India, Records – Page 17 – Karnataka First

** Alumni event at K’mukh finds place in International Book of Records

The ‘Guruvandana-2022’, which witnessed the registration of 620 alumni, and 70 teachers who had served at four schools including the Government PU college, organised in Kudremukh in Mudigere taluk in the district, found a place in the International Book of Records.

Dharmakartharu of Sri Kshetra Horanadu G Bheemeshwara Jhoshy, on behalf of the International Book of Records, presented medals to Naveen Jamble and 17 members of Besties Forever Welfare Trust at a glittering programme organised at Arjuna Kridangana in Kudremukh on Sunday.

** Master Athletes Bag Medals At Nationals

The Mysuru district master athletes, representing Karnataka State at the 42nd National Master Athletics Championship-2022 held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai recently, bagged 22 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 16 bronze medals.

Seen are (sitting – from right) N.R. Shankar Rao (2 gold), M. Yogendra (1 silver), Secretary P.G. Sathyanarayana, Joint Secretary M.P. Chandrashekar, Chief Co-ordinator C.K. Muralidharan, S. Mahadevu (1 gold & silver) and Member Nanaiah;

(middle row – from right) V. Rekha (1 bronze), Parvathy Kanthraj (1 bronze), Priyanka (1 silver), Rachana Shivakumar (1 bronze), M.S. Saroja (1 gold, silver & bronze) and Member M.T. Ajith;

(top row – from right) Member Thanju Kumar, M.P. Umesh (1 silver), B.K. Somashekar (1 bronze), Manja (1 silver & bronze), T.S. Ravi (3 gold), Nagendra (1 gold) and Member Aryadh.

The following athletes too won medals: G.G. Raghu Nandan (2 gold & 1 silver), B.K. Kumaraswamy (3 gold), Chetan Kumar (3 gold & 1 bronze), Arpitha (2 gold, 2 silver & 1 bronze), Aruna (gold, silver & bronze), Krishanaiah (1 gold, silver & 2 bronze), Amaranth (1 gold, silver & bronze), Vasanth Kumari, Vijaya Shankar (1 silver), C.B. Chaluve Gowda (1 silver & bronze), Girish (1 bronze) and Rachana Shivakumar (1 bronze).

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** Mangaluru: Karnataka tops country in FDI inflow, says Nirani

Minister of Large & Medium Industries, Murugesh Nirani said the state is ranked number 1 in the country in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows.

Addressing a press meet at the TMA Pai convention hall, Nirani said, “Various companies are flocking to Karnataka with mega projects. For the past one year, Karnataka has been at the top position in attracting FDIs. Nearly, 42% of FDI into the country is from Karnataka. In the IT-BT sector, Karnataka is in the number one position. Karnataka is the silicon valley of India.”

For the first time in the country, he said Karnataka has introduced a policy for semiconductor companies. Under this, he said we have cleared three projects which would come in three locations. One project is coming up in Mysuru involving an investment of Rs 22,500 crore, he said.

He also said that the government is giving importance to EV vehicles and Ethanol fuel extracted from different raw materials. “In 2020-21, we have produced 12% ethanol in the country. In 2022-23, we would like to touch 20%. The Centre is providing an interest subsidy of up to 6%. The Union government is supporting in increasing the GDP of the country. It is providing financial assistance for the various sectors for instance Bulk Drug Park. This would come up in three places in the country. Already, we have reserved 3000 hectares of land in Kadechur, Raichur. Almost 80 drug industries are all set to invest in this place. The Union government will release Rs 1000 crore for the project,” he said.

** Mangaluru: KMC Hospital treats 10-year-old patient with first-of-its-kind surgery in India

KMC Hospital has successfully performed a dentofacial deformity procedure correction caused by TMJ Ankylosis via Total temporo mandibular joint replacement on a 10-year-old patient. Philip (name changed) had a previous history of multiple surgeries following diagnosis of ankylosis with various modalities. For the child, the medical condition had started 10 days postnatal in the form of a parotid abscess and had progressed to the current condition of ankylosis.

The full spectrum of treatment by way of multiple surgeries involved the use of ribs to promote growth in the lower jaw, creating a gap after the removal of bone at the level of joint and interposing muscle to prevent refusion. In addition to the above maneuvres, the child was also subjected to the principles of bone lengthening using distraction osteogenesis, which stems from the principles of orthopaedics by Ilizarov.

** Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai make up for 35% of inverter demand among metro cities

Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai make up for 35 per cent of the demand for inverters in Tier-1 cities, a report found recently. The report, released by Justdial, shows that pan-India searches for inverters and ACs increased over the last month, with the three cities making up for a combined 35 per cent of the demand for inverters. Delhi, meanwhile, made up for 28 per cent of the demand for inverters. Tier-2 cities also saw a 146 per cent jump in searches for inverters on the site.

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** Six national awards for KVG Bank

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), one of the leading regional rural banks, has bagged six national awards in different categories for outstanding achievement under enrolment of Atal Pension Yojana (APY).

Chairman of KVGB P. Gopi Krishna received the awards from Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Supratim Bandyopadhyay at a summit held at Chennai on Friday. The awards have been instituted by the PFRDA.

Mr. Gopi Krishna said that the bank had been implementing all the three social security schemes of the Union Government on priority so as to ensure access to social security benefits to villagers and people from unorganised sectors along with other banking activities. KVG Bank with jurisdiction over nine districts has a business turnover of ₹31,000 crore with a clientele base of nearly 90 lakh.

** RSS founder’s speech now part of Kannada textbook

Hedgewar’s public speech is a lesson in Class X Kannada textbook

In a clear sign of Hindutva ideology entering school curriculum in Karnataka, the State government has adopted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar’s speech as one of the lessons in Class X Kannada (first language, State syllabus) textbook from the 2022-23 academic year.

The text of the speech of Hedgewar was recommended to be included in the syllabus by the Textbook Revision Committee, headed by writer Rohith Chakrateertha.

The lesson is titled “Nijavada Adarsha Purusha Yaraagabeku?” (Who should be the real role model?). It is number 5 in the Kannada prose textbook, which is now in the process of being printed. The committee had submitted its final report to the government in March.

** Google’s addition of Konkani in translation applauded

The lovers of Konkani language have hailed the efforts of Google to add this language to Google Translate. Konkani is widely spoken in Goa, many parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has congratulated the Google team behind this initiative.

“It is heartening to know that #Konkani language has been added in Google Translate. It’s a remarkable feat for our language. This will help in enhancing global outreach for Konkani speaking people as well as global access to Konkani language.” Sawant tweeted.

** Making a splash

As a sportsperson, irrespective of age, no emotion comes close to the joy of winning a gold for the country. 14-year-old swimmer Ridhima Veerendra Kumar, is no different. Kumar, bagged three golds at the South Africa National Swimming Championships 2022, with athletes from the world taking part in the event.

The teen from Bengaluru grabbed medals in the 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke and the 800m freestyle events. “It’s a whole different experience competing in another country. We got to train with South African coaches and their swimmers too,” says Kumar.

Of late, swimming as a sport has been getting a lot of attention as Vedaant Madhavan, son of actor R Madhavan, recently won gold in the men’s 800m freestyle at the Danish Open in Copenhagen. Kumar is quite happy with the positive attention the sport is getting. “Not just me, even seniors are doing pretty well too,” says the student of Delhi Public School, South, who trains at the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre.

The medals and glory don’t come without a disciplined lifestyle and Kumar cannot emphasise its importance. Her day starts at 4.30 am and she is in the pool by 5 am. “I train in the mornings between 5.30 am and 8.30 am and evenings at the same time. In between, I have school and the gym to balance,” says Kumar, who takes care of her nutritional needs with home-cooked meals.

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** CFTRI brings out seven new technologies

Licences for some of the technologies have been taken by entrepreneurs

CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) on Wednesday announced the new technologies it has developed in the last one year, on the occasion of the National Technology Day that was observed here.

Also, the CFTRI gave licences to entrepreneurs for commercialising some of its technologies, thanks to the initiatives of the Technology Transfer and Business Development Department. Certificates and mementoes were presented to the licensee at the National Technology Day event for having used the technologies, by former Vice-Chancellor K. Chidananda Gowda who was the chief guest.

In total, seven new technologies, including gluten-free biscuits, gluten-free cookie cake, buckwheat noodles and pasta, multigrain nutri cookies, chikki with moringa, coffee brew mix, and high performance advanced oxidation process for STPs, greywater, industrial wastewaters (food and non-food), were developed by the R and D teams.