Monthly Archives: July 2012

Dharwad Rangayana’s new director takes over

Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Artiste Subhas Narendra took charge as the new director of Dharwad Rangayana at a function held here on Friday.

Mr. Narendra said he would strive to develop the Dharwad Rangayana on par with other renowned theatre institutions. It has been less than an year since the Dharwad Rangayana was granted the autonomous status and along way had to be tread to develop this institution as a premier organisation in north Karnataka. He said the Government had appointed him taking into account his services to the Kannada theatre. He thanked the Chief Minister and the Minister for Kannada and Culture for selecting him for the post.

Mayor Pandurang Patil said Mr. Narendra had to fill the vacuum created by the death of Yenagi Nataraj who served as the first director of Dharwad Rangayana.

Karnatak Vidyavardhaka Sangha general secretary Shankar Halagatti, and Karnataka Balavikas Academy chairman Mahesh Tenginkai spoke.

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> National> Karnataka / by Staff Correspondent / Dharwad, July 21st, 2012

Nandini Mysore Pak, Cashew Burfi in 100 gm packings released

Business & Economy, Science & Technology, Uncategorized

Mysore, July 17

Nandini has now come out with its popular Mysore Pak and Cashew Burfi in 100 gm packings which were released by Karnataka Housing Board Chairman G.T. Devegowda at a programme organised by Mymul at the Mysore Dairy premises yesterday.

Speaking on the occasion, GTD lauded Mysore Dairy in coming out with tasty and hygienically packed milk products to the consumers.

Managing Director Dr. Suresh Babu said that the Farmers Welfare Trust was doing yeomen service for the milk producers by providing good facilities for their meritorious children. He added that a building belonging to MyMUL at Alanahalli was being renovated to a hostel for the students.

MDCC Bank President C. Basavegowda, District Co-operative Union President H.V. Rajeev, KMF Director S.C. Ashok and Mymul Chairman C. Omprakash were present.

Mymul donates dialysis machines

Mymul has donated dialysis machines to two hospitals in city. KHB Chairman G.T. Deve-gowda and MDCC Bank President Basavegowda launched the operation of the two machines at Cauvery Hospital in Siddarthanagar and River View Hospital in Hebbal yesterday.

They said that the facility would help the MyMul members suffering from renal problems by providing dialysis at reasonable rates. They announced that each dialysis would cost Rs. 600 for the members as against the usual Rs. 1,300 and assured to top up further with more people-friendly programmes in future.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / July 17th, 2012

Foundation day at CIIL

Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Usage of Kannada as administrative language in State attributed to late Devaraj Urs

Caption: Founder-Director of CIIL Dr. D.P. Pattanayak (second from left) felicitated Sukurthang Saimar, the oldest speaker of one of the most endangered languages of India ‘Saimar,’ during the Foundation Day celebrations at CIIL here this morning. Others present were Dr. G. Devi Prasada Sastry, Reader-cum-Research Officer and Head, Centre for Tribal and Endangered Languages; former Directors of CIIL Dr. Rajesh Sachdev and Dr. O.N. Koul, Prof. Agrahara Krishnamurthy, Secretary, Central Sahitya Academy and CIIL Director Dr. S.N. Burman. [Pic. by Pragathi Gopalakrishna]

Mysore, July 17

The 44th Foundation Day of the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), organised by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India and CIIL, began at CIIL premises in Manasagangotri here this morning.

Prof. Agrahara Krishnamurthy, Secretary, Central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, inaugurated the three-day celebrations on ‘Cultural traditions in India’.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Krishnamurthy recalled how Kannada was made as the administrative language in the State and said that the then Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs had problems in implementing Kannada as the administrative language as most of the officers holding high posts did not know Kannada.

He said that Devaraj Urs unexpectedly came to CIIL when Dr. Pattanayak, Founder-Director of CIIL, was present and expressed his problems to which Dr. Pattanayak suggested a solution and the same was effectively implemented.

He also recalled the efforts of late Alanahalli Krishna and Devanur Mahadev in promoting Kannada and added that the officers and staff of CIIL were like soldiers as they were protecting the linguistic languages in India.

Sukurthang Saimar, the oldest speaker of one of the most endangered language of India ‘Saimar,’ which had 25 speakers in 2009 and now has only four, was felicitated by Dr. Pattanayak.

