the government also needs to speed up the process. It will take a minimum of six months and maybe longer to vaccinate 60% of the population. We should not be complacent,” he said
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