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May 15
A 15-inch tall “Humanoid” made by a 14-year-old boy was one of the attractions at the State-level exhibition of projects made by engineering students at the Sahyadri College here on Saturday.
The machine made by Vinay C.K from Bagalkot obeys his commands. It also dances with a ball given by him.
Vinay was the youngest of the 230 students exhibiting their concepts at this year’s “Srishty”, the annual State-level project exhibition and competition organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s Karnataka unit. This exhibition is part of the three-day event held on the campus of Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management.
The young Vinay’s humanoid will be among some of the robots exhibited under hobby projects section.
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May 14
Cheers Bagalkotians,
If everything goes well, a radio frequency (RF) remote-controlled robot developed by a young engineer from Bagalkot will soon become a part of the Indian Army. Naveen Raghavendra Shirur, an alumnus of Basaveshwara Engineering College, has already met the Army’s deputy chief (information systems and training) Lt Gen Ramesh Halagali and explained about various features of his smallest (RF) remote-controlled surveillance robot.
Features of his Robot:
The robot can survey the movements of enemies,
He claims that the robot, which is 6.1cm in length, 5.1cm in height and 5.4cm in width, cannot be easily noticed by enemies.
“The cameras fixed in the robot will send audio and video signals to the servers. We can operate it from remote places. One major feature of the robot is that it can also function as an explosive if enemies trace it. The robot will explode when enemies lift it from the ground,”
Naveen’s Reaction:
Naveen said that during his meeting with Let Gen Ramesh, the officer told him that it was a first of its kind robot he had seen in his entire career. “He appreciated my efforts and also assured me that the matter will be discussed with the scientists of Indian Army Robotic Research Centre,” he added.
Naveen’s Achievments:
source: TOI
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May 13
‘Srishti 2012,’ is a platform for innovation. It gives an opening for conceptualisation, thought process, development and invention, said Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda after inaugurating the State-level project exhibition and competition organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat at Sahyadri College of Engineering in Mangalore on Saturday.
One could see racing cars, flying helicopters, electricity generating machines, and other eye-catchy innovations at the venue.
Students of Basaweshwara Engineering college from Bagalkot had put up a display of different cars designed by them.
Speaking to Deccan Herald, College Student Suresh Kadly explained that the team has created ‘F3800’ racer, an 800cc, 15 HP racing car. The car runs on a petrol engine and has been used by the college in inter-university racing competitions.
The college team has also designed a dirt racing car which can easily be driven in deserts, trenches, grasslands.
“We have designed a quad-bike which can climb a hill of 35 degree inclination. This bike is given four wheels for stability and has independent suspension in front and mono-suspension in the back,” says BEC college student Venugopal.
source:deccan herald
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May 11
Karnataka’s minister for large and medium industries, Murgesh Nirani said on the occasion of planning of a 20-kilometre long tunnel between Sakaleshpur and Gundya in the Western Ghats to provide a speedy connection from Bangalore to Mangalore,
“We have commissioned a feasibility study to include other important upcoming industrial clusters like Tumkur, Chitradurga, Dharwad and Bagalkot in this industrial corridor which will be developed on the lines of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor,”.
Lets hope that Bagalkot will fuss more and more Indusrtial Investers in future.
click here to check all Industries in and around Bagalkot.
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May 07
Hindu priests in the south Indian state of Karnataka toss babies from the rooftop of a temple onto a cloth held by waiting men, believing that this will make them grow stronger.
Thanks to their parents and a deep-rooted belief, babies in the Bagalkot district of south India’s Karnataka state unwittingly found themselves being tossed off the roof of a temple onto a sheet held by men waiting below, in a ritual that is believed to make them stronger.
On Monday, large crowds of devotees gathered at the Marutheshwara temple near Mudhol town in Bagalkot district to observe the ritual, locally known as ‘Okali’.
Eager parents presented their babies, who were between the ages of three months and two years, to priests at the temple who tossed them from the temple roof onto a cloth borne by a group of men standing below.
Though the ritual often evokes criticism, it is defended by devotees and priests, who feel that their belief necessitates a ritual that places babies at such huge risk.
A trustee of the Marutheshwara temple, Basavaraj, said that the ritual was an age-old one and it was important that it be respected.
