Category: Records

** 17-year-old undergoes non-surgical replacement of tricuspid valve

In a first, doctors at the State-run Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICSR) have done a tricuspid valve (on the right side of the heart) replacement using a non-surgical method on a 17-year-old boy. The surgery costing ₹15 lakh was done free of cost with help from donors and the manufacturers.

The patient, Karthik, was diagnosed with an infection  (Endocarditis) on the right side of the heart (tricuspid valve) in 2012. Doctors found that the infection had destroyed the valve leaflet. After appropriate treatment for the infection, he was taken up for surgery and his valve was repaired, institute director C.N. Manjunath told The Hindu on Thursday.

** 27 films win awards at BIFFes

The awards were presented for films released in 2020 and 2021

The 13th edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BiFFes) drew to a close on Thursday with 27 films winning awards in three categories – Asian, Kannada and Indian. The awards were presented for films released for two years, 2020 and 2021, as the festival was not held last year due to the pandemic. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot presided over the event and presented the awards. 

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** How the Sindhi community made Bengaluru their home post-Partition

A documentary by Tejshvi Jain looks into the presence of the Sindhi community in Bengaluru

Partition in 1947 created minorities in India and Pakistan. As Amitav Ghosh says in The Shadow Lines, the international border that separates two countries are merely shadow lines that don’t exist in reality; it is natural for everybody who belonged to pre-independent India to feel this way.

Taking this as the focus for her documentary, Tejshvi Jain, a museum professional and an educator has made a documentary, Connected Histories: Sindhi Colony and the Partition of India, to explore the lesser-told stories of Partition. The documentary revolves around the Sindhi community that migrated to Bengaluru during the Partition.

** F.K. Irani Memorial Open Golf Championship

Following are the prize winners of 32nd edition of F.K. Irani Memorial Open Golf Championship-2022 held on Mar. 5 and 6 at J.W. Golf Club, Mysuru:

Strokeplay Gross: M.G. Chengappa (73 Gross) – Winner; Ramesh Kumar Jain (76 Gross) – Runner; Strokeplay Net (H/C 0 to 12): Deepak Kumar Jain (71 Net) – Winner; Sandeep Badida (71 Net) – Runner (Better Back 9 Over H.S. Arun Kumar & B.S. Krishna); Strokeplay Net (H/C 13 to 18): J. Gautam Pal (66 Net) – Winner; N. Parameshwar (69 Net) – Runner; Stableford Net (H/C 0 to 18): B.G. Uthaiah (38 Points) – Winner; K.A. Prabhakar (36 Points) – Runner (Better Back 9 Over Dr. H.C. Lokesh Chandra R. Madhusudan).

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** ‘A. Shankara Chetty And Sons’ Wins Best Heritage Jeweller Award

A. Shankara Chetty and Sons, Mysuru, has been recognised and awarded as the ‘Best Heritage Jeweller’ by Karnataka State Jewellers Federation, representing 31 districts and 174 taluks. Adarsh K. Murthy, Managing Director, A. Shankara Chetty and Sons, is seen receiving the award from Major Irrigation & Water Resources Minister Govind Karjol at South Jewellery Show, White Petals, Palace Grounds, in Bengaluru on Mar. 5 as Sharavana of Sai Gold Palace and Federation Members look on.

** Drawing the fine lines of Bangalore Metro stations – meet Sushma G

Architect Sushma G has spent all her working life at Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL). Having joined in 2008 as a Junior Engineer, she is the today Manager, Planning and Design. She has grown with BMRCL and moved from designing Metro’s Phase-I stations to Phase-II stations.

“I take the Metro from my home at Baiyappanahalli to MG Road, and then take a cab to Shanti Nagar. It fills me with such pride that I am seeing what I drew on a daily basis,” the architect told TNIE. The Bengalurean completed her B.Arch at UVCE. 

** Customs, DRI officers get President award

Five officers of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC), Bengaluru, including Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Amitesh Bahadur Singh and Additional Director, DRI, Bipin Kumar Upadhyay were conferred with the President’s award for Specially Distinguished Record of Service for 2021 and 2022 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday. This is the first time the investiture ceremony was held in Bengaluru. 

The other three officers from CBIC, Bengaluru, who were given the specially distinguished service award include Superintendent, Central Goods & Services Tax (GST), Mahesh Kumar, Senior Technical Assistant (Telecom) Customs, Prasanna VS Jois and retired Senior Investigation Officer, DRI, Krishnaveni. 

** Seven women loco pilots honoured by Government Railway Police

The Government Railway Police (GRP) on International Women’s Day honoured seven women serving as loco pilots and assistant loco pilots in trains operated by the South Western Railway. In recognition of their exemplary services to the Railways, S B Gayatri Krishna, V S Abhirami, C Minu Mubaraka, Nimi Chand, Rangoli Patel, Nimisha Kumari and P Noorul Meharna were honoured.

Additional Director General of Police, Railways, Bhaskar Rao and Superintendent, GRP, DR Siri Gowri were present at the event held at KSR Railway station. M P Omkareshwari, Road Transport Joint Commissioner (Bengaluru Rural), Psychologist Soujayna Vashista, and Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, RPF, Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee, were also present on the occasion.

** IISc-Bangalore develops paper sensor to detect hydrogen peroxide

 Researchers from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the IISc have developed a paper-based sensor for detecting tiny volumes of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used widely in household and healthcare products like hand sanitiser as a disinfectant, in rocket fuel as a propellant, in biological cells, and also as a starting material in peroxide-based explosives. 

** Mangaluru: ‘Saviour of dogs’ Rajani Shetty felicitated in Delhi

Rajani Damodar Shetty from the city who has been bringing dogs found to have been orphaned by the roadsides home and providing them food and health care, was felicitated on Tuesday March 8 on the International Women’s Day by the Delhi Commission for Women.

The organizers presented memento and Rs 50,000 in cash to Rajani. Responding to the felicitation, Rajani thanked the organizers for identifying her silent work and honouring her.