Category: Business & Economy

KARNATAKA RECORDS: Karnataka’s First Floating Bridge in Malpe Beach, Udupi

While on the bridge, a visitor can feel the sea wave movement and can enjoy his walk. It will be like riding on the waves.

The State’s first floating bridge will be inaugurated on Malpe Beach in Udupi on Friday.

According to Sudesh Shetty, lease holder, Malpe Beach, the bridge will be inaugurated in the presence of Udupi MLA K. Raghupati Bhat and Deputy Commissioner M. Kurma Rao.

The bridge will be an added attraction to increase tourist footfall in Udupi. The bridge, set up at a cost of ₹80 lakh invested by three local entrepreneurs, is 100 m long.

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KARNATAKA RECORDS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: PES University Students Shining ‘Sitara’, Awarded for Kanglish Content, at 6th edition Azim Premji University’s National Level Science Enterprise Idea Challenge

‘Kanglish’ content on YouTube through Akkas and Annas, developed by a team of nine engineering students from PES University in Bengaluru has come as a blessing to children from 27 districts in Karnataka.

On Saturday, the team ‘Sitara’, which has developed content to teach Maths and Science to Class 10 students, has won the 6th Edition of Azim Premji University’s National Level Science Enterprise Idea Challenge in which 100 teams across the country participated.

The trio–Ananya V, Shriya Shankar and Srushti Jayaramu– who will be graduating in the next one and half months will quit their careers in engineering and continue full time with ‘Sitara’. Srushti tells TNIE, “The children’s hunger to learn motivated me, and pushed me to work harder.” The content has been appreciated and well received.”

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INDIA RECORDS: KARNATAKA RECORDS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : INVENTION : IISc-Bangalore Develops 3D Print Glove to Aid Long-Distance Physiotherapy for Stroke Victims

Physiotherapy is the often-used method to treat victims of stroke.

 In a world where digitisation is becoming prevalent, the IISc has developed 3D printed gloves to help aid in long-distance physiotherapy for stroke patients. One of the leading causes of death in India, strokes are also known to be a major cause of disabilities.

Physiotherapy is the often-used method to treat victims of stroke. However, with the recent pandemic, in-person physiotherapy sessions for patients have been a challenge. “Physiotherapy often requires daily hospital visits. Home visits by professionals or sophisticated devices to monitor patients remotely, although ideal, are not readily available and are expensive,” the researchers said.

From the institute’s department of physics, the researchers developed a 3d printed glove that uses light to sense a patient’s movements. “We wanted to develop something affordable, and available to a person at all times at their convenience.

The product should be easy to use and must provide feedback,” says Aveek Bid, an associate professor of physics and one of the researchers.

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KARNATAKA: Bengaluru’s Vani Murthy, the Only Urban Farmer in List of Environmental Changemakers by National Geographic India

Meet the only urban farmer from Bengaluru who made it to the list of environmental changemakers by National Geographic India.

 In 2007, Vani Murthy started composting at her Malleswaram home on a whim and posted details of her zero-waste lifestyle on Facebook. Today, the ‘worm rani’ as she is known, has a following of 23,80,000 on Instagram and has made it to the list of the ‘One for Change’ campaign by National Geographic India.

Bengaluru to make it to this list, Murthy says that there’s never been a day when she feels like she’s actually working. “I love all things trash — from composting to making things sustainable. That’s the only thing I never complain about, so I absolutely love what I do and I’m thrilled to be recognised for my passion.”

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INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION: INDIA RECORDS: KARNATAKA RECORDS: Musical duo Bengaluru based Lucky Ali and New Zealand’s Mikey McCleary, Collaborating Again for an Album, ‘Intezaar’.

Musical duo Lucky Ali and Mikey McCleary, who first worked together on O Sanam, is collaborating again after almost 11 years for an album, Intezaar, the first song of which is out and trending.

Lucky Ali turns to music to express himself. He might never be in a hurry to create tunes, but Ali makes sure the wait is worth it. The singer is now out with his latest album Intezaar, which has touched over 2 million views.      

Ali’s loungey music has always been popular among music lovers and Intezaar has something to it that makes it a crowd-puller too. The music of the album is by composer and long-time associate Mikey McCleary. The first time McCleary and Ali worked together was for the singer’s first album Sunoh in 1996, which created magic with the song O Sanam. The duo subsequently went on to work on many projects but is back together after a long break.

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 KARNATAKA RECORDS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: TRANSPORT : Bengaluru’s Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) for the First Time set to Supply Axles, for India’s Fastest Train ‘Train 18 – Vande Bharat Express”

Train 18 is a semi high-speed train with GPS system operated by IR under the `Make in India’ initiative. It touched 180 km/hr during tests and maximum of 160 kmph on commercial runs.

