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
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’.
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.
Bhuvan Sathya’s Pinni is the only Kannada language short-film to get the honour along with three Kannada features
This will aid in accurate and precise determination of concentration for metals and metalloids from 100 ppm to 10 ppt (9 orders of magnitude).
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 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.
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.
Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC), Qatar conducted its 28th annual general meeting on Friday June 4 on a virtual platform wherein members elected Naveen Melwyn D’Souza as its new President for the term 2021-2023.
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