Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru, had organised a webinar on “Innovations and Advancements in Food Protection and Grain Storage” on Jan. 5. It was themed on five different research fields related to stored grain protection from insect infestation, namely, “Grain storage management”, “Pesticides and insect toxicology”,“Hermetic storage technology”, “Insect pest management” and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that it has become inevitable for the State Government to take some tight measures for checking the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, District Minister S.T. Somashekar has appealed the public for joining hands with the Government to eradicate the pandemic. In a press release issued on Friday in the wake of weekend…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Congress is determined to go on with its planned 10-day ‘ Mekedatu Padayatra ’ starting from Jan. 9, JD(S) MLC Marithibbegowda has appealed the Congress to defer its padayatra at least until the COVID pandemic, which is witnessing a sudden spurt in the past few days, shows signs of abating. In…
Mysore/Mysuru: The first week of the New Year has proved to be disastrous for city two-wheeler riders as at least half a dozen of them lost their lives in road accidents that took place in different parts of the city. In the latest road accident this morning, a woman, who was riding pillion on a…
Mysore/Mysuru: The first Annual Project Planner for JCI Zone 14 was held at Terapanth Bhavan in city recently. Zone President Kunal Manakchand inaugurated the first day’s seminar chaired by Zone Director for Programmes Jc Asha Jain. Past EVP Siddalingappa, who was the chief guest and keynote speaker PNP Ramesh Batavia addressed the gathering. Past President…
There are two basic forms of writing. One is prose and another verse. Prose is used in speaking and writing, distinct from verse. Prose follows a basic grammatical structure. In verse, poetry, there is compromise on grammar and even use of words and phrases. It is called poetic liberty. It follows a metrical structure. With…
Poet Laureate Rabindranath Tagore described him as a Prince among Men! Trained under Alfred Marshall and a close friend of renowned economist Maynard Keynes, N. S. Subba Rao embodied the very best of the intellectual traditions of Cambridge University. He was a visionary educationist who served the University of Mysore as a Lecturer, Professor, Principal…
Sir, As an ordinary citizen I am disappointed by the imposition of curfew during the weekends across Karnataka. As per Dr. Soumya Swaminathan of WHO, imposition of curfew is an exercise in futility and it only inconveniences the public. In what way a family traveling in a car on a Highway will increase the COVID…
Fighters of Elite Academy, Mysuru, have excelled in the WAKO National Kickboxing Championships-2021 organised by Amateur Sports Kickboxing Association, Maharashtra, at Balewadi, Pune, in September. Syed Abubakar clinched Gold medals in the Seniors Category while M. Satyanand bagged Gold and Silver Medal in the Sub-Junior category. Ahmed, Mohammed Adnaan, Mohamed Abaan and Mohamed Eshan won…
C.N. Varunya, a student of St. Joseph’s Central School, Vijayanagar, has won the Girls U-14 and U-16 State-level Mysore Junior Tennis Tournament organised by Topserve Tennis Academy at Mysore Tennis Club on Dec. 26. Daughter of Rotarian Naveen Chand and Rashmitha, Varunya is trained by Raghuveer, Ace Tennis Coach. In both U-14 and U-16 finals,…
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