Two Class 10 students of Greenwood High International School Sneha Raghavan and Shloka Ashok raised over Rs 2 lakh in 24 hours to donate 300 pulse oximeters to underprivileged sections.
They will donate the oximeters to a Bengaluru-based NGO, Sampark, that works with vulnerable groups. The oximeters will be distributed to slum-dwellers in Bengaluru and rural women in Koppal in North Karnataka.
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** 1912 COVID-19 helpline now has 400 lines
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) COVID-19 helpline – 1912 – now has 400 lines. The helpline was launched mid-April with 30 lines with the assistance of Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom).
** Agri war room’ reopens in Bengaluru to help farmers
The war room would help farmers seek guidance on the price situation in different markets for their produce including vegetables, fruits, and flowers. They can also get information on availability of farm inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, farm implements, and subsidy schemes, Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil said.
Farmers can seek guidance from the department by calling helplines 080-22212818 and 080- 22210237 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Two technical officers and a deputy director (agriculture) will monitor the helpline.
** IISc team studies differences between mechanized brain and human brain to equip them with similar traits
According to SP Arun, associate professor at Centre for Neuroscience (CNS) at IISc, many studies showing similarities between deep networks and brains were already available. “However, none has really looked at their systematic differences, which would help us get closer to making these networks more brain-like,” he said.
** Bengaluru hospital launches ‘ICU on Wheels’ after critical patient turned away for want of bed; deaths soar
‘ICU on Wheels’, a dedicated new facility at the government-run Victoria Hospital in central Bengaluru for critical Covid patients, arrived Friday evening, albeit a little too late for the kin of a seriously-ill 40-year-old patient, in urgent need of an ICU ventilator bed , who were turned away and asked to look for another hospital after 30 minutes of anxious wait.
** Mangaluru: Agriculture research centre at Ullal becomes role model in state
The agriculture and horticulture research centre at Kapikad, on the outskirts of the city, is a favourite among the farmers. The reason for that is the centre gives suggestions and training on how to cultivate scientifically and get more yield and income.
** Kuwait: Co-founder of Gulf Voice of Mangalore Lawrence Pinto passes away
Lawrence Pinto, the co-founder of the hugely popular ‘Gulf Voice of Mangalore’ Konkani singing reality show, passed away on Tuesday April 27. He was 73.
A well-known Konkani community leader in Kuwait, Lawrence Pinto along with Louis Rodrigues co-founded Gulf Voice of Mangalore (GVOM) in 2008.
** Udupi’s first oxygen refilling plant comes up at Belapu
The Belapu plant will be able to provide oxygen with less shipping charges and within a short time.
** Biocon subsidiary gets approval to market cancer drug Abevmy in Europe
Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical company Biocon Biologics has received approval from the European Commission to market breast, ovarian, cervical and renal cancer drug ‘Abevmy’.
The company got the approval for the Abevmy in two strengths — 100mg and 400 mg
** Hampi Badavi Linga temple chief priest Krishna Bhat passes away at 90
Bhat was dedicated to his duty, and would make the rounds of the temple even when in bad health.