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Tour de Difference-2011' flagged off in city

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August 7, 2011

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Mangalore, August 7: 'Tour de Difference-2011', a cycling expedition by Make A Difference (MAD), a youth volunteer network to help underprivileged children was flagged off in front of City Centre Mall here on Sunday.


The cycling expedition was inaugurated by Yogish Bhat, MLA, who appreciated the efforts of MAD to help underprivileged children. Mohideen Bava, Owner, Mangalore United Cricket Team, Dr. Anand Venugopal, Professor of Radiology, KMC Mangalore and Samim Rizwi, International Cyclist, were present on the occasion.


Five volunteers namely Raichand, Phillip Bongartz, Sebastian Thele, Sudith Xavier and Prashanth Reddy will be cycling to 12 Indian cities (Mangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai, Vellore, Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram and Cochin), covering 4240 kilometers during the course of the trip in the months of August and September. Phillip Bongartz and Sebastian Thele have flown in from Germany to take part in this expedition.


The expedition is being organised to raise funds to support the MAD Mangalore chapter for its philanthropic services. Tour de Difference aims to raise Rs 100 for every kilometer the cyclists cover to meet the costs incurred by the Mangalore chapter of MAD on Cambridge syllabus textbooks for 300 children under its wings. It also aims to promote the importance of education to the future of our nation.


MAD along with its education partner, Cambridge University Press tries to empower children in orphanages, street shelters and poor homes by teaching them English.


MAD has close to 1000 volunteers teaching close to 3500 children in major cities of South India. It aims to educate underprivileged children so that they can select a career based on their aspirations and potential rather than their financial situation or background.


Tour de Difference will culminate in Mangalore on September 23rd. MAD Mangalore is organising a three day gala event called 'GO MAD!!' in association with City Centre from August 6.

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Bengaluru, Jan 16: Members and activists of social organisation Rakshana Vedike on Thursday staged a protest and demanded the arrest of BJP MLA Somashekhara Reddy, for his 'provocative' remarks and statements.

The protesters gathered near Gandhi’s statue near Maurya circle in the city and demanded that the BJP MLA should be arrested immediately.

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May 15,2020

Mangaluru, May 15: Dakshina Kannada saw a record spike in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases today, which triggered panic among the people of the district, which is currently under orange zone.   

According to the mid-day bulletin of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, as many as 16 people from Dakshina Kannada tested positive for the covid-19. 

Among them 15 are the Gulf returnees who were brought by an Air India Express special flight from Dubai to Mangaluru International Airport on May 12. 

As many as 179 repatriates had landed at Mangaluru Airport. Among them 125 are quarantined in Dakshina Kannada, 49 in Udupi and five in Uttara Kannada districts.  

Meanwhile, a 68-year-old woman from Surathkal area in Mangaluru, who is suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) was also tested covid-19 positive.

This is the highest number of cases reported in a single day since first case registered in the district on March 22 when Dubai-bound youth from Bhatkal was tested positive. 

With this the total number of covid-19 cases in the district mounted to 50 including five deaths. Many of them have returned home after recovery.

3 members of a family test positive

According to Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, three members of a same family are among 15 gulf returnees who are tested positive.  They are a 45-year-old man, his 33-year-old wife and their 6-year-old child. 

Six among those who tested positive today are above 60 years of age, said the deputy commissioner. 
 

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July 31,2020

Mangaluru, July 31: Coronavirus related deaths in Dakshina Kannada continued to surge, with the district administration recording five more fatalities in a day, thus taking the tally to 155.

The district has recorded multiple deaths every day from July 1 to 31. A majority of the deaths are due to comorbid conditions.

Among the five deaths reported today, a 47-year-old man from Mangaluru, was admitted to private hospital on July 30, and breathed his last on the same day. He was suffering from ARDS, Type 1 respiratory failure, COPD, Type II DM, HTN and died due to cardiac arrest.

Another patient was a 75-year-old man from Bantwal, who was admitted to a private hospital on July 23, and passed away on July 30. He was suffering from acute coronary syndrome, pneumonia (ARDS), metabolic encephalopathy, acute kidney injury, systemic hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The third patient was a 63-year-old man from Mangaluru, who was admitted to a private hospital on July 18, and passed away on July 30. He was suffering from ARDS, septic shock, renal failure, and secondary bacterial infection.

The fourth patient was an 88-year-old woman from Davanagere, who was admitted to a private hospital on July 9, and passed away on July 30. She was suffering from septic shock, and secondary bacterial infection.

The fifth patient was a 75-year-old man from Mangaluru. He was admitted to Wenlock hospital on July 15, and passed away on July 30. He was suffering from refractory ARDS, septic shock, renal failure, acute coronary event, arrhythmias, pulmonary thromboembolism, and hemoperitoneum.

The district administration said that though the above patients contracted coronavirus, the exact cause of their deaths is being investigated by a team of experts and their report is awaited.

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