** FMMC’s Dr Padmaja nominated to be prez of National association of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Dr Padmaja Udaykumar, professor and head, department of Pharmacology, FMMC has been nominated to be the President of National association of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

National association of Pharmacology and Therapeutics is an organization of medical doctors specialized in pharmacology and therapeutics. It is envisaged to provide strong leadership to promote pharmacology and therapeutics for a better tomorrow. The association aims to empower pharmacologists, promote academic and clinical research, and enhance the standard of teaching/training in Pharmacology and therapeutics for the benefit of patients and the society at large.

** KEL Dubai hosts member event to commemorate ‘World Entrepreneurs Day’

Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd (KEL) Dubai, hosted a very successful members event on August 21 to mark the World Entrepreneurs Day. The day is dedicated to create awareness on entrepreneurship and innovation the world over.

The event covered variety of items on the agenda that included installation new office bearers, presentations by the members (budding entrepreneurs) and the highlight of the evening was an impressive presentation by the youngest CEO from the community Craig Fernandes, who at 21 conceived and successfully launched an enterprise called LOCK&STOCK (https://www.lockandstock.app).

** New plant found in Tumakuru takes the district’s name

B. tumakurense comes from a tuber and belongs to the Apocynaceae family of flowering plants.

A new plant of the Brachystelma R.Br. species has been found in Tumakuru, and has been named after the district from where its type material was collected. ‘B. tumakurense’ comes from a tuber and belongs to the Apocynaceae family (a family of flowering plants).

The findings were published recently in ‘RHEEDEA Journal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy’ by Gundappa B.V. from the Wildlife Aware Nature Club, Tumakuru; Sringeswara A.N. and Vishwanath S. from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK Campus – Bengaluru; and P. Venu from the Environment Protection Training and Research Institute – Hyderabad.

** Wrestling against all odds… and winning

Meet Raju M, 33, whose never-say-die attitude helped him shake off the agony and pick himself up.

Since 2013, he has been bringing home awards and medals after winning competitions at the district, state, national and international levels, both in the para-athletics and general category competitions. In the last decade, he has netted more than 30 medals and several trophies. All these helped him qualify for the National World Championship held in 2018. After clinching a gold medal in the national category, Raju participated in the 21st World Para Arm-Wrestling Championship held at Antalya in Turkey in the same year.

** Indian yoga teacher in UAE sets 3 world records during COVID pandemic

She has set two records in the India Book of Records and one in the Canada Book of Records.

Bhagya Puttalingappa, a native of Karnataka, has been practising yoga since the age of eight and her childhood passion earned her not only a double place in the India Book of Records, but she also earned a spot in the Canada Book of Records.

In the India Book of Records, Bhagya holds one record for performing Shirshasana (head standing pose) on a chair for one minute and seven seconds and another record for performing the maximum yoga poses standing on her head for one minute.