Corporate honcho, mum to two and training for a triathlon … Nirupa Shankar has her hands full and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Her current goal – despite being afraid of water and speed – is to participate in the half-Ironman in Greece this October. This event involves a 1.9km swim, 90km bike ride and 21.1km run, which is much more rigorous than the triathlon sprint she completed in 2017.
H2O juxtaposes the usage and availability of water in urban and rural contexts, and prompts us to re-think our attitudes
Made by Bengaluru-based founder of Theatre for Change Sujatha Balakrishnan, the film captures the struggle to obtain water in rural areas.
As part of its silver jubilee celebrations, Chitra Film Society, Dharwad, will screen films directed and acted by late Raj Kapoor from Thursday to Saturday.
A.M. Khan of Chitra Film Society has in a release said that on Thursday, Boot Polish will be screened at 6.15 p.m. at Srujana Ranga Mandir on Karnatak College campus
North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC) has, in collaboration with Bengaluru-based SELCO Private Limited, converted an old bus that was scrapped into a mobile rest room exclusively for women.
SELCO Private Limited has spent around ₹3 lakh for installing solar panels under the Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) scheme, while NEKRTC has spent around ₹6 lakh for designing the bus into a rest room.
With his unanimously election as president of District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Siddappa Hotti has put an end to curiosity among Kannada lovers and literary circles.
A 63-year-old Kannada activist, Mr. Hotti has come to occupy the post for the third time with a hat-trick of election victories.
IAS officer Ajay Seth, who had been serving as Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL), was on Tuesday appointed the new Economic Affairs Secretary. The appointment at the Centre came on the day BMRCL was carrying out a trial run on the eagerly-awaited extension of the Purple Line.
Eventually, Krishna Dembla and Prakruthi Kambam emerged winners.
Salman Noor and Gomathy Reddy were the first runners up, while Pugazhenthi K and Dhanu Shree H emerged the second runnners up.
As the country waits for its first manned space mission, Gaganyaan, slated for 2022, and our Gaganauts expected to carry aloo parathas and idlis as their food, scientists have developed an indigenous, or an atmanirbhar, solution to tackle food waste issue in the space.
The Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) here has come out with a patented food-waste pouch system for the mission that would restrict the growth of microbes and prevent food from getting spoilt.
Sitar exponent and Rajyotsava award winner Shivanand Tarlaghatti passed away at a private hospital in Dharwad due to age-related illness on Sunday. The last rites were conducted on Sunday.
He was 94. He is survived by his three daughters and son. Tarlaghatti was a recipient of various awards, including Kalashri Award of Sangeet Natak Academy and the Rajyotsava award.
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