At present, CIIL has three projects, that is, Dimensions of Language Endangerment which is already in motion; Bharath Basha Vikas Yojana and Sch-eme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages, which is initiated in the 12th Five Year Plan.

Former Directors of CIIL Dr. Rajesh Sachdev, Dr. O.N. Koul, Prof. N. Ramaswamy and Dr. Annamalai were also felicitated.

Dr. R. Subbakrishna, Dy. Director, CIIL, welcomed. Dr. S.N. Burman, Director, CIIL, presided.

Dr. G. Devi Prasada Sastry, Reader-cum-Research Officer and Head, Centre for Tribal and Endangered Languages and others were present. The celebrations, which will conclude on July 19, will also feature cultural programmes.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / July 17th, 2012

Music festival at Gayana Samaja

Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Bangalore:

In memory of mridangam player Palaghat TS Mani Iyer,  Gayana Samaja Bangalore has organized Thalavadyotsav 2012.

Since Sunday July 15, the stage has been abuzz with eclectic Carnatic performances by musicians par excellence including the Rudrapatnam brothers, TS Sathyavathy and TV Shankaranarayan. There were also interesting talks by e by musicians par excellence including the Rudrapatnam brothers, TS Sathyavathy and TV Shankaranarayan.

There were also interesting talks by experts like TK Murthy, who took connoisseurs through the reminiscences of Mani Iyer’s life. On July 17, percussionist BR Srinivas drew a parallel between musicians Palaghat Mani Iyer and Palaghat Raghu.

Coming up over the next few days are performances by Jayanthi Kumaresh, a jugalbandhi between Praveen Godkhindi and MK Pranesh and a duet by Mysore M Nagaraj and Mysore M Manjunath.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Bangalore / by Nirmala Govindarajan / TNN / July 17th, 2012

Biocon seeks marketing alliances in several emerging markets

Business & Economy, Leaders, Science & Technology

MUMBAI:

Bangalore-based Biocon is planning to forge partnerships as well as leverage existing alliances to augment the access and penetration of its biosimilar molecules.

“We are investing in augmenting our manufacturing, research and marketing base to pursue strong and sustained growth. This includes our first overseas manufacturing facility in Malaysia, a new state-of-the-art research centre in Bangalore, and a number of marketing alliances in several emerging markets,” Biocon chairperson & managing director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said in the company’s annual report.

The company has regional partners in 32 geographies including Brazil, Mexico, China and Japan.

“Building on our domestic experience, we have begun unlocking value in other emerging markets with recombinant human insulin (rh-Insulin), insulin analogs and monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), key products of our biosimilars portfolio,” Shaw said.

The company’s new insulin facility in Malaysia started last September and will help to take its biosimilar insulin and analogs to the global markets. The company is also looking at optimising its regional partnership approach to carve out a large slice of the global insulin market, the report said.

In the Novels portfolio, the company had received positive outcomes from phase III trial in Psoriasis for Itolizumab, the anti-CD6 molecule targeted at autoimmune disorders like plaque psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.

The Itolizumab successfully met all primary and secondary end points in the 52-week, double blind, and placebo controlled trial.

Its partner, Amylin had filed an IND in the US for phybrid, which is a novel biological entity targeted at diabetes and obesity. The molecule has entered into phase I clinical trials in the US markets.

Its biosimilar Trastuzumab has commenced multi- centric, phase III trials in the country, aimed at accessing the pie in emerging markets. The other molecules from its Mylan partnership are also due to enter clinics over the course of the next couple of years, the company said.

source: http://www.articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com / The Economic Times / Home> News> News by Industry> Healthcare/Biotech / PTI / July 15th, 2012

Florida Varsity Don delivers lecture at Microbiology Dept. in Gangotri

Nri's / Pio's, Science & Technology, World Opinion

Caption: Dr. Kalai Mathee, Founder Chairperson, Dept. of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, is seen with Prof. V.G.Talwar, Mysore University VC; Dr. Shubha Gopal, Chairperson, Dept. of Microbiology; Prof. Ravishankar Rai and others after signing the MoU at Crawford Hall.

Mysore, July 13

A UGC innovative-invited lecture series on Genes, Greens and 65 Roses- The Pseudomonas Aeruginosa connection, organised by the Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of Mysore, by Dr. Kalai Mathee, Founder Chairperson, Dept. of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, was held at the Microbiology Seminar Hall at Manasagangotri campus in city on Wednesday.

