Category: Amazing Feats

** Udupi man designs unique multi-featured 2WD E-scooter

Jayaprakash, an IT support engineer worked at NIC department of Manipal.

Driven by his ambition and to realize his dream, he resigned from his job.

At present, he is staying in a small cottage with his family. He drives an auto rickshaw during his free time. Now he has built a multi motor-powered unique E-scooter, which is suitable for all roads.

** Young siblings attempt world record

Two young children are working hard at setting a record for the largest abstract painting in the world. This is to create awareness about art therapy.

Trio World Academy students, seven-year-old Virat Karan, and his sister, two-year-old Chanvitha Sundari, are attempting to set a new UNICO Book of World Records by creating a giant 1,000 sqft expressionist painting to raise awareness about the importance of art therapy.

** Innovative procedure helps avoid surgery in three newborns

Doctors at the KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital, Belagavi, have saved the life of three infants by performing innovative medical procedures and avoiding surgery.

The process was accomplished by passing a small guidewire through the femoral artery using a balloon. The narrowed aorta was enlarged to the extent that it could supply blood to the body. The baby showed steady recovery and the patient was discharged from the hospital without any complications. This is the first such procedure performed in North Karnataka, South Maharashtra and Goa on a low weight, neo-nascent infant, said KLE Society Chairman Prabhakar Kore.

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** ‘Hero’ stone from Vijayanagar Empire unearthed in Teggarse

Archaeology students of MSRS College dug out a stone inscription as part of a practical expedition.

A four-panelled stone inscription detailing a “hero’s” fight and a war scene, believed to be from the Vijayanagar Empire (1336-1646), was discovered at Teggarse, a small village in Byndoor taluk of Udupi district.

** Bengaluru scientists find potential treatment for autism

However, researchers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Research (JNCASR) in the city, a new compound called “6BIO” has been found, in animal studies, to improve neuronal function, learning and memory while reducing epileptic seizures.

** Karnataka digital library: 1.91 crore viewers, 20 lac books read

As many as 1.91 crore people have already got themselves registered for the Karnataka Digital Public Library started by the Karnataka department of public libraries. This figure is expected to touch two crore by the end of this month. This will be the highest by any state in the country as a whole.

The digital library was started two years back with the aim of ensuring that books should be made available to everyone in the state and to give a boost to the habit of reading.