The “Clean Air Street – Church Street First” was been conferred with the “Commendation Award in Urban Transport” under the category “Running trophy for the state/UT, which has Implemented Best Urban Transport Projects during the previous year”.
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** With pineapple jaggery, farmer couple turns adversities of Covid lockdown to their advantage
Progressive farmer-turned-entrepreneur Nagendra Sagar from Chippali village in Sagar taluk of Shivamogga district and his wife Vanishri have also prepared sweets like holige, burfi, laddu, halwa, tambittu and todedevu with the semi-liquid jaggery.
** No more RC smart cards for new vehicles
RCs will be in a digitised format and printed on paper
After issuing smart cards for registration certificates (RCs) for over 12 years, the Transport Department will do away with the exercise in the future. Instead of smart cards, owners of new vehicles will get their RCs in a digitised format and printed on paper.
On Monday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai launched 30 contactless online services related to the Transport Department.
Among the services, the prominent ones are registration of new vehicles (non-transport) at the dealer point, issuing of learning licence, transfer of ownership, temporary registration certificate, and issuing of international driving permit.
** MRG Group subsidiary to invest in Mangaluru IT Park project
A world-class IT infrastructure in Mangaluru no longer seems like a distant dream. Trishul Buildtech and Infrastructures Private Limited (a subsidiary of MRG group) have signed an MoU with the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), to develop the the IT Park in the district.
** HAL delivers 200th Gun Bay Door for Boeing Super Hornet
This partnership is a testimony to the world class capability of our industrial partners in the country’, Salil Gupte, the president of Boeing India, said.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Friday delivered the 200th gun bay door for Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet. HAL has been supplying the aero-structure to Boeing for the last 10 years.
“Our partnership with HAL is an example of our commitment to Atmanirbhar Bharat and to the growth of India’s aerospace and defence ecosystem. We see tremendous potential for India to contribute to the global aerospace industry as an industrial and technology partner. This partnership is a testimony to the world class capability of our industrial partners in the country”, Salil Gupte, the president of Boeing India, said.
** Meet the cheesemaking monks in Bengaluru
The Vallombrosa Benedictine Congregation in Bengaluru weathered lockdown by selling 10 varieties of cheeses — from Parmesan to mascarpone — to apartments, and starting a goat farm. Now, they ship across India!
After 15 years of making cheese, the monks of Vallombrosa Bendictine Congregation were determined to keep going, despite through the challenges of the pandemic.
Sold under the brand name Vallombrosa Cheese, named after the order’s monastery in Tuscany, Italy, the venture produces 10 kinds of artisanal cheese. Although many restaurants and hotels, their main customers, downed shutters, word-of-mouth publicity for their brand ensured that there were buyers right at home in Bengaluru.
** Device to monitor patients in real time launched
It automates time-consuming critical tasks thus improving the experience of patients
Honeywell Technology Solutions has developed a wearable device for real-time patient monitoring, and recording of vital signs data, which it said would help make routine tasks by healthcare professionals and caregivers a lot easier.
Called Real-Time Health Monitoring System (RTHMS), the device comprises a wrist-band that monitors SpO2 (oxygen saturation levels) and a disposable, wearable biosensor patch with a QR code placed on the patient’s chest, which records other vitals such as ECG, respiratory rate, heart rate, skin temperature, and posture of the patient. A caregiver can scan the QR code and monitor patients in real time or remotely on a dashboard placed at the nursing station, says the company.
** Lake rejuvenation: BBMP wins award
The Earth Day Network India, an environmental organization, gave the ‘Earth Day Network Star Municipal Leadership’ award to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for rejuvenating 18 lakes in the city and taking up development of seven more.
The civic body was nominated for the award by the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust. Usha Rajagopal from PNLIT said that the trust’s partnership with the BBMP began in 2009. “Our partnership has been fruitful and we were happy to nominate BBMP for the award,” she said.
** PAI 2021: State bags overall rank of 7
It is down 3 spots from last year
Karnataka dropped to the seventh rank in the Public Affairs Index 2021 with a score of 0.121. It was in the fourth position last year.
The sixth edition of PAI was released on Friday. Apart from looking at governance performance in the context of sustainable development defined by equity, growth and sustainability pillars, PAI 2021 also features analysis of five Centre-sponsored schemes that aid in key development parameters of health, education and livelihoods (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, National Health Mission, Integrated Child Development Services, Samagra Siksha Abhiyan, and Midday Meal Scheme)
** Magnum founder Sudhir Ghate passes away
The company was a nationally renowned institution in public relations and advertisement
Sudhir P. Ghate, founder, chairman and managing director of Magnum Intergrafiks Pvt. Ltd., passed away in Mangaluru on October 22. He was 64. He leaves behind his wife, a son and a daughter.
He was active in politics and had served as general secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha in 1995. He was closely associated with senior BJP leaders, including A.B. Vajpayee, Sushma Swaraj, and Murli Manohar Joshi.