Dr. Kalai Mathee, speaking on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, said that it is a Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium that is capable of both aerobic and anaerobic growth and is abundant in various types of moist environments.

This opportunistic pathogen is commonly associated with hospital-acquired infection, mostly in immuno-compromised individuals, she added.

This bacterium is the second most frequently recovered pathogen from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, she said.

She also said that Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of severe and sometimes lethal infections of respiratory tract, urinary tract, intestines, eyes, ears and wounds and added that it has become a serious threat to immuno-compromised patients and was difficult to treat due to its increasing resistance to multiple antibiotics.

Dr. Kalai said that chronic infections with P. aeruginosa remains the most common case of morbidity and mortality among patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), an inherited genetic disease and the patients are usually prescribed antibiotic therapy.

She further said that the treatment often fails in CF patients due to emergence of resistant strains that produce mucus.

Dr. Kalai said P. aeruginosa can be found in: moist environment such as soil and water, lakes, streams, rivers, and other fresh waters, potable water sources such as sinks and showers, fresh fruits and vegetables etc.

The lecture explored the microbial ecology using metagenomic tools to determine bacterial diversity in the lungs of CF patients.

Research scholars from CFTRI, DFRL, Dept. of Microbiology, Bio-Chemistry, Bio-Technology and other departments attended. Prof. Ravishankar Rai, Dr. Shubha Gopal, Chairperson, Prof. Manja, former Director, DRDO, Dr. N.B.Ramachandra, Prof. Gopal Marate, Prof. Ramachandra Kini, Prof. Lokanath and others were present.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / July 13th, 2012

2,000 Scientists gather at city Infosys

Science & Technology, World Opinion

Deliberate on space studies

Mysore, July 14

More than 2,000 scientists from 75 countries have gathered at the Narayana Murthy Centre of Excellence (Infosys campus, Hebbal) in city to deliberate on contemporary topics in the realm of space over the weekend.

The week-long gathering will witness presentations on over 3,600 scientific papers, posters and reports through more than 630 sessions, according to Indian Space Research Organi-sation (ISRO), which is hosting the event — 39th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) with the theme ‘Space — for the benefit of Mankind’.

This conference is cohosted by Infosys Limited. The conference starts with ‘International Academy of Astronautics day’ today and the scientific sessions of COSPAR will start from July 15. The opening and awards ceremony of the conference will be held on July 16.

Accommodations

Apart from the boarding and lodging facilities provided for the delegates in the Infosys campus, rooms in more than 26 major hotels of city have been booked for the delegates, it is learnt.

Tight security arrangement has been provided by the N.R. Sub Division Police led by ACP C.D. Jagadeesh, with 150 Police personnel posted at the campus. Sniffer dogs squad, finger-prints experts and bomb detection squad have been checking every nook and corner of the campus since the past three days and will be posted there for three days after the event too.

Prof. U. R. Rao, former Chairman of ISRO, is Chairing the COSPAR Scientific Programme Committee. Dr. Giovanni F. Bignami, Chairman of European Space Agency’s Advisory Council, is the current President of COS-PAR, founded in 1958 by the International Council for Science. COSPAR is one of the foremost space science research associations.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News/ July 14th, 2012

 

Meghana, Fakeerappa sparkle

Sports
Bangalore, July 14,2012 DHNS:

High jumpers Jesse, Srishti shine as Karnataka win four gold on second day.

Meghana Shetty and Fakeerappa V Bangi conquered the hurdles events in style while Jesse Sandesh and Srishti Sunil soared to gold medals in high jump as Karnataka enjoyed a profitable day in the 9th National Youth Athletics Championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Saturday.

Meghana set a meet record en route to the girls’ 100M hurdles gold medal, asserting her status as the best in the country in her category at the moment. She had won the Junior Federation Cup gold earlier in the season and picked up a bronze in the Senior inter-state meet last month in Hyderabad.

Belgaum boy Fakeerappa dominated the boys 110M hurdles while Jesse proved a cut above in the high jump pit. Srishti had to endure a close battle in high jump, finishing first on a countback with 1.54 metres as  Karnataka finished the day with four gold medals.
The 17-year-old Meghana, a trainee of VR Beedu clocked 14.06 seconds to improve upon the meet record of 14.43 set by Haryana’s Pooja in 2004. The II PU student of Mount Carmel College had a quick start and led all the way through to fetch Karnataka their first gold of the day.

