April 2022 – Page 7 – Global Records India

** Use of atom for peace to increase manifold, says BARC scientist

GITAM School of Science hosts 102nd DAE BRNS-IANCAS workshop on ‘Radiochemistry and Applications of Radioisotopes’

The peaceful use of atom (atomic energy) is going to increase manifold in the coming years in areas such as power, medicine, food, agriculture, sludge hygienisation and sterilisation, said S. Kannan, director, Radiochemistry and Isotope Group at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)-Mumbai.

He was delivering a keynote address on ‘DAE at a glance’ as part of the inaugural ceremony of 102nd DAE BRNS-IANCAS National Workshop on ‘Radiochemistry and Applications of Radioisotopes’ at GITAM School of Science (SoS) on Monday.

Participating as chief guest, Mr. Kannan said 22 nuclear power plants are currently operating in the country with a total installed capacity of 6,780 MW and 10 more are under construction. In addition, there are research reactors operating at Trombay and Kalpakkam which are used for basic and applied research, radioisotope production and testing of materials. The radio-isotopes produced from these research and power reactors are used for radiation sterilisation of medical products, production of radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear medicine and cancer treatment.

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** Governor inaugurates Indian Art History Congress

Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday inaugurated the 29th session of the annual Indian Art History Congress (IAHC) on “Indian Iconography with Special Emphasis on Regional Developments” jointly organised by the Indian Art History Congress, Guwahati, and the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Institute of Indological Research (CPRIIR) at the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, Alwarpet.

** KLS GIT wins award

Students of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, have won top prizes in the ‘ICT Design Now’ national competition held in Chennai recently.

A team of Jeetendra and Prathamesh won the first prize with a cash prize of ₹50,000. The team of Anish and Pranjali from the Aeronautical Department bagged the second prize with cash prize of ₹25,000. The team of Ashish P. and Abhinav R. qualified for the top 10. Over 70 teams from engineering and other colleges had participated.

Management members, Jayant Kittur, principal, faculty members V.S. Majali, and T.R. Anil, advisor Harshit B. Kulkarni, and others congratulated the teams.

** Praveen wins hearts, Jyothi hurdles to glory, Nayana takes long jump gold

The results:

Men: 110m hurdles: 1. Siddhanth Thingalaya (Mah) 14.08s, 2. Tarundeep Bhatia (Pun) 14.27s, 3. M. Krishik (Kar) 14.60s. High jump: 1. Sarvesh Kushare (Mah) 2.25m, 2. R. Mannivannan (TN) 2.15m, 3. Jesse Sandesh (Kar) 2.15m.

3000m steeple chase: 1. Shankar Lal Swami (Har) 8:32.01, 2. Balkishan (Har) 8:38.32, 3. Prince Raj Sharma (Skm) 8:41.42. Shot put: 1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Pun) 19.12m, 2. Karanveer Singh (Pun) 19.07m, 3. Naresh Antil (Har) 18.00m.

Women: 100m hurdles: 1. Yarraji Jyothi (AP) 13.09s, 2. Moumita Mondal (Ben) 13.78s, 3. C. Kanimozhi (TN) 13.88s. Long jump: 1. Nayana James (Ker) 6.47m, 2. Ancy Sojan (Ker) 6.33m, 3. Sandra Babu (Ker) 6.32m.

3000m steeple chase: 1. Komal Jagadale (Mah) 9:47.86, 2. Richa Bhadauriya (UP) 10:14.53, 3. G. Maheshwari (Tel) 10:47.30. Javelin: 1. Annu Rani (UP) 61.15m, 2. Shilpa Rani (Har) 55.72m, 3. Sanjana Choudhary (Raj) 54.19m.

** After 30 years, Indian-American hopes to reunite with his birth mother

Thomas Kumar Johnson, 32, an American national of Indian origin, who was given up for adoption through a social welfare organisation in Tiruchi at the age of two, has made it his life’s mission to be reunited with his biological mother.

