City MMA Athletes Win Medals At National Championships

Ten MMA fighters (1 female and 9 male), attached to Academy of Martial Science, represented Karnataka in the MMA National Championships at Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh between May 19 and 23 and won 6 Medals for the State.

The Championship was hosted by MMA State Association of MP and sanctioned by MMA India. Seen in the picture are (kneeling from left) Chethan D. Seervi (Junior Feather Weight – Silver Medal), R. Srinivas Prasad (Junior Bantam Weight – Silver), B. Akshatha Shanbhogue (Atom Weight – Bronze), S. Nikhil (Fly Weight – Quarter Finalist), Sridhar Sajji (Bantam Weight – Quarter Finalist), Samarth Vikram (Youth Light Weight – Silver) and M.N. Supreeth (Middle Weight participant) – not in picture; Standing from left: Rahul Urs (Junior Light Weight – Silver), N.P. Kiran (Light Weight – Silver), Gopal Nayak (Straw Weight – Quarter Finalist), Sharif Bapu (President, MMA India), Kevin Alfred David (Vice-President, MMA India), Kru Vikram (Founder-Director, Academy of Martial Science, Mysuru and Technical Commission Chairman, MMA India and State Head), K. Kavyashree (Team Coach and Manager) and Prasad Gaitonde (General Secretary, MMA India).

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Karnataka crushes record 622 lakh tonnes of sugarcane

Sugar factories in Karnataka have crushed a record 622.26 lakh tonnes of sugarcane in the year 2021-22, 181.14 lakh tonnes more than last year.

 Sugar factories in Karnataka have crushed a record 622.26 lakh tonnes of sugarcane in the year 2021-22, 181.14 lakh tonnes more than last year. Speaking to the media after chairing a meeting with members of the Sugarcane Control Board, Sugar Minister Shankar Patil Munenakoppa said sugar factories in Karnataka have produced 59.78 lakh tonnes of sugar during the same period.

According to the minister there are 89 registered sugar factories in Karnataka of which 72 are operating.  In Karnataka, 32 sugar factories are producing Ethanol, he said.

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Udupi: Shanmukha Athri of MGM College wins global recognition for his best photo click

 Shanmukha L Athri, a MGM college student of Udupi has won international photography recognition for his best click, in a virtual photography contest, held recently.

The student who won the recognition had participated in the Global Students’ Photography Competition organised by Higher Colleges Technology as part of Digital Literacy Leadership Forum 2022.

The photograph, clicked by Shanmukha L Athri, who is pursuing his third year in journalism at the MGM College, has been awarded the fourth best photo in the contest.

The top ten best photographs are available in the virtual photography exhibition. Three students including Athri from India, UAE, Egypt, Malaysia have also won this recognition.

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Mangaluru: KMC Hospital confers E K Hussain with Dr TMA Pai Arogya Sevak Award

Kasturba Medical College, Attavar organized camp organizers’ meet and conferred E K Hussain with Dr TMA Pai Arogya Sevak Award 2022, at the Sanjeevini Hall, KMC Attavar here on Saturday June 11.

Marketing head of KMC Hospital Mangaluru, Rakesh Darshan welcomed the gathering. Camp co-ordinator of KMC Attavar Herbert Pereira briefed on the number of camps organized in Dakshina Kannada and said, “Due to COVID, we were not able to organize more camps in 2020 but from October 2021, we have organized 178 camps in various places where more than 27,474 patients had undergone health check-up and 1,442 patients were given further treatment at the KMC hospital. When we organized camps, we received very good support from many organizations. I would like to thank all the organizations that joined hands with us to make our mission successful.”

E K Hussain was felicitated by Dr Deepak Madi with a shawl, memento, and citation. Medical social worker Asha read out the citation. Prajna Counselling Centre was awarded with ‘Best Camp Organizer – 2022’ for its outstanding work in the field of rural Helth. KMC Hospital also felicitated all the camp organizers and those who had done the highest registrations of Manipal Arogya Card on the occasion.

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Mangaluru: WeCare Home Nursing and Security Solutions wins ‘Best HealthCare Consultant’ award

WeCare Home Nursing and Security Solutions, the face of quality Home Health Care and Security in Mangaluru and Dakshian Kannada, has been bestowed with ‘Best HealthCare Consultant’ in the healthcare sector at KTCC Karnataka Business Awards, the ceremony was held at Manpho Convention Centre in Bengaluru on May 29.

Karnataka Business Awards is the most cognized listing of Karnataka’s companies that have played a significant role in the success of the state and have unambiguously unveiled themselves as the next set of game changers in their respective categories.

Partners Surakat Ahmed and Vijesh Kumar received the award. The award was presented by Sowmya Reddy, MLA of Karnataka and also the general secretary of All India Mahila Congress of Karnataka.

