Category: Records

** ITC Infotech, Harvard Business School unveil work-from-anywhere framework I – WFA

ITC Infotech came up with the product after a survey with clients and employees across geographies

Technology services firm ITC Infotech and Harvard Business School (HBS) have jointly developed a Work from Anywhere (I – WFA) productivity framework, which was unveiled on November 11.

I – WFA enables digital, distributed, flexible, outcome driven and secure future work scenario for clients and employees. It powers a distributed workplace and decentralised workforce.

From HBS, Lumry Family Associate Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury collaborated with the Indian tech company to build the data backed and succinct framework.

** Mysuru Shooting Academy Shines At Bengaluru Championship

Mysuru Sports Shooting Academy has bagged more than 50 medals in ‘Roriez Sports Shooting Championship’ and ‘Arjun & Golden Ace Sports Shooting Championship’ held at Bengaluru recently, said MSSA President Ravindraswamy at a press meet held at Patrakarthara Bhavan in city recently.

In all, 21 shooters from the Academy had taken part in different categories and the medal winners are as follows:

Atheeq Ahmed – 5 gold and 1 silver in Open Sight Veteran Category; Krishna Rajendra – 6 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze in Open Sight and Peep Sight Veteran Category; Baban Khan (Najeebulla) – 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in Open Sight Veteran Category; Vaseem – 1 bronze in Peep Sight Veteran Team; Syed Ishraq – 1 gold in Open Sight Para Event; A. Rahul – 1 silver in Open Sight Men Team; Syed Razzaq – 2 silver medals in Junior and Youth Team; Kishore – 1 silver in Open Sight Men Team; Rithik – 1 gold and 1 bronze in Open Sight Junior Men Category; Rajesh – 1 gold in Junior Men Team and 1 silver in Junior Individual; Sagar Mandanna – 2 gold medals in Individual and Team in Open Sight Youth Men; Likith – 1 gold in Junior Open Sight Team; P.R. Shashank – 2 gold medals – Individual and Team in Junior Category; Nihal Manoj – 1 gold and 1 bronze in Open Sight Youth Category; A. Harshitha Bai – 2 gold medals – Individual and Team in Open Sight Women (Highest scorer in Roriez Sports Shooting Championship – Women Category); Adarsh – 1 gold and 4 silver in Open Sight Men Event; P.  Amogh – 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in Open Sight Men Category; Keerthan – 1 bronze in Pistol Youth Category; Prajna – 4 gold and 1 silver (Highest scorer in Arjun and Golden Ace Sports Shooting Championship); Cheathana Obu Lakshmi – 1 gold in Women Team; K.B.  Nachappa – 1 gold and 2 silver medals in Open Sight Junior Men; Pranav – 1 silver in Open Sight Youth Men Team; Tanushree – 1 gold and 1 bronze in Open Sight Junior Women; Chandan – 1 gold and 1 silver in Open Sight                                                      Men Team.

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** Medal-Winners Of State & Natl. Kickboxing Championship

The students of IKA Karate Academy, Mysuru, have excelled at the 1st State-level Kickboxing Championship organised by Karnataka Kickboxing Sports Association at Yoga Hall, University of Mysore (UoM), recently and have been selected to take part in the national-level event to held in Pune.

Seen in the picture are (kneeling from left) S. Pooja (2 Gold Medals in Point Fight and Light Contact event – 18 years – 52 kg Category), Tasbiya Taskin (Gold – Light Contact and Silver – Point Fight – 15 years – 52 kg) and Keerthana (2 Gold Medals – Point Fight and Light Contact – 16 years – 64 kg); Standing from left: T. Chanukya (2 Gold Medals – Light Contact and Point Fight – 17 years – 78 kg), Dhiraj (Gold – Light Contact – 15 years – 47 kg), Abdul Waseem (Senior Instructor and Head Coach of IKA), Mohamed Saqeebur Rahman (Senior Instructor and Head Coach of IKA), Lali Vishnu (Asst. Instructor and Coach of IKA) and Nikilesh (Gold – Light Contact and Silver – Point Fight – 15 years – 78 kg). T. Chanukya (standing extreme left) has also secured Silver medal in Light Contact category at the WAKO India National Kickboxing Championship organised by WAKO India Kickboxing Federation in Goa. [WAKO – World Association of Kickboxing Organisations]

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** City MMA Fighters Excel In Club Championship

The Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters of the Academy of Martial Science (AMS) participated in the MMA Club Championship held at Bengaluru recently and have won 10 medals (3 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze).

Seen in the picture are (standing from left) K. Radhakrishna (Welter Weight – Bronze Medal), P. Sharun Divakar (Welter Weight – Bronze), Darshan (Coach), Kru. Vikram (Secretary, Association of MMA Karnataka), Prasad Gaitonde (President, AMMAK), Kiran (Coach), G.R. Sridhar (Feather Weight – Silver), M.N. Suprith (Light Heavy – Silver); Kneeling from left: U.K. Skandan Bangar (Bantam Weight – Gold), N. Sudeep (Straw Weight – Bronze), P. Yashas (Feather Weight – Gold), R. Srinivas Prasad (Bantam Weight – Silver), Gopala Nayaka (Straw Weight – Gold), Ayan Shariff (Middle Weight – Silver) and Kiran.

MMA athletes from various districts of the State participated in the event that was hosted by AMMAK sanctioned by MMA India which is the sole governing body for the combat sport of MMA in India. This event also served as selection trials for the upcoming Bengaluru Open MMA Championships to be held in December where athletes from over 25 States are expected to participate.

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** Basavashree award for sarod maestro

Renowned sarod maestro Pandit Rajeev Taranath will receive the prestigious Basavashree award conferred on him by the Basava Kendra of Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Bruhanmutt, Chitradurga, in Mysuru on Wednesday.

The award conferred on the 89-year-old eminent musician is for the year 2019.

** Book to mark 25 years of H.D. Deve Gowda becoming PM

It is being launched at the end of November

A book on octogenarian politician H.D. Deve Gowda is being launched to mark the 25th anniversary of him becoming prime minister of India.

The book – ‘Furrows in a field -The Unexplored Life of H.D. Deve Gowda’ – is being launched at the end of November.

** Bengaluru chosen for NAMA Support project

It is supported by the European Union

Bengaluru is one of five cities selected for a waste management project supported by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry of the Environment and Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

The Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) Support project ‘Waste Solutions for a Circular Economy in India’ will help Bengaluru transition to Municipal solid waste low-carbon management technologies.

** 222 uterine fibroids removed from 34-year-old patient

‘This was done while preserving the uterus’

Doctors at Sakra World Hospital removed 222 fibroids from the uterus of a 34-year-old woman. This was done while preserving the patient’s uterus completely, stated the hospital in a press release. Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths made up of muscle and fibrous tissue and can vary in size and shape.

In a press release, Shanthala Thuppanna, senior consultant and head-Obstetrics & Gynaecology, said the patient’s fibroids were spread throughout the left side of her uterus, and very near to important structures in the abdomen which made her surgery complicated.

** Karnataka among top five most visited States: Survey

The online survey had a total sample size of 1,448 adults and fieldwork was undertaken between September 21 and 27, 2021

After the big blow that COVID-19 lent to the tourism industry, it was predicted that domestic tourism would see a boom, given the numerous restrictions that travel and movement of people in general has in place.

Digital travel platform Agoda announced the results of its ‘Indiagenous Travel Survey 2021,’ according to which Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh were the top five most visited States/Union Territories.