Month: August, 2022

Mysuru Heritage Treasure Hunt attracts over 100 participants
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Mysuru Heritage Treasure Hunt attracts over 100 participants

August 28, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: A Mysuru Heritage Treasure Hunt was organised by ‘Team Unbound’ this morning with the tagline ‘Rediscover Mysuru’. The event attempted to re-introduce Mysuru to the participants with unique tasks. It saw participation of over 110 people. The event was flagged off by DSD Solanki, popular as Tiger Solanki, an adventure enthusiast and Dr. Champa,…

Manipal Hospitals hold drawing contest for awareness on organ donation
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Manipal Hospitals hold drawing contest for awareness on organ donation

August 28, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Manipal Hospitals, Mysuru, had organised an awareness campaign on organ donation amongst children through drawing competition in city on Aug. 21. Chief of Medical Services of Manipal Hospitals, Mysuru, Dr. Upendra Shenoy and Consultant Nephrologist Dr. P.T. Vipin Kaverappa attended the event. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Vipin said, “There is a disproportionate gap…

NCC Alumni Association cleans Kukkarahalli Lake
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NCC Alumni Association cleans Kukkarahalli Lake

August 28, 2022

Appeals visitors, public to keep Lake premises clean Mysore/Mysuru: The members of NCC Alumni Association, Mysuru, along with Mysuru Ex-Servicemen Movement, Puneet Sagar Abhiyan, Youth for Seva and Jiv put in a combined effort to clear plastic litter discarded on the walking path and at other places in Kukkarahalli Lake on Aug. 21. Former NCC…

Retail cigarette sellers protest opposing move to introduce licence system
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Retail cigarette sellers protest opposing move to introduce licence system

August 28, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the State Government’s move to regulate retail cigarette and beedi sales by introducing licence, retail cigarette sellers under the banner of Karnataka Chapter of Federation of Retailers Association of India (FRAI), staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Friday. Pointing out that there are over 55,000 retail…

Training programme on ‘drug-design’
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Training programme on ‘drug-design’

August 28, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry of JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, had organised a five-day training programme on ‘Drug-Design, Synthesis and Spectral Analysis’ at its premises in Sri Shivarathreeshwara Nagara on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway recently. The training was for the faculty and research associates working in Pharmacy, Medical and Science Colleges across the country. In…

Annual get-together of Jayalakshmi Kodava Association held
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Annual get-together of Jayalakshmi Kodava Association held

August 28, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: The Seventeenth annual get-together of Jayalakshmi Kodava Association, Mysuru, was held on Aug. 14 at Kodagu Sahakara Sangha in Jayalakshmipuram. On the occasion, merit scholarship was awarded to the following children of members:  Machangada Srujana Ponnamma, Kaveri Somaiah, Taran Ponappa, Shivani Uthappa and Antriksh Kalappa. Dr. Macharanda Uthappa was honoured for securing his Ph.D…

Ramakrishnanagar Kodava Welfare Association Meet
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Ramakrishnanagar Kodava Welfare Association Meet

August 28, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: The 20th annual get-together of Ramakrishnanagar I Block Kodava Welfare Association and adjoining area residents was held on Aug.7 at The Roost Hotel in city. On the occasion, the Association felicitated Dr. Kodira A. Kushalappa, retd. IFS officer, for his service towards the preservation of Indian forests and in many organisations. Kotrangada Shreehan Subbaiah…

Natl. Conference on India Independence at 75
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Natl. Conference on India Independence at 75

August 28, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: To mark the. 75th anniversary of Indian Independence, Department of History and Social Sciences, Teresian College, Mysuru, in association with Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR); Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, Mysuru and in collaboration with TOUCAN Research and Development, Bengaluru, is organising a two-day inter-disciplinary National Conference on ‘India Independence at 75:…

Welcome to “Grand” Dasara
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Welcome to “Grand” Dasara

August 28, 2022

Are we well braced for a “Grand” Dasara that our Government has declared, in great aplomb and confidence, to celebrate this year’s Dasara beginning from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5 in a “grand way”? Can we expect the vainglorious Dasara zing to be back after a gap of two years caused by COVID-19 pandemic? I…

‘All-in-one’ spice tree
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‘All-in-one’ spice tree

August 28, 2022

Text & photographs by Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy Many plants possess distinctive aroma, flavour  or fragrance. The whole plant or some parts may be aromatic like root, wood, bark, foliage, flowers, fruits, seeds. They are called aromatic plants. Aromatic compounds are basically essential oils made up of low molecular weight terpenoid compounds (phenylpropenes and terpenes) which…

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