The Swachh Swast Trust of Hubballi led by social activist Vishwanath Patil has come up with an indigenously-developed Swachh Swast Wastebin Project aimed at facilitating efficient solid waste management, particularly wet waste
** M.B. Ambalagi passes away
President of The North-Eastern Teachers Forum and educationist-activist M.B. Ambalagi passed away on Thursday. He was 57. He was ill for some time and failed to respond to treatment.
** Alumni install air filter tower in Hubballi
AA Mirji, Chairman of Hale Vidyarthigal Sangh said the air filter was made by the students of Jain College of Engineering and Technology for their college project.
The alumni of Sadguru Shri Siddharoodha High School with the technical support of Jain College of Engineering and Technology in the city come up with the air filter tower which is first of its kind in Hubballi-Dharwad twin cities.
** KLE – CTIE awarded Seed Support Scheme
The Start-up Incubation Centre at KLE Technological University, KLE – CTIE, has been awarded the NIDHI – SSS (National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovators – Seed Support Scheme) by the Union government.
** Bilikere women’s collective adopts CFTRI technologies
GRAAM plans to brand products, help in setting up a unit for value-addition of millet-based products
• Ragi Mudde mix and Ragi Shishuposhan developed by the CSIR’s premier food lab were transferred to the women entrepreneurs’ initiative as a part of rural livelihood improvement initiatives
** Mysuru’s first EV charging station launched
Mysuru’s first electric vehicle (EV) charging station was launched on the premises of the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation’s (CESC) Corporate Office at Vijayanagar, near Hinkal, on Tuesday
** KLETU students develop Maya for banking customers
Named Maya, the humanoid robot has been developed by students of Automation and Robotics of KLETU Prithiv Deshpande and Alwin M., along with research assistants Abhijit Sampthkrishna and Kartik Lakamanhalli under the guidance of Assistant Professors Ashwini G.K. and Sridhar Doddamani and Head of the Department Professor Arun Giriyapur.
** Tribal girl who cleared NET has plans for IAS
Srujana of Nagapura is the first Adivasi to clear eligibility test in Karnataka
** Six variants of electric vehicles launched
Balan Engineering currently has a unit in Bengaluru with a production capacity of about 400 vehicles a month.
Balakrishnan N., director, Balan Engineering Pvt. Ltd., said, “We have acquired 25 acres for setting up the manufacturing facility at Bagalkot.
** Karnataka signs MoU with Amazon to help MSMEs
As part of the MoU, Amazon will train and on-board MSMEs from the State on Amazon Global Selling, its exports programme, enabling them to sell their Made in India products globally to customers in over 200 countries.