Month: September 2021

** Shepherds India sets sights on rendezvous by Nile river

For starters, the community members will gather at the Shepherds India meeting in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on October 2  for the sixth annual meeting.

Shepherds India president MLC A H Vishwanath said, “We started this movement on Gandhi Jayanti six years ago and the reason we chose October 2 was because Mahatma Gandhi called for strengthening rural professions like animal husbandry and sheep rearing as far back as 1942 saying that is the way to strengthen the nation. Although shepherds across the nation follow different religious practices, they are united by a common heritage and Shepherds India is seeking to bring them all together.’’

** Eye care centre launches ‘reverse diabetes’ initiative

Diabetes is a common cause for blindness in the 20-75 age group

With diabetes being a common cause of blindness in the 20-75 age group and high blood sugar leading to diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, cataract, and glaucoma, a Bengaluru-based eye care centre has launched a ‘reverse diabetes’ initiative.

Under the initiative, Narayana Nethralaya will set up an exclusive clinic manned by a team of 15 specialists to address and treat diabetic eye diseases.

Addressing mediapersons, K. Bhujang Shetty, chairman and managing director of Narayana Nethralaya, said nearly 70% of the 1,500 patients seen on a daily basis come with diabetic eye diseases. “The team will work towards assisting patients on methods to reverse diabetes, and spread awareness about complications that diabetes can cause,” he said.

** Young innovator develops a host of apps

At age 14, Prajwal N.H. is a certified Python programmer, Azure AI engineer, and a scrum master. He is also the co-founder of a startup called CloudAttack, a cloud computing company.

The young softech enthusiast has developed six applications that have received recognition at various levels. He recently received confirmation from the ‘India Book of Records’ recognising him as the ‘Youngest certified Azure AI engineer associate’.

** Award for TIFR scientist for work on celestial bodies

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, has awarded the Professor Peraiah Foundation Award for 2021 to Dr Shravan Hanasoge of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai for his work on deciphering the internal structure of the sun, stars and the earth.

** Infosys, Karnataka govt to promote skilling under NEP

It giant Infosys and the Department of Higher Education have decided to sign three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to promote skill-based learning among college students as part of the National Education Policy (NEP).

Other platforms on the anvil for colleges are ‘Campus Connect’ for digital learning of college faculty and professional guidance for students. 

** Highly qualified women taking up constable jobs in Karnataka

While the minimum qualification was PUC, more candidates with a degree and post graduate degree had cleared the exam and underwent eight-month-long training.

Of the total 242 recruits of the sixth batch of the Police Training School who finished their training and took part in the passing out parade ceremony on here on Tuesday, 38 were postgraduates while 182 of them were graduates.

** Face of change

Bengaluru’s ‘vitiligo model’, who is a part of a popular make-up brand’s campaign, along with Bollywood actor Bhumi Pednekar, tells CE how she’s unperturbed by her skin tones.

If there’s one campaign that has been making heads turn in recent times, it’s the MAC Cosmetics’ one. More so, because it features Bengaluru girl Prarthana Jagan, who makes a bold statement about vitiligo. 

** NCBS scientists develop Dengue DNA vaccine candidate

Prof. Sudhir Krishna, the senior author and anchor of the Dengue vaccine development program at National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bengaluru, and Distinguished visiting professor IIT Goa explained to TNIE that this is our third Indo African manuscript in 2021. 

NCBS scientists in collaboration with several institutes have developed a Dengue DNA vaccine candidate. The preprint paper published in MedRxiv titled ‘Immune profile and responses of a novel Dengue DNA vaccine encoding EDIII-NS1 consensus design based on Indo-African sequences’ aims to address some of the key problems existing with developing a vaccine for dengue.

Prof. Sudhir Krishna, the senior author and anchor of the Dengue vaccine development program at National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bengaluru, and Distinguished visiting professor IIT Goa explained to TNIE that this is our third Indo African manuscript in 2021.