** 78% of gold medallists in RGUHS are women
Among the medical students ready to graduate from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) on Sunday, the women have outdone the men. About 78% of the 111 students who will bag gold medals at the 23rd annual convocation of RGUHS on Sunday are women.
The three students to top the university are all women. They have bagged three gold medals each.
** HAL, IAF get integrated portal for better support
The operationalising of this portal, called HAL-Vayusena Inventory (HAVAI) portal, comes just two days after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally handed over the Rs 48,000 crore project of producing and delivering 83 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft to IAF by 2030. This portal, however, would be relevant for all projects of HAL for IAF from henceforth.
** Forest dept launches bird listing exercise in Bandipur Tiger Reserve
** President inaugurates museum dedicated to pride of Kodagu General Thimayya in Madikeri
** Lens on love
After bagging accolades in festival circuit, this city-based filmmaker talks about his short movie that is now being screened on Disney + Hotstar.
As an independent filmmaker, Prataya Saha has a firm belief in the movies he makes. It’s probably this and a lot of hard work that has landed Saha’s film, The Good Wife, a spot on Disney+Hotstar.
The film which started screening earlier this week has done the rounds at several festivals and has won awards in Chicago and Toronto.
Set in Dec. ’92 in Kolkata, the stories have been inspired from Saha’s childhood. The movie revolves around the highs, lows, joys, defeat and triumphs of a simple ‘housewife’ in the course of a single day.
** Bengaluru will have first government dementia centre in country
** Food for Gaganyan is ready
It is awaiting sensory testing by astronauts
Food for the Gaganyan mission next year, readied by Mysuru-based Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), is awaiting sensory testing by astronauts. A range of about 35 food items have been prepared. What goes into Gaganyan mission depends on who gets selected and their food choices.
** ‘Research into drugs from natural products holds much promise’
Research into drugs produced from natural products and traditional medicine holds much promise to a country that has vast natural resources, B.S. Unger, scientist at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), said in Chikkodi on Wednesday.
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