Month: October 2021

** Teachers Felicitated, Mysuru

Inner Wheel Club of Mysore South East felicitated five teachers from various fields on the occasion of Teachers Day celebrations commemorating birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President of India and the second President of the country.

The teachers who were honoured — (sitting from left) Punith Kumara – Basketball Coach, Rtn. M.P. Ramesh Babu – Yoga Trainer, Rajalakshmi Krishna – Professor, AIISH, Karthik Uamanyu – Director and Choreographer in Theatres and S.A. Veena – Principal, Ideal Jawa Rotary School — are seen with (standing from left) Lalitha Ranganath – ISO, Shamanthaka Murthy – EC Member, Shylaja Prabhakar – Treasurer, Padma Sridhar – Co-ordinator, Veena Ravindra – President and Seema Mariswamy – Secretary; (sitting from left – front row) Indira Ramesh Babu – Member, Smitha Girish – Member, Srilakshmi Vasudevan – Editor, Nirmala – Member and Meghna Gururaj – Member

** IISc-incubated startup L2MRail, SID & IISc sign MoU with Kerala Rail

The L2M Rail team and IISc have pioneered Fiber Bragg Grating sensing technology, to develop a Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) which will monitor civil engineering structures of Kerala Rail’s Silverline project, according to a statement.

** This massive solar park at Karnataka’s Pavagada ups heat

 It is a large sheet of glass that stretches as far as the eye can see. Acres and acres of black solar panels, spread across 12,800 acres to be precise, glimmer in the Sun, making the solar park at Pavagada taluk in Tumakuru district one of the biggest in Asia.

Launched in 2018, this alternative energy facility was meant to be the answer to environmentally hazardous thermal and nuclear power energy sources. But this ultra-modern, eco-friendly solution has brought misery to villagers nearby

** Nest of love: Karnataka couple create awareness on importance of birds

Meet Nithyananda Shetty, founder of Gubbachichi Goodu Abhiyana, who started the forum with a motto to conserve birds. Shetty and his 26-year-old wife Ramya, an M.Com graduate, have dedicated their lives to birds by distributing nests made of wood and bamboo and clay pots for the winged creatures to quench their thirst.

The couple also strives to create awareness among people about the importance of birds and their contribution to the ecosystem.

** Meet Udupi’s own Aqua Man

For 20 years, day or night, Eshwar Malpe has dived into dangerous waters to help people of the district.

Eshwar Malpe, who has rescued about 20 people from drowning and retrieved 200 bodies of those who unfortunately couldn’t make it.

 A supplier of potable water to fishing boats, 45-year-old Eshwar is a self-taught underwater search and recovery expert. A godsend, his selfless timely acts of courage have offered a new lease of life to those who were otherwise doomed to a watery grave.

** Indian scientists crack dengue vaccination challenge

Scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bengaluru, in collaboration with several Indian institutes, have developed a dengue DNA vaccine candidate, accomplishing something that had remained a challenge over the years.

** Bengaluru’s KSR station gets facial recognition system

A digital cordon envelops the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru City) railway station as it has become the first railway station in the country to adopt the Facial Recognition System (FRS) technology.

Within 90 days of the surveillance system going live, 47 history-sheeters have been identified within the station premises.

** Riyadh: Indian Social Forum Karnataka state committee elects new leadership

Indian Social Forum Riyadh, Karnataka state committee held its committee election for term 2021-2024 on October 1 here.

The committee elected Abdul Majid Punjalkatte as president, Sirajuddin Sajipa as general secretary, Umar Farooq Somawarpete as vice president, Jawad Basrur and Asghar Aboobakar Chakmaki as secretaries. Nizam Bajpe, Mihaf Sulthan, Nazeer Handel and Faisal Ammembala were elected as state committee members.

** Srinivas University’s Charles K C creates world record in largest patriotic portrait by screw art

Charles K C, an undergraduate student pursuing BBA Port, Shipping Management & Logistics at Srinivas University Pandeshwar, has created a world record as largest patriotic portrait by screw art.

Charles, a creative artist, set the new record on June 17, 2021.

He made a portrait of Swami Vivekananda measuring 4 ft × 3 ft size on wooden cardboard using 2,768 half-inche iron screws and acrylic paints.

** Mangaluru: First time ever – Five girls to participate in Kambala

 Popular traditional Janapada sport Kambala of Tulunadu will be creating history this year by allowing girls to participate in the sport for the first time.

It is learnt that five girls have come forward to take part in the sport and the Kambala academy will decide on the type of buffaloes and also the rules for them.

Gunapala Kadamba, president of Kambala academy gave this information in the free training camp that is held by the Kambala academy at Moodbidri.

Last year, a young girl named Chaithra Parameshwar Bhat of Kundapur had got down to the Kambala field and made history. She took part in the Miyar Kambala. This year five girls will be the star attraction.