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis has ensured that the Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) got an opportunity to ready axles for the first time for the prestigious Vande Bharat Express (Train 18).

The Yelahanka-based concern which caters to the requirements of Indian Railways is set to despatch a total of 136 axles for Train 18, India’s fastest train.

Train 18 is a semi high-speed train with GPS system operated by Indian Railways under the `Make in India’ initiative. It touched a speed of 180 km/hr during tests but the maximum during commercial runs is 160 kmph. It is only manufactured at Integral Coach Factory at Perambur in Chennai and presently runs only on two routes: New Delhi to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and New Delhi to Varanasi.

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KARNATAKA RECORDS : TRAVEL & TOURISM : Hilton-Embassy Combine Announces Completion of Two Hotels, a Convention Centre in Bengaluru

Dual branded hotel complex ushers in a new era of post-pandemic travel: Hilton

Hilton, an international hospitality brand, in partnership with Embassy REIT, a real estate investment trust, has announced the opening of a new, 266-keys full-service hotel and Hilton Convention Centre, a Meetings, Incentives, Conference/Conventions and Exhibitions/Events (MICE) infrastructure at Embassy Manyata Business Park, here in the city on Monday.

The Hilton-Embassy combine had opened a 353-key Hilton Garden Inn at Embassy Manyata Business Park in March this year, making the dual-branded hotel complex with a total of 619 rooms. The hotels are directly linked to 60,000 square feet of convention space, to make it convenient for business events and large desi weddings. The convention centre is comprised of a 13,000 square feet pillar-less grand ballroom that can accommodate up to 1,500 people.

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GLOBAL INVESTMENT : KARNATAKA RECORDS. INDIA : California-based Applied Materials, USA Acquires Land in Bengaluru for ₹350 crore

California-based Applied Materials has invested ₹350 crore ($50 million) to purchase land in Whitefield in Bengaluru where it is planning to expand its engineering infrastructure.

The company said the expansion would boost its next phase of growth in India.

“We expect this investment to support future product development and R&D, as well as benefit the development of the local supply chain,’‘ said Srinivas Satya, country president and Managing Director, Applied Materials India at Semicon India 2022 in Bengaluru on April 29.

Indian Government’s mission mode approach to evolve the country’s semiconductor sector, together with the ease-of-business initiatives and scaling up of indigenous electronics end-manufacturing, were positive and practical steps to enable its Semiconductor Mission, he added.

Applied Materials supplies equipment, services and software for the manufacture of semiconductor (integrated circuit) chips for electronics, flat panel displays for computers, smartphones, televisions, and solar products.

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KARNATAKA RECORDS: HEALTH & MEDICAL SCIENCES: Celebrations of Assisted Birth of 10,000 Babies & 33 Years of Services of Manipal Assisted Reproduction Centre (MARC) at Kasturba Hospital, Mahe,Manipal

Manipal Assisted Reproduction Centre (MARC), Kasturba Hospital, MAHE Manipal celebrated 33 years of services for Infertile couples and announced the birth of 10,000 babies at a function on April 24, 2022 at Dr. TMA Pai Auditorium, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.   

A lot of games were organized for the children which were highly appreciated by children and parents who came for “MARC DAY”.

A good number of children born through MARC procedure were there for the celebration.

The oldest IVF child is now 23 years.  

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KARNATAKA RECORDS : HEALTH & MEDICAL SCIENCES : KIMS is the First Government Medical College in State to Perform Kidney Transplant

The Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and Hospital have become the first government medical college in the State to successfully conduct a live kidney transplant and it is ready to take up cadaver transplants.

Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Friday, KIMS director Ramalingappa Antaratani said through a coordinated effort by the departments of nephrology, urology, and anesthetics, the kidney of a 44-year-old woman had been successfully transplanted to her 22-year-old son.

Free of cost

He said the kidney transplant surgery which cost lakhs of rupees in private hospitals would be carried out free of cost under the ABARK scheme for BPL cardholders. “The Government pays 25% of the procedure cost for patients of APL (Above Poverty Line) under ABARK. And the surgery would cost around ₹1.5 lakh for them,” he said adding that with the successful completion of the first kidney transplant, the KIMS team planned to conduct more such transplants in the coming days.

To a query, Dr. Ramalingappa clarified that KIMS was now ready for a cadaveric kidney transplant.

However, the patients would have to follow the procedure of registering with the website ‘www.jeevaasarthakathe.karnataka.gov.in’ for a kidney transplant. But in cases where close family members come forward to donate kidneys, they could approach KIMS directly, he said.

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