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Karnataka’s first wild orchidarium to come up at Kali Tiger Reserve

In an effort to conserve the wild orchid varieties of Karnataka, the forest department is all set to establish an orchidarium in Kali Tiger Reserve (KTR) of Uttara Kannada district.

In an effort to conserve the wild orchid varieties of Karnataka, the forest department is all set to establish an orchidarium in Kali Tiger Reserve (KTR) of Uttara Kannada district. The orchidarium is being constructed at Nujji vilage of Joida (Supa) taluk of the district and soon, it will be open for nature enthusiasts and visitors.

The building work has been completed and about 40 varieties of wild orchids that are found in KTR are being grown in the orchidarium. In the coming days, most of the orchid varieties found in the Western Ghats will be added, said Sachin Anil Punekar, Conservation Biologist and Founder of Biospheres-Ecosphere who has been helping the KRT set up the orchidarium project. The Western Ghats is home for a rich orchid population and a majority of them are found in the Kali Tiger Reserve, especially in the Anshi region of Uttara Kannada district. “Out of 170 orchid species that are found in Karnataka, 80 species are from the Anashi region alone. Nearly 20 wild orchids are endemic to this region only. The orchidarium will act as a rescue and rehab site for wild orchids,” Punekar said.

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A look at India’s first sand sculpture museum in Mysore

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The museum was conceptualised by the famous sand artist, MN Gowri. She took around four months to create the whole look.

Mysore (or Mysuru) is a historic city of Karnataka brimming with incredible attractions including Mysore Palace, Vrindavan Gardens and Mysore Zoo, among others. But did you know that Karnataka’s cultural hub is also home to a unique sand sculpture museum which has taken the country by surprise. It is also India’s first sand sculpture museum.

The museum was conceptualised by the famous sand artist, MN Gowri. She took around four months to create the whole look.

So, first of all, let’s talk about the location of the museum which is awesome. The museum is built close to Chamundi Hill and displays the rich cultural heritage of the city. The incredible museum is home to around 150 monoliths made using 115 truckloads of sand, water and a little glue!

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‘Mrs India Karnataka Mangalore 2022 – Season 3’ held

The grand finale of ‘Mrs India Karnataka Mangalore 2022- Season 3’ was held on June 12 at Fiza by Nexus Mall, here.

The event is a national level pageant only for married women.

The competition was held in three age categories. Four contestants from each age group were selected for the state level contest, which is going to be held in Bengaluru in the month of August later this year. Others were awarded with subtitles.

The pageant was organised by Mercy Beauty Academy & Ladies Salon and Pathway Enterprises initiated by Prathibha Saunshimath.

Results:

20-40 AGE GROUP
1. Bharathi Gopal
2. Pallavi Sachin
3. Shilpa Salian
4. Meenakshi

40-60 AGE GROUP
1. Pallavi Karanth
2. Flavy Gladys D Mello
3. Sunitha
4. Judith Fernades

60 ABOVE AGE GROUP
1. Prabha Narayan
2. Catherine Menezes
3. Shashikanthi Ullal
4. Precilla D souza

Making local the new global

Breaking into social media with Kannada content are these creators, who are producing relatable material.

There is no way one hasn’t stumbled upon Raghu Vine Store, Anu Karagada, MacMacha, MetroSaga, and Vadiraj Babaladi on their Instagram feed. These creators have garnered thousands of followers just by making digital content on platforms like Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in their mother tongue, Kannada, while making it sound relatable to the younger generation.

We already know many of them by their aliases, but here we meet the real people who are rocking it on social media.

Raghu Gowda, popularly known as Raghu Vine Store, is a former Bigg Boss contestant and has over 4,58,000 followers on Instagram. “No one had an idea that content could be made in Kannada on Instagram,” says Gowda, who is one of the pioneers of content in Kannada.

I have my own multiverse of madness on the internet,” he adds. Macwin Ian D’Souza aka ‘Mac Macha’ is another household name in Karnataka. His far-reaching and diversified content on Bengaluru’s culture has more followers than ever before.

“It’s not a conscious decision to create regional content,” he says, adding, “But it naturally flows out of me.” Vadiraj Babaladi, another digital creator from Belgaum, hails from a family of theatre artistes.

The slang may sound rude but it is fun and nice to hear,” says Babaladi. Anu Karagada, a model and content creator, is the prodigy of turning daily life scenarios into minute-long videos.

And I’m pretty sure soon we’ll do that.” Metrosaga is not a single person, but a team of both inhouse and freelance creators who create Kannada content. “We founded it with an intent to create good-quality content in Kannada which was missing,” says Shri Nag, founder and content head.

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3rd edition – Indian Open of Surfing: Ramesh Budhial, Sugar Banarse, Kishore Kumar Crowned Champions, May 27-29, 2022 – Panambur Beach, Mangalore

The three-day premiere surfing competition under the aegis of the Surfing Federation of India was hosted by the Mantra Surf Club at the tranquil Panambur Beach in Mangalore, the organisers informed in a release on Sunday.

In a nail-biting finish, Karnataka’s Ramesh Budhial snatched victory from the grasp of Tamil Nadu’s Ajeesh Ali to be crowned as the new national champion in the Men’s Open Surf category on the final day of the 3rd Indian Open of Surfing on Sunday.

Sugar Banarse and Sofiya Sharma too were crowned the national champions in the Women’s Open and groms girls (16 & under) categories respectively, while Tamil Nadu’s Kishore Kumar became the national champion in the groms boys (16 & under) category.

Speaking after the tournament, Arun Vasu, President, Surfing Federation of India, said, “I am very impressed with the quality of surfers that whom we are watching compete here at Mangalore. With the LA Olympics insight, we are working hard to identify young and upcoming surfers and the quality and skill at display today only gives me the confidence to keep believing in our objectives. I would like to thank all the surfers who participated in this tournament and congratulate the winners for showcasing some great surfing.”

Ramesh finished with a total score of 16.33, while runner-up Ajeesh Ali finished with 15.67 points. Sathish Sarvanan was third with 13 points.

The women’s open surf competition saw Goa’s 16-year-old Sugar Banarse walk away with the national championship crown from Tamil Nadu surfer and defending champion Srishti Selvam. Sugar, who had initially registered for the groms girls 16 & under category, was brave enough to take the chance of competing in the women’s open category and impressed everyone with her skills and surfing from the start. Sugar scored a total of 14.50 points while runner-up Srishti Selvam earned 13.40 points. Karnataka’s Sinchana Gowda finished third with 10.20 points.

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Udupi: Shanmukha Athri of MGM College wins global recognition for his best photo click

Shanmukha L Athri, a MGM college student of Udupi has won international photography recognition for his best click, in a virtual photography contest, held recently.

The student who won the recognition had participated in the Global Students’ Photography Competition organised by Higher Colleges Technology as part of Digital Literacy Leadership Forum 2022.

The photograph, clicked by Shanmukha L Athri, who is pursuing his third year in journalism at the MGM College, has been awarded the fourth best photo in the contest.

The top ten best photographs are available in the virtual photography exhibition. Three students including Athri from India, UAE, Egypt, Malaysia have also won this recognition.

Mangaluru: KMC Hospital confers E K Hussain with Dr TMA Pai Arogya Sevak Award

Kasturba Medical College, Attavar organized camp organizers’ meet and conferred E K Hussain with Dr TMA Pai Arogya Sevak Award 2022, at the Sanjeevini Hall, KMC Attavar here on Saturday June 11.

Marketing head of KMC Hospital Mangaluru, Rakesh Darshan welcomed the gathering. Camp co-ordinator of KMC Attavar Herbert Pereira briefed on the number of camps organized in Dakshina Kannada and said, “Due to COVID, we were not able to organize more camps in 2020 but from October 2021, we have organized 178 camps in various places where more than 27,474 patients had undergone health check-up and 1,442 patients were given further treatment at the KMC hospital. When we organized camps, we received very good support from many organizations. I would like to thank all the organizations that joined hands with us to make our mission successful.”