“This is a ritual that we have been observing from ancient times. The important thing is for us to have the spirit of worship in our hearts, because true worship is from the heart,” he said.
source:telegraph.co.uk
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May 05
“Museum”, it is built in the “Cultural Complex”, Navanagar ,Bagalkot.
You will realise the real culture and tradition of Bagalkot and surroundings of Bagalkot dt,
Hats off! Artistes!, you will feel like real people are are busy in their day to day activities, but they are all concrete statues, that what the Bagalkot Museum is! , photos will tell you the rest..
photos by Sanjeev Gumaste
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Apr 23
Though, six trade unions of KSRTC and BMTC have announced to go on indefinite strike from April 27 demanding pay hike and equal pay for all NWKRTC, NEKRTC, BMTC and KSRTC, the higher officials of KSRTC and BMTC have no back-up plans.
AITUC, CITU, Indian National Trade union congress (INTUC), KSRTC and BMTC United Employees union and Akhila Karnataka Rajya Rashte Sarige noukarara Sangha as well as two SC/ST employees union will be participating in the strike.
KR Vijay Kumar, spokesperson for the joint committee formed by the six associations said that the reason behind the strike is that, since 1996, every wage hike has been done without proper consultation with the unions, as trade unions have been shunned out since 1996. Employees of the state’s transport unit in districts such as Hubli, Chickmaglur, Bagalkot, Mysore, Gulbarga and Bangalore will be participating in the strike and demand equal pay for all NWKRTC, NEKRTC, BMTC as well as KSRTC.
If the expected 1,10,000 drivers, conductors and traffic inspectors and traffic controllers join the strike, services in the city will be hit; nevertheless, officials are not perturbed.
KR Srinivas, managing director, BMTC, said he was ‘confident’ that BMTC employees will not participate in the strike. “We are not expecting a problem at all,” he said.
“We do not expect more than 400 people to join the strike,” said a KSRTC official. “This is not going to have much of an effect on our services considering that of the 1,10,000 employees of KSRTC, 4,000-5,000 are always on leave on any given day,” said a senior official in KSRTC.
With regard to the pay hike, she said, “Proposal for a hike in pay has been sent to the state government. The hike is the highest in the history of KSRTC and we are only waiting for the government to give an official approval.”
source:dnaindia
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Apr 18
With Karnataka being one of the six states with a high prevalence of HIV infected persons, the arrival of Red Ribbon Express in the city on Monday has instilled hope among organisations working towards prevention of AIDS and eradication of myths associated with it.
After inaugurating the Express, state law minister Suresh Kumar said, “We need to take up the issue like Indians took to the Quit India movement in 1942, especially considering that we have three districts in our state with a chronic prevalence of HIV (Belgaum, Bijapur and Bagalkote).”
There are certain myths about AIDS due to lack of adequate knowledge about the disease. “Those affected by AIDS need our support and help and not face discrimination based on ignorance,” he added.
Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society, the National AIDS Control Society and other organisations working for those affected by the disease hope this campaign will provide some perspective towards prevention of the dreaded disease, as well as addressing the discrimination faced by the affected persons.
Such a long journey
Cited as the world’s biggest mid media campaign on AIDS, the Red Ribbon Express is a specially designed exhibition train on HIV and AIDS. It began its journey on Dec 2007 and in the first phase covered 180 stations across 24 states and directly reached out to 6.2 million people, spreading the message of AIDS prevention and treatment.
Phase 2 began on Dec 1, 2009, covering 25,000 km, and it stopped at 152 stations, across 22 states.
During the current phase 3, the train will stop at 162 stations across 23 states. The train arrived in the city after touching five districts of Belgaum, Harihara (Davangere), Dharwad, Gadag and Bidar. It will be at the Cantonment station till 6 pm on Tuesday, after which it will leave for Ashokapuram in Mysore and Kolar.
In the five districts of the state, more than 2.25 lakh people visited the exhibition and 3,148 voluntarily underwent the AIDS tests.
Student push for exhibition
The third phase of the train’s journey through the country began this year on January 12 (National Youth Day). The speakers at the inaugural function called on the youth to be careful in their daily behaviour.
Over 100 students of the Karnataka Vidhyarthi Koota (KVK) organised a signature campaign and a procession in Shivajinagar area to spread the message of blood donation and the need to undergo AIDS tests.
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