** Beltangady: Love for indigenous Gir cow breed – Youth overlooks lucrative career

A chemical engineer, instead of pursuing a high paying job, has resorted to undertaking dairying because of his love for indigenous breeds of cows.

Abhinandan from Kajebail, Gampadakody in Indabettu village, who asserts that there is a need to get rid of poisonous food and seek quality food without any contamination, has resorted to dairying.

He raises an indigenous Gir breed of cows

** Bengaluru startup tracks vaccines real-time for Andhra

Bengaluru-based startup Intugine Technologies is partnering with the Andhra Pradesh government to track vaccine shipments to the state in real-time to ensure doses are maintained at ideal temperature.

Cofounder Ayush Agarwal said the company uses GPS to track the location of vehicles transporting the vaccine.

He said that four centres in India – Mumbai, Karnal, Chennai and Kolkata – supply vaccines to state headquarters from which it is taken to regional storage sites, then to district sites, and lastly, vaccination sites.