The Kempegowda International Airport has been inducted into the Airports Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll of Excellence for the year 2020. It’s one of six airports worldwide to get this recognition.
Category: Transport
** India’s first tunnel aquarium opens at KSR railway station
From now on, anyone waiting to board a train, or to receive someone, at the KSR railway station can look forward to an exciting and relaxing activity.
For, a first of its kind aquatic kingdom set up in any railway station in India will be launched in the concourse portion at the entry of the station on Thursday. The joint venture by the Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) and HNI Enterprises was planned for an April launch, but the Covid second wave delayed it.
** VTU signs MoU with Bengaluru’s AFTC
PG degrees in Aeronautical Engineering to be awarded to Indian Air Force officers
The Air Force Technical College (AFTC), Bengaluru, has entered into an agreement with Belagavi-based VTU to award postgraduate degrees in Aeronautical Engineering to Indian Air force officers.
Air Commodore Biji Philip, Commandant of AFTC, and A.S. Deshpande, Registrar, VTU, signed a MoU in Belagavi on Friday.
The two institutions will jointly offer MTech programme in Aeronautical Engineering. The degree will be awarded with six different specialisations and will follow all AICTE and VTU norms.
** Bengaluru-Karwar Express named Panchaganga Express
The name is derived from five rivers in Udupi district that come together to join the Arabian Sea near Kundapura
The Ministry of Railways has approved a proposal to name Train No. 16595/16596 Bengaluru-Karwar-Bengaluru Express as Panchaganga Express.
** National Doctors’ Day: Miyar gram panchayat gets an ambulance
Becomes first panchayat in India to have its own ECG machine, telemedicine unit and a dedicated ambulance
Miyar Gram Panchayat in Karkala taluk got a dedicated ambulance thanks to an initiative of the Cardiology At Doorsteps (CAD) Foundation to mark National Doctors’ Day on July 1.
Padmanabha Kamath, founder of CAD Foundation Trust, said Miyar GP becomes the first panchayat in India to have its own ECG machine, telemedicine unit and a dedicated ambulance. Each member of the panchayat contributed ₹1,000 from their salary for the initiative, he said.
** Trials for India’s first medical drone delivery service begins in Karnataka
India’s first drone delivery service, that specialises in medical supplies, will begin operating in Karnataka soon. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s green signal is awaited, Throttle Aerospace Systems (TAS) CEO Nagendran Kandasamy said.
The trial, which started on Monday and continued till Tuesday, was successful, Kandasamy said. He said India’s first official beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) medical drone delivery experiment started in Sembhukha Nagar of Gowribidanur taluk in Chikballapur and the trial will continue for 30 to 40 days.
** Mysuru man designs world’s smallest rideable electric bike
Known for bringing innovation to bikes, Santhosh’s bike is just 145 mm (lesser than that of a pencil), a wheelbase of 130 mm weighing 2.5 kg which can withstand over 65 kg load.
Love and passion for machines have resulted in a Mysuru-based pharma company employee designing the world’s smallest rideable electric bike.
Meet Santhosh who has designed and developed ‘Mooshiqk3’, the world’s smallest rideable electric bike, which has now entered the golden book of world records.
** On the road of service, woman cabbie from Bengaluru ferries Covid patients
Meet Tulasi Lavakumar, the only woman cab driver who ferries Covid patients to hospitals.
Though she has a heartwrenching story of her own, the 42-year-old, clad in a PPE suit, flashes a bright smile and comforts all those who take her cab.
** In a first, 1000 tonnes of fresh fruit from abroad reach Bengaluru on refrigerated train
Apples, kiwifruit, apricots and cherries from Brazil, Iran and Europe reached the Inland Container Depot at Whitefield via Mumbai
** Add Engg signs MoU with UAE firm
Add Engineering Gmbh, the parent company of ADD Engineering (India) Private Limited, has signed an MoU with the UAE-based defence sector EDGE Group PUSC to share crucial technology to enhance production and improve efficiency of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) in the defence aviation sector.
The agreement, which will be in effect for two years, was signed by Norbert Kreller, Verner Greksa, Alexander Locktev and Girish Linganna for ADD Engg, while Mohammed Al Rasheed and others signed it on behalf of EDGE.EDGE is a private firm based in Abu Dhabi, and operates in investment services, aerospace and defence sector.