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LOCKDOWN 2.0 WHAT’S ALLOWED, WHAT’S NOT Guidelines for the extended coronavirus lockdown, to take effect from April 20
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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಬ್ಲೂ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಬೆಳೆಗಾರರಿಗೆ ಖುಷಿಯಾಗುವಂತ ಸುದ್ದಿ ನೀಡಲು ತೋಟಗಾರಿಕೆ ಸಚಿವ ಡಾ. ನಾರಾಯಣ ಗೌಡ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಂದಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು 15- ಸುಮಾರು 662 ಹೆಕ್ಟೇರ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಬ್ಲೂ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಬೆಳೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತೆ. ಕೊವಿಡ್ 19 ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಮಾರಾಟವಾಗದೆ ರೈತರು ಸಂಕಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಲುಕುವಂತಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಈ ಸಂಬಂಧ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಿದ ಸಚಿವರು, ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಪರಿಹಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಂದಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಬ್ಲೂ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿಯನ್ನ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಗ್ರಾಮಾಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ 400 ಹೆಕ್ಟೇರ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 10 ಸಾವಿರ ಟನ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರದಲ್ಲಿ 262 ಹೆಕ್ಟೇರ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 5420 ಟನ್ನಷ್ಟು ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಬೆಳೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತೆ. ರೈತರ ಹಿತದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಈ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿಯನ್ನ ಡಿಸ್ಟಿಲರಿಸ್ ಗೆ ಬಳಸುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಚಿಂತಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸದ್ಯ ಡಿಸ್ಟಿಲರಿಸ್ ಕಂಪೆನಿಗಳು ಕಾರ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಕಂಪೆನಿಗಳನ್ನ ಆರಂಭಿಸಬೇಕು. ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಬ್ಲೂ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿಯನ್ನ ಡಿಸ್ಟಿಲರಿಸ್ಗೆ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಅಬಕಾರಿ ಸಚಿವ ಡಾ. ಹೆಚ್ ನಾಗೇಶ್ ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಚಿವ ಡಾ. ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡ ಅವರು ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ವಿಕಾಸ ಸೌಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಕುರಿತು ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದು, ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುವ ಕಾರಣ ಈ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನ ತತ್ಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಮಾಡುವಂತೆಯೂ ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸಚಿವ ನಾರಾಯಣ ಗೌಡ ಅವರ ಮನವಿಗೆ ಸ್ಪಂಧಿಸಿರುವ ಅಬಕಾರಿ ಸಚಿವರು ನಾಳೆಯೇ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಡಿಸ್ಟಿಲರಿಸ್ ಘಟಕಗಳ ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತೇನೆ ಎಂದು ಭರವಸೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಅತಿಶೀಘ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಕ್ರಮ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದಾಗಿಯೂ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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CMRIT produces protective face shield for COVID-19 warriors
Face shield costs Rs 30 and can be fabricated rapidly to meet nation’s demand
Bengaluru: With the nation’s healthcare fraternity facing shortage in Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to tackle Covid-19, Bengaluru-based CMR Institute of Technology (CMRIT) has developed a face shield that can be mass-produced rapidly and at a low cost.
The face shields can be worn over regular masks to protect Covid-19 warriors like healthcare workers, police personnel, volunteers and workers of the civic agencies. OHP sheet, plastic tube and elastic bands have been used to develop the face shield.
The first batch of 300 face shields, fabricated by five students and staff of the CMRIT, were donated to the Bengaluru Police.
“CMRIT has been at the forefront of innovation and the situation provided a good opportunity for students to develop a product for the benefit of society. Face shield is the first of such products from CMRIT. Many such innovations are in the pipeline,” said Dr. Sanjay Jain, Principal, CMRIT.
This shield (Rs 30 per unit) has been developed in collaboration with ANSU 3D Tech Pvt Ltd Bangalore and the design of the face shield was inspired by Pune’s Venture Center and Maker Asylum of Mumbai.
CMRIT faculty members involved in the face shield project, Dr Sagar Baligidad and Anjan Kumar, said, “These face shields must be mass produced rapidly and at a low cost because they are disposable. Our technique combines low-cost materials with a high-rate of manufacturing that has potential of meeting the need for face shields nationwide.”
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A Teaching & Technology Revolution that is going to change learning in India
11.04.2020 : The discontinuation of classroom learning due to COVID-19 lockdown is bound to impact the nation’s 200 million student community negatively, if educational institutions and the government do not proactively change the standard methodology of teaching asap.
