Category: World Opinion

** Women bikers lead awareness drive in Bengaluru on mother-newborn safety

Over 100 riders including 70 bikers from Special Initiative Riders (Harley Davidson Riders Group) and 20 Jeep drivers from Bangalore Mudster’s (Jeep Owners) were a part of the awareness campaign.

To mark World Patient Safety Day, women bikers in the city led a unique motor rally to spread awareness about the safety of mothers and newborns on Airport Road on Sunday. The initiative was organised by Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Hebbal. 

Over 100 riders including 70 bikers from Special Initiative Riders (Harley Davidson Riders Group) and 20 Jeep drivers from Bangalore Mudster’s (Jeep Owners) were a part of the awareness campaign.

** Hero Stones Of Huchhagani

Demolished Nanjangud Temple stood on a site of immense archaeological value.

Huchhagani village is in Mysuru district, Nanjangud taluk, Hullahalli hobli, within the limits of Haradanahalli Gram Panchayat. It is 30 km from Mysuru and 28 km from  Nanjangud. If River Kapila flows in its east, river Bhrugu flows in its west. It has a 3,000-year-old history belonging to Megalithic culture. Burial and other antiquities found in the area are worthy of a serious study.

Five hero stones belonging to the Ganga Dynasty of the 9th and 10th centuries and Hoysalas of the 11th and 12th centuries were found by our study team. Adishakti Mahadevamma Temple, said to be built during the Chola period, is found in the south of Huchhagani village. 

** How a DH employee was at the centre of history’s most famous Test match

Vikrama Raju

His recollections of the game, until the fateful final day, centred around Dean Jones’ vomit-and-bat epic 210 (“he went to hospital after the first day”), Sunil Gavaskar playing his hundredth successive Test, Krishnamachari Srikkanth’s rapid half-century, and Kapil Dev’s hundred, which still left India trailing by 177 on first innnings. And it was hot, really hot.

** Covid warrior from Bengaluru scales Mt Elbrus in Russia

 If you think that Covid-19 warriors are only health care professionals, think again. There were many who quit their jobs to become dedicated Covid-19 warriors.

Now, as the travel restrictions have eased, they’re all set to pursue their dreams.

One such person is 34-year-old Naveen Mallesh, the founder of TrekNomads, a Bengaluru-based startup .

** NIF announces longlist of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize

Among the books selected are “Muscular India: Masculinity, Mobility & the New Middle Class” (Michiel Baas); “The Death Script: Dreams and Delusions in Naxal Country” (Ashutosh Bhardwaj); “India’s First Dictatorship: The Emergency, 1975-77” (Christophe Jaffrelot & Pratinav Anil); “Brand New Nation: Capitalist Dreams and Nationalist Designs in Twenty-First-Century India” (Ravinder Kaur); and “India’s Founding Moment: The Constitution of a Most Surprising Democracy” (Madhav Khosla).

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** Biocon-Serum alliance to build biotech powerhouse

Two leading biotech players — Bengaluru-based Biocon Biologics Limited and Pune-based Serum Institute Life Sciences Private Ltd  — have come together in a strategic alliance in a bid to increase vaccines and antibody therapeutics access for developing countries, for infectious diseases, including Covid-19, dengue and HIV.

** Kannadigaru Dubai starts ‘Gulf Gaana Kogile’ children’s singing competition

Kannadigaru Dubai, an association for Kannadigas in Dubai have started ‘Gulf Gaana Kogile’, a singing competition for Gulf Kannadiga children in association with all Karnataka Associations in the Gulf under the banner ‘Sangeetha Saurabha 2021’.

** Dharwadi breed of buffaloes win national recognition

Everyone knows about the Dharwad Pedas which just melt in our mouths. This Peda is universally known for its texture and taste. Likewise, Dharwad buffaloes have now won national recognition. The local species of buffaloes which were confined to the Dharwad region have now been awarded the status of a unique breed.

When a breed gets national recognition, normally their development gets momentum. Mudhol breed of dogs have got that importance. Now the Dharwad breed of buffaloes have been given the pride of place in the list of nationally recognised buffalo breeds. There were 17 breeds in the list, to which the Dharwadi breed has been added now.

** HAL, Rolls-Royce ink new pact for Make-in-India Adour engine spares for global market

As part of the pact signed with Rolls-Royce, Defence Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will supply spares for the Adour Global Supply chain, and thereby support the former’s international defence customer base.

Adour is a twin-spool, counter-rotating turbofan engine by Rolls-Royce whose defence segment is a market leader in aero engines for military transport and patrol aircraft with strong positions in combat and helicopter applications, as per the company. The agreement was signed and exchanged between B Krishna Kumar, Executive Director (Engine & IMGT), HAL and Abhishek Singh, Senior Vice President – Defence, India and South East Asia, Rolls Royce, in Bengaluru on Tuesday.