Category: RECORDS, INDIA (National)

** Awarding Australian Alumni

13 recipients were awarded with over AUD 150,000 during the event.

The 13 recipients shared their projects from various fields, including environment, technology, agriculture, communication, gender, clean energy and more. Of the selected, four represented Chennai-based teams – Madhavi Shankar for communication app SpaceBasic, Venkateswaran Palat Krishnan for STEM Challenge Pilot, Ashok Jalagam for an Automated Millet Finder, and Lakshmi Venugopal for an Indo-Australian Platform on Environmental Education and Research (IA-PEER). The remaining recipients were posted in Kolkata, Mumbai, and New Delhi.

** UAE is top destination for Indian job-seekers, says minister

The UAE is the most popular destination for Indians seeking work abroad, the Indian Parliament was told yesterday citing statistics for the last five years from the government’s Bureau of Immigration. No detailed statistics were provided.

V Muraleedharan, the Minister of State for External Affairs, told Lok Sabha, the lower House of Parliament, that the GCC region made up four of the five top destinations for overseas work among both Indian professionals and blue collar workers.

The US is the only non-Gulf country among the top five, Muraleedharan told Lok Sabha member Dr. Manoj Rajoria, who sought to know “country-wise, where the maximum number of India’s youth travel abroad for jobs”.

** Leopards up from 7,910 to 12,852 in India’s tiger range landscapes

An estimated 12,852 leopards were counted in the tiger range landscape in 2018, a significant increase from 2014 when the figure stood at 7,910 in forested habitats of 18 tiger-bearing states of the country.

A maximum of these leopards are found in Madhya Pradesh (3,421) followed by Karnataka (1,783), and Maharashtra (1,690), according to the ‘Status of Leopards, Co-Predators and Megha-herbivores in India 2018’ report released by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav at an event to mark the Global Tiger Day on Thursday

** Racism in Scotland: A memorial to British Indian Army soldiers who served in World Wars would help counter far-right’s hate – Dr Saqib Razzaq

There is no permanent memorial in the UK to the soldiers of the British Indian Army who fought for Britain in both world wars.

That is something that the charity Colourful Heritage is planning to change, with plans now well underway for a memorial in Glasgow to our forgotten soldiers.

More than four million of them fought alongside British troops in the 20th century conflicts, with many making the ultimate sacrifice.

Scotland has a special connection to the British Indian Army (BIA) through a Second World War regiment called Force K6.

** True icon of Indian badminton: Tributes pour in after legendary Nandu Natekar dies

Nandu Natekar, who played a bit of cricket and tennis at the national level before becoming an international shuttler, died in Pune on Wednesday.

** DRDO to get 2 per cent royalty from Dr Reddy’s on sale of anti-Covid drug 2-DG in India: Government

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug for emergency use as an adjunct therapy in moderate to severe coronavirus patients in early May.

** Tulu Koota Kuwait to organize Tulu Lipi learning class

Tulu Koota Kuwait is organizing the inauguration of ‘Bale Tulu Kalpuga’ –a series of online Tulu Lipi Classes inauguration in association with Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, Mangaluru on July 30, at 10.30 AM Kuwait time (1.00PM IST), virtually on zoom platform.

Dayananda G Kattalsar, president, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy will inaugurate the program. Dr Thukarama Poojary, founder, Rani Abbakka Tulu Study Center will preside over the function as chief guest.