Anti-corruption movement must begin from mother's lap: Swamiji

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May 1, 2012

Mangalore, May 1: Anti-corruption lessons must begin right from the first school i.e. the mother's lap, said Esha Vittaladasa Swamiji of Kemaru Mutt.

He was speaking at a programme organised by the Akhila Bharatiya Karmika Sangha as part of 'May Day' celebrations in the city on Tuesday.

Stating that corruption has spread its arms wide in every sector of work, Swamiji said that women play an important role in creating a corruption free society.

The Swamiji who chose to address the gathering in Tulu, said that people must leave their religious and caste differences aside and claim that they are part of 'Tulunadu'.

Abu Sufian, Khateeb, Jamia Masjid, Bajpe and Fr Andrew Leo D'Souza, Priest, St. Jude Church, Pakshikere, were the other chief invitees.

Seven achievers from various fields were felicitated on the occasion. Rajesh Shetty, Photojournalist, Indian Express, Premnath Ullal, Kabaddi referee, Supritha Poojary, Power lifter, Suresh Attavar, Dance teacher, Ansar Inoli, Reporter, Vijayavani, Rajesh, Web designer, and Mahesh Jain of 'Micheal Jackson' fame were the ones who were honoured.

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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.

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