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** The queen of oven fresh

Passion fermented to perfection—that is Bengaluru-based chef Aditi Handa’s story in a nutshell.

From falling in love with sourdough to selling over a million loaves since the inception of The Baker’s Dozen (TBD) in 2013, she helmed the ethnic sourdough explosion.

Handa’s first dalliance with the culinary world came when she began training in a Lebanese kitchen in the US (to perfect the hummus), and then baking bread in Bengaluru— “Where all my friends said they loved the kinds of bread I baked, but everything tasted the same! I realised that since bread wasn’t birthed here, I had to learn from the best hands to get that expertise home.” She soon left to pursue a Diploma in International Bread Baking from International Culinary Institute (New York), followed by a Diploma in Patisserie from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, to power her own.

** COVID vaccine delivery through drones has started in Northeast, says Health Minister

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday launched an initiative to facilitate COVID-19 vaccine delivery to tough and hard-to-reach terrains of the Northeast through drones.

The ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone), a delivery model to make sure that life-saving COVID vaccines reach everyone, is in line with the government’s commitment to ‘Antyodaya’ in health – making healthcare accessible to the last citizen of the country, officials said.

“This is for the first time that a “Make in India’ drone has been used in South Asia to transport COVID-19 vaccine over an aerial distance of 15 km in 12-15 mins from the Bishnupur district hospital to Loktak lake, Karang island in Manipur for administration at the PHC

** Visakhapatnam blood donor completes ‘half-century’ in noble work at 56

Bhaskar, a general manager at Steel Melting Shop (SMS) in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, recently completed his 50th blood donation at the age of 56 years.

** Mysuru Lad Emerges Canadian National Champion – 2021

Vancouver:

Mysuru-boy Mustafa M. Raja, who won the Provincial Championships in British Columbia last month and was selected for the Nationals to be held in Montreal, Quebec, did well and emerged National Doubles Champion. Mustafa also came third in Singles.

The 14-year-old played consistent tennis all week at the 14-and-under Nationals held at the Carrefour Tennis Centre from Sept. 20 to 26. Tournament was held outdoors on clay courts.

Mustafa was awarded a trophy for the National Doubles Champion, trophy for the third place in Singles and a silver medal for the provincial standings. With this performance, Mustafa will break into top 5 Singles rankings in Canada. Mustafa trains at the Tennis Centre in Vancouver and goes to Sullivan Heights Secondary School.

Mustafa, son of Murtuza Raja and Farida Raja, earlier train at the Nagaraj Tennis Centre in Mysuru for seven years and attended Excel Public School in Mysuru.

** Srinivas University’s Charles K C creates world record in largest patriotic portrait by screw art

Charles K C, an undergraduate student pursuing BBA Port, Shipping Management & Logistics at Srinivas University Pandeshwar, has created a world record as largest patriotic portrait by screw art.

Charles, a creative artist, set the new record on June 17, 2021.

He made a portrait of Swami Vivekananda measuring 4 ft × 3 ft size on wooden cardboard using 2,768 half-inche iron screws and acrylic paints.

** India emerges as Dubai’s second biggest trade partner

** IIT-K introduces 4 eMasters programmes for professionals

The Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) is launching four new post-graduate programmes through virtual learning to enable seamless e-learning for working professionals.

Announcing the launch of the new courses on Wednesday, Professor Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur, said that the course content would be delivered completely online and it would help upgrading the skills of working professionals with industry experience.

The eligibility for the courses is Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 55 per cent marks. No GATE score is required.

Announcing the launch, Prof Karandikar said: “With the launch of eMasters, we have taken another step forward by providing degree credential programs that give working professionals access to our complete ecosystem of resources and knowledge. We are starting with four programmes this year and will add more soon. We strongly believe that a formal degree in leading industry-focused areas will be highly aspirational for working professionals. It will help enhance their domain expertise and get them to play a key role in India’s digital transformation journey.”

The 60 credit, 12 modules industry-focused curriculum offers completion timelines from one to three years. The credits earned during the programme can be transferred to an advanced degree at IIT Kanpur by a participant selected to pursue the advanced degree and subject to Senate approval.

“The postgraduate level programme will be offered in a hybrid delivery format in which the participants will learn online in an experiential format from IIT Kanpur faculty through the digital delivery platform ipearl.ai.,” said the director.

They will also have the opportunity to visit IIT Kanpur to meet faculty and experience campus life.

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