Fakeerappa, hailing from Bijaguppi but training in Sports Authority of India’s Dharward centre under PC Jagannathan, too was a comfortable winner, clocking 14.51 seconds for his first gold medal at the national level.  He had won two silver medals in the Junior Nationals in hurdles and pentathlon two years ago at the same venue. C Shivakumar, also of Karnataka took the bronze.

Gaonkar-ward Jesse, had unveiled his potential in the State meet a few days ago with a 2.06M leap, went down a notch but still clinched the gold medal, sailing past the bar at 2.04 metres.

Late in the evening, Orissa’s Dutee Chand completed a double, equalling the meet and national records in the girls’ 200 metres in 24.49 seconds. Ranjita Mahanta had set the mark two years ago.

Dutee had won the 100M on Friday, with Ruma Sarkar and Himashree Roy of Bengal taking silver and bronze. On Saturday, Himashree took the silver and Ruma the bronze.
Results: Boys: 200M: Ramanand (Madhya Pradesh) 22.08 seconds, 1; Kamberdeep Singh (Punjab) 22.31, 2; Gaurang Rajendra Ambre (Maharashtra) 22.47, 3.

110M hurdles: Fakeerappa V Bangi (Karnataka) 14.51 seconds, 1; Rahul Kumar Mishra (Jharkhand) 14.63, 2; C Shivakumar (Karnataka) 14.91, 3.
2000M steeple chase: Loverinder Singh (Jharkhand) 6:04.14, 1; Vivek (Rajasthan) 6:12.05, 2; Shijo Rajan (Kerala) 6:16.59 3. High jump: Jesse Sandesh (Karnataka) 2.04 metres, 1; Sreenith Mohan (Kerala) 2.02, 2; Ajay Kumar (Haryana) 2.00, 3.   Discus throw: Sachin (Haryana) 56.67 metres, 1; Ashok Kumar (Madhya Pradesh)
51.63, 2; Rajat Kumar (Orissa) 44.59, 3.

Octathlon: Akit Sani (Haryana) 5539 points, 1; Amolak Singh (Maharashtra) 5237, 2; Amal Manohar (Kerala) 5093, 3. Javelin throw: Parvinder Kumar (Haryana) 66.09 metres (NMR. Old: 64.09, Naveen Kumar), 1; Satyendra Kumar (UP) 63.09, 2; Shiv Pal Singh (UP) 61.85, 3.

Girls: 200M: Dutee Chand (Orissa) 24.49 seconds (Equalled National Record) 1; Ruma Sarkar (Bengal) 25.12, 2; Himashree Roy (Bengal) 25.13, 3.
100M hurdles: Meghana Shetty (Karnataka) 14.06 seconds, (NMR. Old: 14.43, Pooja) 1; Arya T S (Kerala) 14.81, 2; Dhanalakshmi (Tamil Nadu) 15.03, 3. 2000M steeple chase: Neha (MP) 8:24.71, 1; Safeeda M P (Kerala) 8:25.47, 2; Lovely Tiwari (MP) 10:23.34, 3. High jump: Srishti Sunil (Karnataka) 1.54 metres, 1; Nikita Kochrekar (Maharashtra) 1.54, 2; Sangeetha P G (Kerala) 1.54, 3.

Discus throw: Manisha (Haryana) 39.62 metres, 1; Jyoti (Haryana) 38.68, 2; J S Priyanka (Karnataka) 36.52, 3.
Javelin throw: Kumari Sharmila (Haryana) 47.09 metres, 1; Abha Khatun (Bengal) 40.50, 2; Prajitha C K (Kerala) 38.91, 3.

source: http://www.Deccan Herald.com / Home> Sports / DHNS, Bangalore / July 14th, 2012

Karnataka on way to retaining crown

Sports
Chennai,July 14,2012 DHNS

Likith SP sparkled with yet another national record as Karnataka stayed on course to retain the overall title in the 39th Junior National Aquatic Championships at the Velachery Aquatic Complex here on Saturday.

Defending champions Karnataka won eight gold medals on the penultimate day. Likith, who lowered the 100M breaststroke national mark on the first day, clocked two minutes 20.12 seconds to pocket the boys’ Group II 200M individual medley title. The Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre swimmer in the process erased the nine-year old mark of 2:22.21 created by Aditya Sangvekar of Maharashtra.