WeCare Home Nursing and Security Solutions is a Mangaluru based ISO 9001:2015 certified company with over 250 employees currently under them having it’s office at Nandigudda. They have been providing exemplary service to the region in providing home nurses/ caregivers who are well experienced and have received formal training in patient home care skills and home management. They are qualified to perform duties and services that help maintain personal comfort in a clean and safe environment.

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This doctor has been healing Kalaburagi’s green cover

Nagnath V. Yadgir, an Ayurveda doctor by profession and environmentalist by passion, has created a green cover in Kalaburagi city by planting 18,000 saplings in the last seven years.

Mr. Yadgir said that the first tree he planted in 2015 was in his compound. He brought some 30 saplings from the Forest Department and planted them in different places near his locality.

His team has planted 7,000 saplings at Sharan Sirasagi village on the outskirts of the city and 3,000 plantations on a single patch of barren land at Belur Cross. The team focuses on school compounds, community parks, and even graveyards, Mr. Yadgir added.

The ones most commonly planted are pongame oil (Millettia pinnata), neem, custard apple, bassora tragacanth, gulmohar, samanea saman, melia dubia, mango, banyan, sheesham, drumstick, guava, tamarind, and ashwatha trees. During the lockdown, even the school students joined him. He taught them the process ofmaking a nursery and educated them on the importance of trees.

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Pant Maharaj’s portrait finds a place in airport gallery

A portrait of Pant Maharaj, a 19 th century saint from Balekundri village, now adorns the art gallery at the Sambra Airport in Belagavi.

This is a tribute to the proponent of Avadhut Navanath philosophy who spoke of the need for love for all humans, in his books Datta Prema Lahari and Prema Tarang.

Apart from a brief biographical detail about the seer, the 64 sq ft image contains a road map and directions to Balekundri, that is just four kilometres away from the airport.

A contemporary of Swami Vivekananda, Pant Maharaj was a proponent of spiritualism devoid of strict rituals. People from various castes visit his Samadhi and temple at Balekundri. Thousands from across Karnataka and Maharashtra gather at the annual festival in December.

Pant Maharaj was born in 1855 and passed away in 1905. He worked as a teacher in Belagavi for some years, before becoming a monk. He considered Sri Balmukund and Sri Kallappa Maharaj as his Gurus.

Pant Maharaj chronicled his experiences of meditation in his books and essays. He met Swami Vivekananda when the latter visited Belagavi in 1892.

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Finally, ‘airport-like’ Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal opens to public

Inaugural train chugs off from the Baiyappanahalli terminal to Ernakulam

Commuters who boarded the first train from the Sir. M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Baiyappanahalli (SMVB Terminal), on Monday evening were pleasantly surprised to finally use the swanky airport-like air-conditioned railway station. 

“It looks like an airport and it was hard to believe. I reached here using Google Maps, but was taken aback after I reached here. I asked the auto driver twice whether this was indeed the railway station I was supposed to be dropped at,” said Amal, a commuter who travelled to Ernakulam on the first train from the terminal. 

Most commuters were appreciative of the facilities and the state-of-the-art interiors of the railway station, one of its kind in the country. “The facilities at the station are very good — escalators, air-conditioning, food court, the lounges — definitely much better than any station. The terminal is definitely a great addition to a global city like Bengaluru,” said Sri Priya, another commuter. 

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‘080 Lounges’ to bring luxury back to flying at Bengaluru airport

Domestic and international flyers at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) can now relax at the luxurious ‘080 Lounges’, recently unveiled by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL).

All the aspects in the domestic and the international lounges, including art, artisans, and heritage, revolve around Bengaluru and even the name, 080 is attributed to the city’s trunk dial code.

While the first phase of the project is now open, once the second phase is also inaugurated, each lounge will occupy a space of over 2,000 square feet. 

Video | The new 080 Lounges at Bengaluru airport in June 2022

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** Mangaluru girl among winners of Ms Uthhan Global 2022

Ms Uthhan Global 2022 is a virtual event organised by Rego Events Pvt Ltd., in collaboration with Uthhan- Empowering Artisans (A social initiative of Golden Era Royal Group). Rego Events is organizing this contest to identify and promote new faces who can be brand ambassadors of Indian handicraft products worldwide through Uthhan Global, an international e-commerce platform of Uthhan. The contest was aiming for candidates who are not only talented and self-confident but also willing to work for socially responsible projects and causes.

The following contestants emerged as winners from Top 5 on June 3 based on social cause commitments, judges score and votes.

The winners of Ms Uthhan Global 2022 were:

Melodee Austin – Bengaluru (Winner)
Josmitha D’Souza – Mangaluru (First Runner Up)
Dalvinder Kour – UAE (Second Runner Up)

The winners will be the brand ambassadors of Uthhan for promoting Indian handicraft products in India and across the world.

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