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Category: Amazing Feats
** On 45 acres and for over 20 years: TN farmer scripts unique deer love story
A 70-year-old resident of Pudupalayam in Avinashi, R Gurusamy has left 45 acres of his land in the village for the spotted deer to graze on for over 20 years.
This has helped the deer population in the locality rise from 400 to over 1,200, according to unofficial estimates.
** Harmilan, Aishwarya claim golden doubles in National Open Athletics
Harmilan Kaur Bains (Punjab) completed the women’s middle-distance double while Railway’s B. Aishwarya achieved the same feat in women’s horizontal jumps at the 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday.
** Kerala nurses win National Florence Nightingale Award for their selfless service
President Ram Nath Kovind presented the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 to 51 nurses across the country. Adhering to Covid protocols, the presentation of the awards was held as a virtual ceremony.
** Chhattisgarh creating India’s biggest man-made forest on barren land, abandoned mine
Chattisgarh is on its way to accomplishing an action plan to develop the nation’s largest man-made forest on a vast area, mostly the abandoned and non-functional mining belt, at Nandini in Durg district, about 55 km from Raipur.
** Exclusive: ‘Keep yourself motivated’, says CA exam topper Ruth Clare D’Silva
It is indeed a proud moment for the city, entire district and state. Ruth Clare D’Silva has cracked the CA final exam and secured All India first rank (old scheme).
Ruth hails from Mallikatte. She is the daughter of Rosy Maria D’Silva and Ruffert D’Silva. She did her schooling at St Theresa’s School and PU at St Agnes College. She has also done an undergraduate course through distance education from Mangalore University.
** Jaiganesh Balakrishna files patents every 3 months on average
Balakrishnan is a principal architect and fellow at Texas Instruments, a company he joined soon after completing his PhD in 2002.
He today holds 75 patents. That’s an average of a patent every 3 months
** Apollo hospital unit claims completion of 100 robotic cardiac surgeries
The Bangalore unit of a leading private healthcare group has completed 100 robotic cardiac surgeries, which it claimed was a “first” such achievement for any hospital in the country.
In a statement, the Apollo Hospitals group on Monday said doctors at its Bangalore hospital had also performed a complex mitral valve cardiac surgery using robotic-assisted minimally invasive “da Vinci robotic system in under 70 minutes, a landmark achievement in interventional cardiology.”
** Bihar man distributes 49,000 helmets worth Rs 2 crore after friend dies in road mishap
When Kumar faced the fund crunch for the free distribution of helmets, he sold his 3 bighas of ancestral land and a house in Greater Noida.
Kumar has now been given the sobriquet the ‘helmet man of India’ for his deeds
** Tokyo Paralympics 2020: IAS officer Suhas Yathiraj a medal winner too
What makes the achievement even more special is the way Suhas Yathiraj allocated time for both his administrative duties and badminton in Noida.
On Sunday, Jayashree was a proud mother. Her son, para-shuttler Suhas Yathiraj, secured the silver medal in the men’s singles SL4 class. As the feeling sunk in, she dialed her son, just to hear his voice and bless him. Yathiraj asked his mother, “Amma nanu hege adide? Gold barubahuditteno!”
(How did I play, mother? I might have won gold!). The mood in the entire Yathiraj clan was understandable as other members of the family lined up to congratulate Karnataka-born Suhas, who has impairment in one of his ankles.