A faint scent of fresh earth lingers in the home of Lakshmi KV. “It is the smell of clay, the medium that I work with,” explains the 26-year-old ceramic artist based in Bengaluru
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** This artist creates wonders on pencil lead
S Nanjundaswamy was 18 years old when a pencil lead with a face-like image left a profound imprint on him.
Today, the 39-year-old has transformed thousands of graphite pieces (pencil leads) into beautiful miniatures through his ‘Krishna Kale’ –micro artwork on pencil lead.
** Portuguese, Halegannada inscriptions found in Mangaluru
Two inscriptions, one in Portuguese and another in Halegannada (Old Kannada) have been found on the technology wing campus of the College of Fisheries at Hoige Bazar in the city.
** BEML receives orders from Cameroon, Bangladesh
Under the conditions of the order, the company will export 71 units of construction equipment, consisting of Bulldozers, Excavators, Wheel Loaders, Motor graders and Compactors to Cameroon for their Cassava Farm Project.
The order for the government of Bangladesh comprises the supply of Wheel Dozers for the construction, repair and maintenance of road and infrastructure projects.
** MPVL dispatches 6.99 lakh vials of indelible ink to poll-bound states
While the company has sent over 2.7 lakh vials (10 cc vial each) to West Bengal which is seeing a fierce contest between ruling Trinamool Congress and BJP, 83,860 vials to Assam.
** In a first, Kodagu launches project to reduce human-elephant conflict by using honey bees
The project has been launched for the first time in the country on an experimental basis by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission with support from the management of Ponnampet Forestry College.
** Police force celebrates Bengaluru’s first-ever traffic signal, installed in 1963
B N Garudachar, who oversaw the installation of the signal, said heavy traffic at the junction in 1963 necessitated the signal.
The signal was installed in 1963, when C Chandy was Commissioner of Police and B N Garudachar was Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic).
** ‘Bee fences’ to ward off elephant attacks
A pilot project launched in Kodagu entails installing bee boxes along the periphery of the forest and the villages with the belief that the elephants will not venture anywhere close to the bees and thus avoid transgressing into human landscape.
This idea stems from the elephants’ proven fear of the bees.
** India’s first AC railway terminal to function soon: Union Minister
“Named after one of the foremost civil engineers, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya, the nation’s first centralised AC railway terminal in Bengaluru is set to become operational soon,” Piyush Goyal tweeted
** Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru is a botanist’s delight
Currently blooming in the campus is a showy handsome tree – the Bronze Shower tree, whose botanical name is Cassica moschata.