** ‘Name Baiyappanahalli rail terminal after Kannadiga’
** Mangalurean among top 2% most-cited scientists, worldwide
Dr Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga, Senior Radiobiologist and In-charge of Research at Mangalore Institute of Oncology (MIO), has been featured in ‘World Rankings of Top 2% Scientists’ in a study conducted by Stanford University, USA and published ….
** ADB approves $500 million loan for two metro rail lines in Bengaluru
** It’s the result of three years of hard work: Doctorate of Medicine topper
Dr Divya A H of Vijayapura, with an aggregate of 67.08 per cent, has secured the first rank in the entrance exam for the Doctorate of Medicine course conducted by AIIMS Delhi.
** Pieces with a purpose – Board Games – Bharata 600 BC
Political strategies and war preparations have for long fascinated people, right from Indian epics to fantasy stories like Game of Thrones and Baahubali. While kings and kingdoms are a thing of past, you can still take your mind back in time and extend your territory in this new board game called Bharata 600 BC.
The game, which has been recently launched in the market by city-based firm Go India Games, has been designed by visual artist Pallavi Nopany. It’s a card game that is all about strategy, and also imparts information about ancient India.
** IIMB creates bio-bubble to help in phased return of students to campus
** New device measures rate of evaporation in minutes – IISC
Can help farmers, weather stations and botanists, says IISc. team
In what is touted to be a more efficient and inexpensive alternative to existing methods, a team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has developed a device that can measure the rate of evaporation within a couple of minutes.
** BIAL gifts portable cabins to city police
As part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives, the operator of the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has donated seven portable cabins to Bengaluru City Police.
** Money matters: Meet Bengaluru’s wealthiest women
Six women from Bengaluru have featured on the ‘Kotak Wealth Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women’ – a compilation of the wealthiest women in India.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon / Divya Gokulnath of Byju’s / Aditi Avasthi of Embibe / Saroja Lakshmi Yeramilli of August Jewellers / Ambiga Subramanian / Geetha Shankar and Nirupa Shankar of Brigade Enterprises….