** Mangaluru swimmers shine in state-level swimming event in Bengaluru

The swimmers of Mangaluru have shown exemplary performance in the state-level championships organised by the Karnataka Swimming Association at Basavanagudi Swimming Club pool in Bengaluru recently.

The details of the medal winners are as follows:

Group 3 boys: Naitik N – Gold in 100 backstroke, Silver in 200 mtrs individual medley and 100 mtrs butterfly, bronze in 200mtr freestyle;


Group 2 boys: Alaister Samuel Rego 4 silver in 1500 freestyle and 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 3 golds in all relays, Steve Jeff Lobo – 2 silvers in 100 and 200mtr butterfly, bronze in 50 mtrs butterfly, 2 golds and 1 bronze in relay; Nishan gold in 4*100 relay; Diganth V S – silver in 200 mtrs backstroke, bronze in 100 mtr backstroke;


Group 2 girls – Riana Dhrithi Fernandes – silver in 200 individual medley and 100mtr breast stroke, 2 bronze in 200 breaststroke and 400 IM, 1 gold and 1 bronze in relay; Dwisha Shetty – Silver in 50mtr breast stroke, bronze in 100mtr breast stroke.

** Teachers, Engineer Honoured, Mysuru

Sitting from left: B.S. Raghuram, retd. General Manager, Tata Housing and Dr. K.S. Manjunath, Professor, SJCE, Mysuru, who were awarded ‘Engineer Par Excellence Award’ and ‘The Teacher Extraordinaire Award’ respectively by Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre, at a programme organised at Mysore Builders’ Charitable Trust (MBCT) auditorium in city recently to mark Engineers’ Day & Teachers’ Day celebrations.

Seen with (standing from left) BAI Mysore Centre Hon. Secretary A.S. Yoganarasimha, BAI Mysore Centre Chairman K. Ajit Narayan,   Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore and T.N. Hemanth, Managing Trustee, MBCT. BAI Mysore Vice-Chairman Nagaraj V. Bairy, BAI Mysore Past Chairman M. Rathnaraj, BAI Mysore Hon. Treasurer G. Ashok, BAI Mysore Past Chairman M.S. Ramprasad, BAI Mysore Member BuildTech 2021 Chairman C.S. Srikanth and BAI Member M.V. Vinod Kumar were also present. A presentation was given by event sponsor Srinidhi Group, Mysuru.

** 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.