No one bothered to find why an old, rusting engine was lying at the park until history enthusiast, ex-IAS officer T R Raghunandan, stumbled upon it.
Category: India, Records
** NIMHANS to open residential dementia care, training centre
“This will be a first-of-its-kind centre in the country which will have a range of dementia services, including acute care, long-term care, respite care to give caregivers a break and palliative care.
Professor C R Chandrashekar, former professor of psychiatry, NIMHANS, and founder of Samadhana Counselling Centre was felicitated for donating Rs 50 lakh to support the operational expenditure of the 40-bed REC Dementia Care Centre. He had earlier donated Rs 50 lakh for the same and Rs 8 lakh from his foundation.
** Transcending boundaries
To mark the third anniversary of the South Asian Symphony Foundation (SASF), music artistes from the South Asian region came together to weave a musical fusion in a virtual concert titled ‘Gitanjali’ on Tuesday.
The Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation was established in 2018 with a mission to unite the South Asian region with music.
According to Nirupama Rao, co-founder of SASF, the foundation focuses on promoting cultural synergy among the South Asian people, through the medium of music and the creation of the South Asian Symphony Orchestra (SASO).
** Mumbai: Book on late Padmavibhooshan George Fernandes by Surekha Devadiga released
** IISc researchers find unknown gene creating smaller eye lenses
The combination of a freshwater fish species, two rural children and six years of gruelling investigative work has allowed researchers to find a mutated gene that causes a serious eye defect in some Indian children.
** Aditi Ashok swings well, finishes third in US tournament
With the Tokyo Olympics round the corner, Bengaluru girl Aditi Ashok is making all the right noises before she heads for the quadrennial event
** Kodagu Hockey Coach Leaves For Tokyo With Women’s Team
Ankitha Suresh, a Hockey Coach from Kodagu, who has made a mark in national and international-level hockey, has left for Tokyo Olympics along with the Indian Men’s and Women’s Hockey teams.
She has been selected as Assistant National Coach by Hockey India for the Indian Senior Women’s Hockey Team.
** Jubail General Hospital honours KCF blood donor group
Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF), an expatriate platform of Kannadigas (people from the south Indian state of Karnataka) has been active in carrying out various humanitarian and relief services for expatriates especially during health emergencies, death etc. This time, KCF volunteers in Jubail turned over a new leaf by donating blood in a big way during a crucial need.
The blood donor team of Karnataka Cultural Foundation is very active in Dammam and various provinces of Saudi Arabia by organising and lending a helping hand to hospitals whenever there is an urgent blood requirement. The young donors’ team has considered it one of the greatest humanitarian services and gifts a human being can offer to another human being.
** Mysurean Boxer To Tokyo As Head Coach
C.A. Kuttappa to lead a team of nine pugilists for post-COVID Olympics
India’s Chief Men’s Boxing Coach Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa will be the Head Boxing Coach for 32nd Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo, Japan, between July 23 to August 8.
** Jeevan Rekha gets permission for Sanofi vaccine trials
Belagavi-based Jeevan Rekha Hospital has obtained the Union government’s permission to conduct safety and efficacy trials of Sanofi COVID-19 vaccine, developed by a French company.
Jeevan Rekha has been part of the trials of Covaxin and ZyCov-D vaccines.
Trials for the new vaccine will start in 10 days, hospital director Amit Bhate told journalists in Belagavi on Thursday.