In what can be termed rare, five Kannada indie films — Prithvi Konanur’s Pinki Elli?, Abhilash Shetty’s Koli Taal, Ganesh Hegde’s Neeli Hakki, Baraguru Ramachandrappa’s Amrutamati and Siddu Poornachandra’s Daari yavudayya Vaikunthake? — are being screened and winning accolades this season.
Category: World Opinion
** ‘Was challenging’: Mangaluru doctor on leading world’s first mucor lung surgery
Dr Klein Dantis, a 35-year-old thoracic surgeon from the coastal city of Mangaluru, was part of the world’s first successful mucor lung surgery that took place at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur, early this month.
Raised in Kinnigoli, Klein completed his MBBS and MS in Mangaluru, and superspeciality training at National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi. He worked for a year at All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Bhopal, before being appointed consultant at AIIMS Raipur.
** Krithi Karanth becomes first Asian woman to win WILD Innovators Award for her work in understanding human-animal conflict
For her efforts, Krithi was awarded the WILD Innovators Award, the first for an Asian woman on April 27, 2021.
This award is bestowed by the WILD ELEMENTS Foundation that brings together innovators, advocates and partners to identify solutions for conservation.
The foundation partners with premier science and conservation experts across the world and also with celebrities and influencers who promote interdependence.
According to the citation, Krithi was given the award for researching human dimensions in wildlife for over 20 years.
** IIM-Bangalore ranked No. 1 in India, 39th globally
The premier B-school was placed 39th globally and was the only institute from India in the top 100 on the list.
** Benglaurean Salil Shetty heads worldwide ‘Open Society’
** IBM, IISc. set up Hybrid Cloud Lab
The lab would focus on building autonomous, self-healing computing systems that use AI to predict emerging issues, diagnose and heal faults while maximising availability and minimising the cost of operations
IBM and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) on Wednesday launched the IBM-IISc Hybrid Cloud Lab to advance research in hybrid cloud technologies and drive breakthrough innovations.
** Bengaluru students make it to screens at New York’s Times Square
All interns were able to savour their moment of fame as part of a marketing initiative by Morgan Stanley called ‘India Interns Lights on Broadway’.
Tejaswini was among 277 college students from India who landed an internship with financial services giant Morgan Stanley, whose individual photos were beamed on a screen at the firm’s headquarters, which it says is very visible to Wall Street.
IIT-B scientist gets DCGI nod to launch algo-based Covid-19 testing tool
Called Tapestry, the new testing tool is developed by the startup launched by IIT-Bombay professor Manoj Gopalkrishnan.
Bengaluru-based tech startup Algorithmic Biologics has received regulatory approvals to launch its Covid-19 testing method that can help scale up testing for the deadly virus infection at half the prevailing cost and one-tenth of the time.
** Mysuru man designs world’s smallest rideable electric bike
Known for bringing innovation to bikes, Santhosh’s bike is just 145 mm (lesser than that of a pencil), a wheelbase of 130 mm weighing 2.5 kg which can withstand over 65 kg load.
Love and passion for machines have resulted in a Mysuru-based pharma company employee designing the world’s smallest rideable electric bike.
Meet Santhosh who has designed and developed ‘Mooshiqk3’, the world’s smallest rideable electric bike, which has now entered the golden book of world records.
** Israel model of farming to be implemented in Kalaburagi district
The Israel model is known for high productivity with limited resources, says Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani who is in charge of the district
As part of his ambitious Kalaburagi Vision 2050, a 30-year programme for changing the backward scenario in different economic sectors in Kalaburagi district, Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani said that Israel model of farming would be implemented in all taluks of the district. The Israel model is known for high productivity with limited resources.
“Israel is known for its unique methods of farming using advanced technologies to achieve high productivity with limited resources. We are planning to implement such farming on 100 acres in each taluk of Kalaburagi district on a pilot basis. We can expand to other areas after assessing the results,” he told mediapersons at the Aiwan-e-Shahi Guest House in Kalaburagi on Tuesday.