**The real picture

Three characters, 15 minutes and one message…that’s One Right Kick, a Kannada short film that has won 12 international awards in the category of Best Film on Women.

Directed by Balachander Muthappa, the short film features Simhika PV, daughter of PV Shashikanth, former Karnataka Ranji cricket team head coach, as one of the lead roles, along with artistes Ramesh Patil and Mohan Kumar.

** Karnataka Skill development Corp to train nurses, farmers going abroad

At present, the corporation is training 60 nurses in IELTS (english language testing system), who are expected to go to the UK where there is a requirement of 45,000 nurses.

 Be it demand for farmers in Japan or nurses in the United Kingdom, the Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC) is looking to plug the gap for labour in other countries, while also working pro bono as an agency for those who want to move outside India for employment.

At present, the corporation is training 60 nurses in IELTS (english language testing system), who are expected to go to the UK where there is a requirement of 45,000 nurses.  The training started after a collaboration between KSDC and International Skill Development Corporation was inked in the last week of October, and it is expected to last six months.

** Infusing life into leaf

For you and me, a fallen leaf is a waste to be thrown away or converted into manure. But for this 36-year-old Udupi man, it is a blank canvas that takes a form of its own under his deftly handled scalpel.

As Mahesh Marne dives into his creative sphere, images of Lord Krishna, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and the map of India with a message wishing 75th year of Independence emerge. Though moving swiftly, he ensures that the delicate veins of the Peepal leaf are not cut as they are key to his artwork.

** Young siblings attempt world record

Two young children are working hard at setting a record for the largest abstract painting in the world. This is to create awareness about art therapy.

Trio World Academy students, seven-year-old Virat Karan, and his sister, two-year-old Chanvitha Sundari, are attempting to set a new UNICO Book of World Records by creating a giant 1,000 sqft expressionist painting to raise awareness about the importance of art therapy.

** BMRCL confers Kannadiga of the year award to Kumbara Veerabhadrappa but masks forgotten

The first ‘Namma Metro-Kannadiga of the Year’ award instituted by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited was conferred on noted Kannada novelist Kumbara Veerabhadrappa.

** Innovative procedure helps avoid surgery in three newborns

Doctors at the KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital, Belagavi, have saved the life of three infants by performing innovative medical procedures and avoiding surgery.

The process was accomplished by passing a small guidewire through the femoral artery using a balloon. The narrowed aorta was enlarged to the extent that it could supply blood to the body. The baby showed steady recovery and the patient was discharged from the hospital without any complications. This is the first such procedure performed in North Karnataka, South Maharashtra and Goa on a low weight, neo-nascent infant, said KLE Society Chairman Prabhakar Kore.

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