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** BAFTA Breakthrough India: First among equals
International collaborations to new learnings, here’s what BAFTA Breakthrough India honourees Tanya Maniktala, Arun Karthick, Karthikeya Murthy, Sumit Purohit and Jay Pinak Oza are looking forward to
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced its first Breakthrough Initiative for India, by selecting 10 promising talents in film, television and gaming. Over the next year, these honourees will receive mentoring and global networking opportunities
** Indian brand gets silver at International Chocolate awards
Paul and Mike, an artisanal chocolate brand based in Kerala, is the first Indian brand to have come this far
Paul And Mike, an artisanal Kerala-based ‘bean to bar’ chocolate maker is savouring the taste of success. It has become the first Indian company to win a silver in the International Chocolate Awards (2020-2021 world final) for its ‘64 Percent Dark Sichuan Pepper and Orange Peel Vegan Chocolate’.
** HUL and Ola contribute medical equipment
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and Ola donated medical equipment to the district administration here on Friday.
The HUL donated four oxygen concentrators of 10 ltr capacity each at ₹ 5 lakh; 25 oxygen concentrators of 5 ltr capacity at ₹ 16.25 lakh; 5 multi parameter CMS at ₹ 1.75 lakh; 3 Pirsma Vent 40 Bipap machins at ₹6.75 lakh and 180 hand sanitizers at ₹ 13,500. HUL factory Manager M.V. Anil Kumar handed over the equipment to Collector Jaya Chandra Bhanu Reddy.
Ola group contributed 30 oxygen concentrators of 5 ltr capacity at ₹12 lakh. Medical equipment to the tune of ₹41,88,500 was handed over to the district administration for use by the government hospitals here. Jose Pinheiro, Head of Global Manufacturing and Operations, Ola Electric vehicle, N.Sneha, Programme Manager, Ola Foundation, handed over the equipment to the Collector.
** Mysuru Film-Maker’s Short Movie Enters New York Indian Film Fest-2021
Bhuvan Sathya’s Pinni is the only Kannada language short-film to get the honour along with three Kannada features
** IISc facility can detect water pollutants at low concentration
This will aid in accurate and precise determination of concentration for metals and metalloids from 100 ppm to 10 ppt (9 orders of magnitude).
** Udupi: Former Indian football team captain Shekhar Bangera succumbs to coronavirus
Shekhar Paddu Bangera (74), former captain of the Indian football team, fell victim to coronavirus infection on Thursday June 10.
Shekhar, who hails from Badanidiyoor here, was the Indian football team’s goalkeeper cum captain.
** CCMB scientists discover new enzyme for cell stability
CCMB scientists led by Manjula Reddy studied the cell wall biology of a well-studied strain of E. coli using genetic and biochemical approaches to identify ‘LdtF’ which could cleave the lipoprotein from the peptidoglycan. Absence of this LdtF enhanced growth defects and increased the peptidoglycan-lipoprotein linkages in the bacteria.
** India, South Africa’s patent waiver proposal in WTO achieved tremendous mileage, progression: Commerce Secretary
** IISc-Bangalore top research institute in world, reveals ranking
The ranking body found that Indian universities have improved their research impact as 17 of India’s 35 top universities have seen a rise in CPF scores, while 12 have witnessed a drop.