A beginning has already been made by some schools and institutions, who have quickly embraced e-learning solutions that have the potential to reboot and reset the Indian Educational system. Caution should be taken while embracing new technology so that they are not quick fix solutions and will not lead to any sustainable learning outcomes.
Manipal Technologies Limited (MTL), one of India’s most trusted print and technology major, had forayed into online learning solutions way back in 2015. Partnering with the largest Kenya based publisher Longhorn Publisher PLC, MTL had developed and implemented the Longhorn Learning Platform across 150+ institutes in Kenya, that benefits over 250 thousand students. The learning management platform was built considering the poor and low internet connectivity.
(Image: Students in Kenya using the Longhorn Learning platform in classrooms)
According to Guruprasad Kamath, Vice President, Digital Solutions Business, Manipal Technologies Limited, “The platform, “MiClass”, was built keeping in mind the bandwidth challenges that can act as deterrents in full-fledged online education with streaming videos, etc. The platform uses e-textbooks, notes and assessments to keep students abreast with their regular curriculum and anyone with a basic smartphone can use it. The platform is light and available across both Android and iOS platforms, across the web and as a desktop app as well. Since it is light, it also negates the requirement of heavy data packs in continuing education from home.”
India, with more than 51,000 colleges and about 1.4 million schools can also take advantage of such technology in the current scenario. As of September 2019, India had more than 66 Million internet users in the age group of 5 to 11 years. India also has to overcome the challenge of teaching in vernacular languages in many of the primary and secondary schools.
Currently, all state and CBSE exams have been postponed. Professional institutes are continuing the classes using video conferencing methods to complete the syllabus. These ad-hoc methods are neither secure or provide a complete solution.
During a shift to remote teaching, one also needs to consider the low bandwidth availability, a mobile-first approach, and the language challenges that are unique to India. Over the last few weeks, there has been a significant surge of activities from the virtual classroom platforms and online course providers.
State governments in Karnataka and Telangana are mulling over using online teaching methods. Soon, other state governments might be onboard. Various state governments have already employed Smart Classes under the Smart City projects to teach the students with relevant audio-visuals effectively. However, extending that to the virtual classrooms are still one step behind.
These are the testing times and institutes might find significant cost saving on their infrastructure by transitioning to online teaching platforms. Powering up platforms like the ones built by Manipal Technologies Limited with language capabilities could be the future.
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200K people across 50 countries attend Online Sahaja Yoga Meditation during lockdown: Sahaja Yoga National Trust
Bengaluru, 15th April 2020 : As many as 200,000 people across 50 countries have attended online meditation sessions during last 20 days of lockdown, according to information from H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Sahaja Yoga Trust (National Trust).
The Youtube channel – Pratisthan, Pune of the Trust has seen around 2 million views with 7.31 lakh watch hours and over 13.2 million impressions in the lockdown period. Each viewer attended an average of 8.6 session and spent average of 23 minutes per visit, which is substantial as people look towards meditation to overcome anxiety during COVID19 lockdown.
On the Facebook Page – India SahajaYoga, 61,000 people watched over 16 thousand hours of meditation video. Additionally, everyday 1200 new people are joining new seekers sessions, run only for new seekers by Sahaja Yoga National Trust.
“Technology has enabled this unique way of collective meditation across countries. This will ensure sound physical and mental health of people. It will also help people in overcoming stress and anxiety, while attaining the wider objective of awakening the divine power within.” Dinesh Rai – Vice Chairman, HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Sahaja Yoga Trust (National Trust) said.
Interestingly, the visitors who attended Sahaja Yoga meditation collective sessions on their Youtube channel spread over 50 countries converted the sessions in their local languages for ensuring the benefits reach all people across the globe.
The free of cost meditation initiative has been taken up by volunteers through Kundalini Awakening and Self Realisation and is being conducted daily twice through various social media platforms like YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Mixlr and National TV which overcome geographic boundaries.
“We will continue to meditate collectively twice a day for forthcoming weeks for the protection and spiritual ascent,” he said.
The world is highly connected at the physical level as the spread of COVID19 has demonstrated. However, we as a human race are also connected at metaphysical level through our collective consciousness and this has been felt virtually by the followers of Sahaja Yoga.
Daily meditation sessions are conducted live at 5.30 AM and 7.00 PM (Indian Time) for Sahaja Yoga practitioners and at 5.30 PM for new seekers through Youtube, Facebook and Mixlr. The new Seeker session is joined daily by around 1200 new people. The queries are answered by the India tollfree helpline 1800 30 700 800 by volunteers across the country. Sahaja Yoga volunteers from across India manned 24*7 phone lines to provide adequate meditation related guidance to the new seekers for stay at home and meditate which saw number of contacts growing to over 500 calls per day by new unique contacts.
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