This programme was given drive by Mangalore University NSS coordinator Dr Nagarathna K A. Under the guidance of college principal Dr Sr. Latha Fernandez AC, NSS program officers Madhura K, Deepti and lecturer in Hindi Chandrika Rao, National Service Sc
** Mangaluru: St Agnes College – Chronicles of ten decades
St. Agnes College (Autonomous) Mangaluru, India, is a Premier Catholic Educational Institution founded on 2 July 1920 by a great visionary Mother Mary Aloysia, the second superior general of the Apostolic Carmel Congregation.
The Apostolic Carmel Congregation was founded in 1868 in France by Venerable Mother Veronica. It was transplanted at St Ann’s Convent, Mangaluru, India in the year 1870.
** Karnakuppe Gram Panchayat In Hunsur Bags National Award
Karnakuppe Gram Panchayat (GP) in Hunsur taluk has bagged Deendayal Panchayat Award for best performance for the year 2019-20.
Karnakuppe is the only GP in the district which has bagged the prestigious Panchayat Award.
** Tribute: Kalaseva Ratna K.V. Murthy, A Multi-Dimensional Personality
A renowned Civil Engineer, Industrialist, Promoter of Performing Arts, Social Worker and a Munificent Donor — all these and much more was Krishna Murthy Venkatesha Murthy — K.V. Murthy for short.
** Gaganyaan, India’s First Manned Space Mission: DFRL’s Pouch Technology To Prevent Food Waste In Space
** Moto Manipal team wins National Online E-Bike Design contest
The team had participated in the National Online E-Bike Design Competition, Season-1, and had emerged champions last year too.
** Mapping Tipu’s defeat
Bengaluru-based collector Sunil Baboo has acquired maps that show the battle plan of the Third Anglo-Mysore war, which Tipu Sultan lost
** ‘Weathering’ the run
Meet the B’lurean who plans to run in extreme wind, heat, cold, and dry weather in four beautiful but formidable deserts across the globe.
For many, weekends mean a break from working out.
But not for Taher Merchant. The city-based entrepreneur looks forward to Saturdays and Sundays so he can clock in the miles that will get him in shape for probably the most extreme footrace in the world – four 250-km runs in some of the most challenging desert terrains on the planet.
He was also the first Indian man to finish the Everest base camp ultramarathon in 2018.
** Driven by determination
Corporate honcho, mum to two and training for a triathlon … Nirupa Shankar has her hands full and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Her current goal – despite being afraid of water and speed – is to participate in the half-Ironman in Greece this October. This event involves a 1.9km swim, 90km bike ride and 21.1km run, which is much more rigorous than the triathlon sprint she completed in 2017.
** The haves & the have nots
H2O juxtaposes the usage and availability of water in urban and rural contexts, and prompts us to re-think our attitudes
Made by Bengaluru-based founder of Theatre for Change Sujatha Balakrishnan, the film captures the struggle to obtain water in rural areas.