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** IIMB’s cultural fest ‘Unmaad 2021’ from March 5 to 7
Unmaad 2021 will be presented by YONO SBI and co-sponsored by JSW. DH is the media partner for the fest and the presenting sponsor for all literary activities within the fest.
The fest is driven by superpro.ai, with Ezflo as their achievement partner and MPL as their mobile gaming partner
** Discovery of Nisadis shows Uttara Kannada district’s Jain connection
Indicating deep roots of Jainism, historians have discovered two more Nisadis (memorial stones) dating back to the 12th century at Hiregutti village in Kumta of Uttara Kannada district.
** Openhouse: Can two Stanford graduates’ one-stop tutorial platform prove a Class Act?
Openhouse is a one-stop tutorial platform founded in Kolkata in 2018 by Yashovardhan Poddar and Akshay Rampuria, both Stanford University graduates. It moved to Bengaluru in January 2020.
** KLE Technological University students joint winners at Smart India Hackathon
According to a press note by KLE Technological University, the team was led by Poornaditya Mishra and comprised Prithvi Deshpande, Alwin M. Reji, Haripriya Jagadeesh of Automation and Robotics, and Swaroop Shenoy and Goutam Muralidhar of Mechanical Engineering.
They were guided by Head of the Department of Automation and Robotics, Arun Giriyapur.
** IISc team finds new mutations and proteins of SARS-CoV-2
This study, published in the Journal of Proteome Research, has also shown that the hosts produce several proteins of their own as their body launches an immunological defence in response to the viral attack.
** Bengaluru ranks high on Ease of Living Index
But, governance issues exposed by low Municipal Performance Index
Bengaluru being adjudged the most liveable large city in the Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020, a meteoric improvement from 58th position in 2018, was met with puzzlement by many experts and opposition parties, even as the ruling BJP claimed credit.
** Udupi district bags first prize in state level poetry competition
Akhila Bharathiya Sahitya Parishad had held poetry competitions in three stages in the state with the theme ‘Ayodyeyalli Ramamandira Hridayadalli Ramachandira’ (Ramamandira at Ayodhya and full moon in the heart).
57 poems which were selected on district and divisional level which reached the final stage and were selected for state level.