E K Hussain was felicitated by Dr Deepak Madi with a shawl, memento, and citation. Medical social worker Asha read out the citation. Prajna Counselling Centre was awarded with ‘Best Camp Organizer – 2022’ for its outstanding work in the field of rural Helth. KMC Hospital also felicitated all the camp organizers and those who had done the highest registrations of Manipal Arogya Card on the occasion.

This doctor has been healing Kalaburagi’s green cover

Nagnath V. Yadgir, an Ayurveda doctor by profession and environmentalist by passion, has created a green cover in Kalaburagi city by planting 18,000 saplings in the last seven years.

Mr. Yadgir said that the first tree he planted in 2015 was in his compound. He brought some 30 saplings from the Forest Department and planted them in different places near his locality.

His team has planted 7,000 saplings at Sharan Sirasagi village on the outskirts of the city and 3,000 plantations on a single patch of barren land at Belur Cross. The team focuses on school compounds, community parks, and even graveyards, Mr. Yadgir added.

The ones most commonly planted are pongame oil (Millettia pinnata), neem, custard apple, bassora tragacanth, gulmohar, samanea saman, melia dubia, mango, banyan, sheesham, drumstick, guava, tamarind, and ashwatha trees. During the lockdown, even the school students joined him. He taught them the process ofmaking a nursery and educated them on the importance of trees.

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Pant Maharaj’s portrait finds a place in airport gallery

A portrait of Pant Maharaj, a 19 ^th century saint from Balekundri village, now adorns the art gallery at the Sambra Airport in Belagavi.

This is a tribute to the proponent of Avadhut Navanath philosophy who spoke of the need for love for all humans, in his books Datta Prema Lahari and Prema Tarang.

Apart from a brief biographical detail about the seer, the 64 sq ft image contains a road map and directions to Balekundri, that is just four kilometres away from the airport.

A contemporary of Swami Vivekananda, Pant Maharaj was a proponent of spiritualism devoid of strict rituals. People from various castes visit his Samadhi and temple at Balekundri. Thousands from across Karnataka and Maharashtra gather at the annual festival in December.

Pant Maharaj was born in 1855 and passed away in 1905. He worked as a teacher in Belagavi for some years, before becoming a monk. He considered Sri Balmukund and Sri Kallappa Maharaj as his Gurus.

Pant Maharaj chronicled his experiences of meditation in his books and essays. He met Swami Vivekananda when the latter visited Belagavi in 1892.

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Infosys Foundation launches 4 mobile medical labs

Laboratories to provide cost effective diagnostic solutions and curb the spread of communicable diseases primarily among the rural population of Karnataka

Infosys Foundation, the CSR arm of Infosys, has launched four mobile laboratories to provide cost-effective diagnostic solutions and curb the spread of communicable diseases primarily among the rural population of Karnataka.

The Infosys Foundation had signed an MoU with the Rotary Bangalore Southwest Charitable Trust (Rotary Trust), to support with a grant of ₹4 crore to make these mobile medical laboratories, called ‘Lab Built on Wheels’, said a media release.

The Rotary Trust has collaborated with Saicorp Health Technologies (SHTPL) who have set up these labs in accordance with BSL level 2 safety standards. Each mobile lab will be equipped with a medical unit, pharmacy, and a minimal invasive emergency care unit, as per the statement.

Krish Shankar, Executive Vice-President, Group HR Head, Infosys & Trustee, Infosys Foundation said, “This is part of a continuous effort by Infosys Foundation to ensure that the underprivileged people in India have affordable, on-time access to clean, hygienic, and appropriate medical treatment and healthcare.’‘

These mobile laboratories were handed over to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai by representatives of the Infosys Foundation and the Rotary Trust here on Monday.