Results: Boys: Group I: 400M freestyle: Mitesh Manoj Kunte (Kar) 4:12.52, 1; Ajay A (Kar) 4:15.52, 2; Vedant Rao (Mah) 4:18.87, 3. 200M backstroke: Pranam B (Kar) 2:12.10, 1; Rohit Imoliya (MP) 2:14.30, 2; T Sethu Manickavel (TN) 2:17.50, 3.
50M butterfly: Rakshith U Shetty (Kar) 26.69 seconds, 1; Bobby Rana (Dli) 26.93, 2; A Govind Chakkaravarthy (TN) 27.00, 3.

200M individual medley: Arvind M (Kar) 2:14.60, 1; R Vishak (TN) 2:19.52, 2; Akhilesh Ram (Kar) 2:20.06, 3.

Group II: 400M freestyle: Md Yaqoob Saleem (Kar) 4:27.83, 1; Amitesh Raghav (Mah) 4:29.60, 2; Ishaan Jaffer (Mah) 4:29.75, 3. 200M backstroke: P Mukundhan (TN) 2:22.92, 1; Vedant Seth (Dli) 2:23.01, 2; M Kireety (AP) 2:26.15, 3. 50M butterfly: Shubham Upadhyay (MP) 27.38, 1; Ishaan Mehra (Mah) 28.60, 2; N Sriniram (TN) 28.77, 3.
200M individual medley: Likith SP (Kar) 2:20.12, NR (2:22.21, Aditya Sangvekar, Maharashtra, 2003) 1; Jason Smith (Mah) 2:20.81. BMR; Shwejal Mankar (Mah) 2:26.54, 3.

Girls: Group I: 800M freestyle: Pratima Kollali (Kar) 9:38.87, 1; Anusha Mehta (TN) 9:44.84, 2; Ashritha N Bharadwaj (Kar) 9:51.61, 3. 50M backstroke: Ananya Panigrahi (Mah) 2:32.23, 1; R Sushmitha (TN) 2:32.42, 2; Tulasi R Haritsa (Kar) 2:32.62, 3.
50M butterfly: Shivani Kataria (Har) 30.33 seconds, 1; Mugdha Mallareddy (TN) 30.35, 2; Rujuta Bhatt (Mah) 30.49, 3.

200M individual medley: Priyanka Priyadrshni (Dli) 2:30.00, 1; Kanchi Desai (Mah) 2:31.72, 2; VKR Meenakshi (TN) 2:32.21, 3.
Group II: 1500M freestyle: Aakanksha Vora (Mah) 18:03.83, NR (Old: 18:26.99, Surabhi Tipre, Maharashtra, 2007) 1; Nikita Bhaiya (TN) 19:25.78, 2; Nivya Raja (TN) 19:55.29, 3.
50M backstroke: Neha Prasad (Mah) 2:32.31, 1; Gitanjali Pandey (Guj) 2:32.73, 2; Akanksha Mahapatro (Dli) 2:37.99, 3.

50M butterfly: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 30.48 seconds, 1; Sherlyn Meghna Devadason (TN) 31.32, 2; Akanksha Mahapatro (Dli) 31.34, 3.
200M individual medley: Aakanksha Vora (Mah) 2:29.44, NR (Old: 2:31.43, Kanchi Desai, Maharashtra, 2010) 1; A V Jayaveena (TN) 2:30.03, 2. BMR; Akanksha Mahapatro (Dli) 2:35.57, 3.

Water polo (semifinals): Boys: Bengal bt Karnataka 7-1. Girls: Kerala bt Karnataka 12-1.

source: http://www.DeccanHerald.com / Home> Sports/ DHNS, Chennai, July 14th, 2012

Govt schools to start LKG, UKG

Education

Bangalore:

Now on, the government schools will start providing kindergarten classes as well. As many as 31 government schools in Bangalore Rural will get LKG and UKG classes from this academic year.

The initiative is part of a pilot project headed by the department of public instruction and department of women and child welfare. The classes will be held either in the anganwadi centres if they are attached to the schools or free classrooms in the government schools. The project was taken up after the realization that many parents are attracted to private schools as they offer kindergarten.

This was attributed as one of the reasons why the enrollment dropped in the government run schools. The 31 government higher primary schools will also begin class 8 as part of the continuous comprehensive evaluation system. The system considers class 6 to 8 as higher primary and class 9 and 10 as high school.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Bangalore / by Sruthy Susan Ullas / TNN / July 09th, 2012