Month: November 2020

** A new platform, called India’s Biggest Start Up, which was launched on Friday by Bollywood star Sonu Sood

Chasing the dream

Have a startup idea but don’t know where to begin? This city fi rm’s new TV show aims to provide just the platform you need.

But on this platform, you will not just get a chance to work on your idea but to interact with investors who will provide training,” says Ranjith Royal, the Bengaluru-based co-founder and COO of Kuberan’s House, which has conceived the programme.  The show will be produced by DR Talkies, which has earlier come up with Kannada reality shows like Dancing Star, Kick, and Dance Dance.

** Exploring ancient skies

Former Planetarium director studies stone inscriptions to understand past celestial events.

The celestial world has always fascinated B S Shylaja. And therefore, opting for astrophysics to understand the astronomical occurrences and phenomena was not at all surprising. In 1994, she joined as an educator in Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru. Till her retirement in 2017 as the Director of Planetarium, she taught basics of astronomy and astrophysics to graduate students.

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** Bengaluru’s Mohsin Ahmed leads in Indian Crossword League

Reigning champion Mohsin Ahmed of Bengaluru has established lead at the end of the first scoring round of the eighth edition of the annual global contest Indian Crossword League, popularly called IXL.

Ahmed is followed by Chennai’s Ramki Krishnan at the second position. Ramki has won the contest four times in the last seven editions, an IXL release said on Sunday.

** PESSAT results announced, all 3 toppers from Bengaluru

Kavya Bhat, of National Public School, HSR Layout, has topped PESSAT 2020, an entrance exam conducted by PES University for BTech admission.

The second rank has gone to Rakshith M, of RV PU College, who had topped KCET and COMEDK UGET, while the third rank has been secured by Sinchana Kumbale of Sri Kumaran Children’s Home, Mallasandra.

** Bengaluru startup developing heat-tolerant Covid-19 vaccine

A startup incubated in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is developing a Covid-19 vaccine that can be stored at 37 degrees Celsius, a development that could be a game-changer for India which lacks sufficient cold chain facilities. “.

“All (Covid) vaccine candidates in clinical trials currently require refrigerated temperatures of at least four degrees. Ours would not, in principle,” biophysicist Raghavan Varadarajan, who heads the startup Mynvax, told DH.