Till date, the HAL’s Aerospace Division has delivered 244 propellant tanks and 95 water tanks to Isro
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** Bengaluru-based lawyer is chairman of NYC Bar’s rights panel
Bengaluru-based lawyer Ramya Jawahar Kudekallu has been appointed as the chairperson of the New York City Bar’s International Human Rights Committee.
Ramya’s granduncle was Attorney General of India, while her father Jawahar Kudekallu and her uncle are also advocates
** Nod to appoint four lawyers as Karnataka HC judges
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved a proposal for the elevation of four advocates as judges of the Karnataka High Court.
The names of advocates proposed are AR Hegde, CM Poonacha, S Rachaiah and KS Hemalekha. The Collegium has resolved to approve the proposal at a meeting on October 6.
** Mysuru gets therapy park for children with communication disorders
Developed by AIISH, it can be accessed easily by wheelchair users
The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, has developed an inclusive therapy park, which, according to the institute, is one of its kind for children with communication disorders, including wheelchair users.
The park is designed keeping the barrier-free model in mind, making it accessible to all individuals, irrespective of their abilities. It provides an inclusive environment for children with special needs and facilitates their independent play skills.
** Karnataka tops list of states consuming highest beedi, cigarettes
Tobacco control study was undertaken in six states of Karnataka, Assam, Gujarat, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
In Karnataka the percentage of tobacco consumption is around 63.68%. The report says that the implementation of tobacco control is not effective in these states.
** Varsity doctor feted for his service in combating COVID-19
20,000 doses of vaccines administered to varsity staff and students during when pandemic was at its peak
M.S. Basavaraj, Chief Medical Officer, Health Centre, University of Mysore, on Tuesday urged the people to get vaccinated and also help others get immunized at the earliest as the vaccines are the only effective means for combating COVID-19.
** Cinema still photographer Ashwath Narayan plans to create a virtual library for cinema
The septuagenarian is currently digitising his image bank of over three lakh photographs capturing actors and directors, from 1965 to 2000
** Two awards for KVGB
Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has bagged two national awards, APY Big Believers and Leadership Capital, given by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) for its significant enrolment under Atal Pension Yojana (APY).
** Over one lakh pages of palm leaf manuscripts digitised at Moorusavir mutt
As many as 100 volunteers helped Ashok Domlur in the effort
After a fortnight of intense work, over one lakh pages of manuscripts at Moorusavir mutt in Hubballi have been scanned and stored in digital format.
Over 100 volunteers, including regulars such as Veena Paramadi, Basamma Koti, Laxmi Biradar and Nirmala Bisanal, scanned each palm leaf under the guidance of technical expert and researcher Ashok Domlur. Among other things, over 395 manuscripts dating back to around 300 years were cleaned with lemon grass oil before being digitised now.
** Meet Anuradha Doddaballapur, a cardiovascular scientist from Bengaluru and Germany’s cricket captain
Anuradha is also the first woman to pick up four consecutive wickets in T20 Internationals
“Agathe Agathe Aithu!! (‘It will happen, it will happen, it hashappened!!’ in Kannada)” began a tweet from the official handle of German Women’s Cricket last August.
Their captain had just accomplished a feat that no other woman in international cricket has: four wickets in four balls in a T20 International.
Anuradha grew up in Basavanagudi, a residential locality in South Bengaluru. Like many middle-class fathers of that time in Bengaluru, hers too was a keen follower of cricket.