Records – Page 33 – Karnataka First

** 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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** Bantwal: Queen Abbakka made special contribution to country’s history – Santhosh Hegde

“Rani Abbakka has made a special contribution to the history of the country. The government should introduce her to the entire nation,” said retired Supreme Court justice N Santhosh Hegde.

He was speaking after unveiling the Rani Abbakka Tulu research centre and Rani Abbakka statue at Tulu Baduku museum, Sanchayagiri, B C Road here. “The efforts of Tukaram Poojary to establish the centre to introduce Rani Abbakka to the world is worth commending,” he said.

** 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.

** Karnataka engineering students create mobile refrigerator for vegetable vendors

In a testimony to the adage ‘nothing is impossible when you believe’, a farmer’s son, along with three of his classmates, has designed a low-cost cooling solution for vegetable vendors, becoming the cynosure of all eyes at their college campus. Naveen HV, son of a farmer and native of Mandya, who is pursuing his engineering from Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering in Mysuru, has come up with this innovation which helps vegetable vendors to keep their produce fresh while they are out selling them under the scorching Sun.

Naveen and his classmates Shubhan Sain, Supreeth S, and Vivek Chandrashekhar were determined to address one of the major problems that street vendors in the country face and decided to design and develop an economic cooling solution. Naveen, who headed the team and having first-hand knowledge about the struggle of a farmer and knowing the nuances of reaching the farm produce to houses did a complete research on the impediments by vegetable vendors.

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** 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.

** Asia Cup hockey: Hassan boy to represent India

Sheshe Gowda B.M., a hockey player from Hassan, has been selected to represent India in the upcoming Asia Cup tourney to be held in Jakarta in Indonesia between May 23 and June 1. He is said to be the first hockey player from Hassan to get a chance to represent the country.

Sheshe Gowda participated in senior national hockey championships and won gold in 2017, 2019, bronze in 2018 and silver in 2021. He also won gold in the all-India university tourney in 2014. Before that, he won bronze in the 2011 national championship (under 17). For the first time, he is taking part in an international event.

“Now I have got an opportunity to represent the country in an international tourney. I am happy for getting selected”, Sheshe Gowda told The Hindu over phone. Right now, he is attending a training camp in Bengaluru. Two other players from Karnataka selected to take part in the Asia Cup tourney are S.V. Sunil and Abaran Sudev. Both are from Kodagu.

** CIMS holds its maiden convocation; doctors urged to put service above self

In all, 138 of the 146 students received their degrees with Dr. N.R. Monisha topping the scroll of honors with 77.2 per cent

It was a red letter day for the Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) which held its maiden convocation to mark the passing out of the first batch of MBBS students, on Saturday.

In all, 138 of the 146 students who took admission, received their degrees with Dr. N.R. Monisha topping the scroll of honors with 77.2 per cent, Dr. Aastha Arora who scored 76 per cent being ranked second and Dr. S.R. Sachin with 75.2 per cent bagging the third rank.

Dr. M.K. Ramesh, Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences urged the fresh graduates to put service above self and work for the welfare of the society.

** ZEE opens technology, innovation centre in Bengaluru

Onboards over 700 tech experts to build metaverse network

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE), a media & entertainment company, has opened a Technology and Innovation Centre in Bengaluru.

The new unit will build the metaverse network for the company with the help of AR, VR and NFT led delivery models and will focus on a futuristic tech stack which will enable omnipresent delivery of entertainment across platforms.

The company said it has onboarded over 700 tech experts to build cutting-edge products.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated the 80,000 sq. ft tech and innovation centre in Bengaluru on Friday.