Mysore/Mysuru:
Karthamada Ganapathy Nanjappa has been appointed as the Additional Director of Factories and Boilers, Department of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety and Health, Government of Karnataka.
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** Suriya, Ruhaan and Ishaan clinch titles in National Karting Championship
Coimbatore”s Suriya Varatan and Bangalore duo Ruhaan Alva and Ishaan Madesh emerged champions in the Meco-FMSCI National Karting Championship (X30 Classes) that concluded here over the weekend.
November 23rd, 2020
** Karnataka’s defining moments: The Gokak movement and Kannada pride
The Gokak agitation was an important step forward in safeguarding Kannada, but subsequent developments have set us on a path away from the landmark movement’s objective, writes Rajendra Chenni
** ‘Soorarai Pottru’: Sky is the limit for Captain GR Gopinath
From being an Army man to an entrepreneur, Captain Gopinath speaks about his life and the events that inspired the latest Suriya-starrer ‘Soorarai Pottru’.
** Silk India-2020 Expo Begins
Mysuru:
Mayor Tasneem and MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev inaugurated Silk India-2020, a 10-day handloom exhibition-cum-sale, hosted by Hastashilpi at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry here yesterday by lighting the lamps.
** Church Street’s ‘Clean Air Initiative’ way of the future:
Bengaluru
** Bowring medical college named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College and Research Institute has been named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The institute was set up in 2018-19 on the campus of Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Shivajinagar in the heart of Bengaluru.
The health and medical education minister had recommended renaming it the Atal Bihar Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute. Accordingly, the state government has issued an order to this effect.
** Victoria Hospital wins award for ensuring Covid warriors’ safety
** 23 medicinal plants of Karnataka on endangered list
At a time when climate change and infrastructural projects are wreaking havoc on forests, an exhaustive study commissioned by the Karnataka Biodiversity Board and National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) has revealed that 23 rare medicinal plants in various forests of the state are on the verge of extinction and listed as ‘endangered’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list.
** Learning beyond classrooms: Udupi woman grooms 500 kids
Roopa Ballal educates children from underprivileged backgrounds and looks after their nutrition and well-being.
Children of migrant labourers from the slum at Beedinagudde, located three km from the house, are here to shape their future. They forget their miseries and nurture their dreams during the time they spend at this house.
“My house has been their home and I have been their mother since last 15 years,” says home maker and Yoga expert Roopa Ballal. In a classroom constructed by her husband Nagaraj Ballal on the terrace, she teaches Kannada and English to these children.