Such is his passion to meet the woman identified only as ‘Mary’ in his adoption documents (her father ‘Soosai’ is the other person mentioned), that he quit his job in Chicago as a climate change policy expert last year to launch the search in earnest and is now in Tiruchi.

** Chennai to host Edinburgh’s Royal College of Surgeons’ conference in October

This is the first time the 517-year-old institution will hold meet outside England

The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, will hold its first international conference in Chennai in October.

This is the first time the 517-year-old institution will hold a meeting outside England, said its first Indian vice-president Pala Rajesh.

The three-day conference, ‘Beyond COVID-19: Impact and innovation’, will have sessions in various specialities for doctors and a training symposium for postgraduate medical students.

The training session will be held in the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.

According to him, the event, being held from Oct. 5 to 8, would be a knowledge-sharing platform where doctors from across the globe and all specialities would share their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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** Portal launched for ease of doing business in broadcast

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday launched the “Broadcast Seva Portal”, an online portal aimed at improving ease of doing business in the broadcast industry.

This will be an online portal solution for speedy filing and processing of applications of broadcasters for various kinds of licences, permissions, registrations and so on, the Ministry said.

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said the government had harnessed technology to bring transparency in the system. “The Broadcast Seva Portal will reduce the turnaround time of applications and at the same time will help applicants track their progress. This portal will reduce the human interface that was required earlier and thus add to capacity building of the Ministry and will be a major step towards ease of doing business,” he said.

Thakur said it would facilitate stakeholders in seeking permissions, applying for registration, tracking applications, calculating fee and executing payments.

** Inc’s biggest merger: Merged HDFC entity to overtake TCS, second only to RIL

In the biggest merger in the history of India Inc, mortgage firm HDFC Ltd will merge with HDFC Bank, creating a banking behemoth with a market capitalisation of Rs 14 lakh crore.

After the merger, HDFC Bank will be 100 per cent owned by public shareholders, and existing shareholders of HDFC Ltd will own 41 per cent of HDFC Bank. Shareholders of HDFC Ltd will receive 42 shares of HDFC Bank (face value of Re 1 each) for 25 shares of HDFC Ltd of Rs 2 each — a ratio of 1:1.68.

Following the announcement by HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, HDFC Bank shares shot up by 9.97 per cent to Rs 1,656.45 on the BSE Monday. HDFC Ltd shares rose by 9.30 per cent to close at 2,678.90.

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** Jilna, a mother of an 18-month-old daughter, returns to fast lane, wins silver in 100 metres

In the last eight months, sprinter Jilna VM who finished second behind India’s fastest runner Dutee Chand in 100m at the Fed Cup on Sunday, has met her 18-month-old daughter just once. The 24-year-old Kerala athlete has been training in Kollam, about seven hours by road from her in-law’s house in Palakkad where her child and father stay. Despite it being just an overnight journey, Jilna refrains from visiting home as it would disrupt her training.

“Since I am away for so long that during one of our calls she called me chechi (elder sister) instead of mother. It hurt. It feels terrible that I can’t be with my own baby but if I go for even one day, my training pattern will derail. I have worked really hard to get back in shape after childbirth. I am doing sports for my passion and family so this is a cross I will have to bear,” says Jilna, who is competing in her first competition post her daughter’s birth.

** India’s Rickey Kej and Falguni Shah win big at 2022 Grammy Awards

Rickey Kej earned his second coveted gramophone trophy in the best new album category for Divine Tides. Falguni Shah, a New York-based Indian singer known by her stage name Falu, won her first Grammy Award for A Colorful World in the best children’s album category.

A Mumbai-born singer went to the US and made her career in music, while the other, born in the US, moved back to India, the country of his parents’ birth. The ‘crossover’ stars Falguni Shah and Rickey Kej have now won their respective Grammy Awards.

At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards held on Sunday night in Las Vegas, Kej earned his second coveted gramophone trophy in the best new album category for Divine Tides, his collaboration with The Police drummer Stewart Copeland.

Shah, a New York-based Indian singer known by her stage name Falu, won her first Grammy Award for A Colorful World in the best children’s album category.