Category: Karnataka, Records

** NMPT receives 40 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen from Bahrain

The Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya, said on Wednesday that New Mangalore Port has received Indian Navy’s INS Talwar carrying 40 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen filled in cryogenic containers donated by the Kingdom of Bahrain.

“The New Mangalore Port is handling the oxygen cargo on priority basis,” he tweeted.

** T.S. Shanbhag, owner of legendary Premier Book Shop, passes away

Mr. Balakrishna said post-retirement too, Mr. Shanbhag, who is originally from Kundapura, would enjoy walking, reading books and would visit regularly bookshops in the central business district. His long list of admirers included Mr. Guha, playwright Girish Karnad, politician George Fernandes and actor Kamal Hasan.

** Bantwal: Carmel College Modankap bags ‘One District One Green Champion’ Award

Carmel College Modankap, here, won ‘One District One Green Champion’ Award by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, Union Ministry of Education, under Swachhta Action Plan 2020-21. Many universities, colleges all over India participated in Swachhta Action Plan.

In Dakshina Kannada District, Carmel College Modankap, Bantwal was one of the colleges to win ‘One District One Green Champion’ Award.

** Officer turns ambulance driver, ferries Covid-19 victims in Karnataka

An officer attached to Mysuru City Corporation turned an ambulance driver and transported Covid-infected dead bodies

Birth and death division statistical officer Anil Christie drove an ambulance carrying a dead body, as the driver developed health issues, recently.

** Dancing his way to a record

Rahul Shetty scripts history by choreographing the largest number of roller skaters in Belagavi.

Choreographing a dance routine for 270 roller skaters with just 10-12 days of planning for a 14-minute song is no easy feat. But on Thursday, Rahul Shetty, a Mumbai-based choreographer, was recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records for accomplishing this feat.

Mumbai / Belagavi

** Community radio station is a ray of hope for rural populace

A community radio station broadcasting from the hinterlands of H.D. Kote-Saragur belt since the last few years has come as a ray of hope for the rural populace desperate for hospital beds during the pandemic.

** Visionary urban forester S. G. Neginhal succumbs to COVID-19

Visionary urban forester and former Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer S. G. Neginhal, 93, who played a pioneering role in greening the city facing growth pangs in the 1980s succumbed to COVID-19 in the city Sunday morning.

** Remdesivir to be manufactured in Belagavi district

A Belagavi-based pharmaceutical company has obtained licence to manufacture COVID-19 drug, Remdesivir injection.

Shree Anand Life Sciences, which has plants in Belagavi and Mudhol, will manufacture the injection that is in scarce supply.

Satish Ghargi, who hails from Bagalkot district, has set up Shree Anand Life Sciences pharmaceutical industry in Mudhol and Belagavi. The Belagavi plant is in Honaga Industrial Area.