RSS senior Pracharak Suryanarayana Rao dies aged 93

November 19, 2016

Bengaluru, Nov 19: Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Pracharak K Suryanarayana Raotoday passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru due to a brief illness. He was 93.

Mr Rao was responsible for growth of Sangh in South India, especially in Tamil Nadu. He had successfully organised the first Karnataka State Vishwa Hindu Parishad conference in Udupi in December 1969 under the guidance of Golwalkar, the second chief of the RSS.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled his death through Twitter. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, who is currently in Karnataka, BJP State President B S Yeddyurappa, were among those who havecondoled the death of Mr Rao.

Born on August 20, 1924 at Mysuru, Mr Rao joined RSS as a Swayamsevak at the age of 18 and became a full time Pracharak in 1946.

He was Prantha Pracharak of Tamil Nadu from 1971 to 1984 and then he was Kshetra Pracharak,comprising Andhra, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka upto 1990. Subsequently he was assigned the responsibility as Akhila BharathiyaSeva Pramukh.

He had extensively toured all parts in the country for the development of Seva Projects and abroad including US, Trinidad, Canada, England, Germany, Holland, Norway, East Africa, Kenya, Malaysia, Singaporeand Nepal to consolidate the Hindu activities there.

Later he was a member of the Akhila Bharathiya Karyakari Mandaland had the responsibility of looking after Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Vanavasi Kalyana Ashram, National Medico's Organization Arogya Bharathi, Seva international and Samskri Bharathi.

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such a long life wasted in spreading evil's ideology. now all doors of repentance are closed once life ends. we can't be even sympathetic also for your upcoming life.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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