Philanthropists and corporates have been stepping in to help the city fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
St. Martha’s Hospital received 150 sets of oxygen concentrators that were sent by Dubai-based NRI Eugene Mayne, founder and chief executive of the Tristar Group.
Mr. Mayne, a graduate of St. Joseph’s Bangalore and Bangalore University, sourced the oxygen concentrators from Europe.
Sunil Shetty from Balkunje village in Dakshina Kannada is among the few farmers who has got help from afar to ensure that his entire lot of ash gourd crop did not go a waste. A Good Samaritan from Australia saved him from financial distress.
Hotelier Sudhir Shetty, a native of Dakshina Kannada now doing business in Australia, has bought about 20 tonnes of Mr. Sunil Shetty’s produce through a friend, the Surathkal-based power system entrepreneur Kiran J. Bhandary. He asked Mr. Bhandary to distribute the ash gourd free of cost to those in need in the region. However, since offering ash gourd for free is regarded a taboo, Mr. Bhandary sold it at ₹1 a kg till Saturday.
Tzar Labs, a molecular diagnostic company in coordination with the Mumbai-based Epigeneres Biotechnology, has claimed to have developed a breakthrough blood test for early prognosis/diagnosis of cancer.
Bengaluru-based Give India Foundation has come forward to donate 2,000 oxygen concentrators and the first batch of 80 concentrators was handed over to GKVK Covid Care Centre on Saturday.
Hospital coming up
A 250-bed COVID hospital will be set up in Yelahanka region immediately by Boeing company, manufacturers of Boeing jets, and the work has already been initiated. Boeing was also willing to set up another 250-bed COVID hospital in the same region.
The Hubballi Bicycle Club along with Urban Morph has come up with the noble idea of delivering medicines and other essentials in the twin cities
Bengaluru teacher Shyamala Ganesh, the former director of the Japanese Language School, will be conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.
In a press release, Consulate-General of Japan, Bengaluru highlighted Ms. Ganesh’s contribution to the spread of the Japanese language and culture in Karnataka.
Two Class 10 students of Greenwood High International School Sneha Raghavan and Shloka Ashok raised over Rs 2 lakh in 24 hours to donate 300 pulse oximeters to underprivileged sections.
They will donate the oximeters to a Bengaluru-based NGO, Sampark, that works with vulnerable groups. The oximeters will be distributed to slum-dwellers in Bengaluru and rural women in Koppal in North Karnataka.
The IIM-B said the Eduniversal appreciated its vibrant student exchange programme, which has several partner universities from across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.
National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) , Bengaluru (Bangalore)
December 01st, 2014. In a world first , Bengaluru based city Neuroscientists determine how the debilitating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) occurs. Pave the way for Drugs leading to a potential cure
For the first time in the history of neuroscience – two scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru have conducted a detailed study on why and how one suffers from PTSD
The research published online on Nature Neuroscience website on December 01st, 2014 have paved the way for scientists all over the world to study ways to reverse PTSD or even develop medical aids to cure the condition
Professor Sumantra Chatterji, NCBS neuroscientist and also Director of the newly founded ‘Centre for Brain Development & Repair (CBDR) and Supriya Ghosh his student researched and engaged in the amygdala neuron research
They discovered that PTSD sets in when individual neurons in the amygdala lose their capability to discriminate between dangerous and safe stimuli
The team also identified the precise biochemical signalling mechanism inside the amygdala neurons which cause fear and PTSD
This potentially serves as a target for designing new treatments against PTSD
Smt. Sukanya Ramgopal, Bangalore, Karnataka
She was the first girl in India to hold and play the ghatam on her lap at an early age of 12. Making her the first woman ghatam artist of India in a male dominated universe.
Sukyana Ramgopal was a student of Shri Vikku Vinayakaran who gave India its first Grammy.
This uniquely talented carnatic music player has won over a dozen honours, awards and laurels in her career spanning 4 decades. Originally from TamilNadu the 57 year old frontline musician had made Bangalore her home a long time ago.
Firsts:
(1) She is the First to create the unique concept of Ghata Tharang playing 6 ghatams at the same time (2) She is also the First to set up a Bangalore All-Woman Carnatic Ensemble the ‘ Sthree Thaal Tharang’
The Ghatam is a percussion instrument used in Carnatic music of South India.
Ghatam:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghatam