Month: November 2020
** Joe Biden intends to nominate Indian-American Neera Tanden as Director of Budget Office
** Indians travelling to US for business or pleasure exempt from proposed visa bonds
** CAMPCO’s arecanut, pepper to be available on Amazon
Having seen good response for its chocolate products on Amazon, the Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative Ltd. (CAMPCO) will shortly make available packets of arecanut and pepper on the e-commerce website.
** MIT team bags gold at iGEM 2020
Manipal BioMachines (MBM), a synthetic biology research team from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, bagged the gold medal on its first attempt at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM 2020). The result was announced at the iGEM Giant Jamboree, hosted virtually from November 13 to 23.
** Kannada prosody introduced in English
First book in English to introduce Kannada metrics to non-Kannada readers: Vivek Rai
** Bengaluru chosen for pioneer cities programme
To help pioneer a new global policy roadmap for smart cities
Bengaluru is among four cities in the country selected by the World Economic Forum, a Geneva-based not-for-profit organisation, to pioneer a new global policy roadmap for smart cities developed by the G20 GlobalSmart Cities Alliance. The other Indian cities selected for the programme are Faridabad, Hyderabad and Indore.
** New species of burrowing frog named after Bengaluru
** New species of gecko found in the Eastern Ghats
This is the twelfth species to be discovered outside the Western Ghats
A new species of lizard, the smallest known Indian gekkonid, has been discovered in the Eastern Ghats. Studies show that the species belonged to the genus Cnemaspis. In India, 45 diverse species of Cnemaspis have been found, of which 34 are from the Western Ghats.
** On her toes, teaching ballet
For Yana Lewis, who made Bengaluru her home, this is a way of life.
As you enter The Lewis Foundation of Classical Ballet in Bengaluru, you will find little girls learning the basic postures, slightly older girls trying to balance on their toes, glide across the platform and bend their bodies.
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