Drive to promote Kannada on nameplates of commercial establishments

In an initiative to make it compulsory for all commercial establishments to have nameplates in the Kannada language, the Kannada Development Authority, along with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has started the ‘Kannada Kayaka Varsha Acharane’ drive. 

BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad inaugurated the event and an awareness vehicle was also flagged off with the Karnataka flag. The vehicle will go around the city and create awareness of the language and the name board in Kannada.

Meanwhile, Karnataka on Tuesday reported 529 fresh coronavirus cases and four deaths, taking the total infections to 9,36,955 and fatalities to 12,204, the Karnataka health department said. Bengaluru urban district accounted for 276 fresh infections and two fatalities. Cumulatively, the city has reported 3,97,609 infections, 4,382 deaths, 3,88,962 discharges, including 452 on Tuesday, and 4,264 active cases.