Month: May 2021
** Bihar exports GI certified ‘Shahi Litchi’ to UK amid Covid-19 pandemic
Shahi Litchi is cultivated in over 15,000 hectares of land in Muzaffarpur.
** Innovative farming of green mussel yields bumper harvest in Kerala, sold out in no time
The IMTA combines farming of fish, seaweeds and filter feeding bivalves to create balanced systems for environmental and economic stability. CMFRI started the venture in December last year.
** Preparing for third Covid wave, Delhi imports 6,000 oxygen cylinders from China
** With affordable bionic arm, Hyderabad startup Makers Hive on a mission to enhance human potential
Today, thanks to the Hyderabad-based startup Makers Hive and its bionic arm, life is better. The prohibitive cost of prosthetic implants prompted co-founders Harsha Reddy Ponguleti, Pranav Vempati and Suren Marumamula to develop affordable prosthetic arms.
** Keralite entrepreneur crowned Classic Mrs Grand Universe India 2021
At a recently held virtual event of Classic Mrs Grand Universe pageant 2021, Kerala’s Dr Sasilekha Nair has won the title of Classic Mrs Grand Universe India 2021.
She will be now representing India at the Mrs Grand Universe pageant.
** Kerala farmer bags India Biodiversity Award 2021
Shaji .N.M., fondly called as ‘Tuber Man’ of Kerala has been awarded the India Biodiversity Award 2021 in the individual category of ‘Conservation of domesticated species’.
Mr. Shaji, who conserves a wide array of around 200 tuber crops including greater yam, lesser yam, elephant foot yam, arrow root, colocasia, sweet potato, cassava and Chinese potato in his farm has received State awards seven times for his efforts. He has also received the Plant Genome Savior Reward 2015, instituted by PPV&FR Authority, New Delhi.
** Journalist Rajkumar Keswani, who warned of Bhopal gas tragedy, dies of post COVID-19 complications
Keswani was associated with prominent outlets like New York Times, NDTV, Dainik Bhaskar, The Illustrated Weekly of India, Sunday, India Today and The Week
Rajkumar Keswani, an acclaimed journalist who had warned about irregularities that led to the Bhopal gas tragedy much before the world’s worst industrial disaster took place in 1984, died of post COVID-19 complications here on Friday, his son Raunaq said.
** Mathematician M.S. Narasimhan passes away
He made fundamental contributions to diverse fields in mathematics
Mudumbai Seshachulu Narasimhan, a towering figure in Indian science, passed away on May 15 in Bangalore; he would have turned 89 on June 7.
** INS Jalashwa reaches Vizag with 300 MT medical oxygen
Consignment includes more than 3,600 oxygen cylinders from Singapore and Brunei
In the largest consignment of liquid medical oxygen, Navy’s INS Jalashwa arrived in Visakhapatnam with 300 metric tonne of oxygen and more than 3,600 oxygen cylinders from Singapore and Brunei under the ongoing Operation Samudra Setu II, the Navy said on Sunday.