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Mangaluru International Airport's taxiway to be extended to 2,400 metres

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July 16, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 16: Mangaluru International Airport will soon have a long additional taxiway as the Board of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently approved the extension of the taxiway being built now to length of 2,400 metres long.

1taxiTaxiway is the stretch or the track connecting the runway with the apron (parking stand for aircrafts) in the terminal building. Aircraft use the taxiway for entry and exit from the parking stand to the runway.

The additional taxiway being built at the airport since August 2014 is 1,200 metres long and 23 metres wide. Its work is expected to be completed by next two months. The AAI board has now agreed and approved to extend the taxiway further by another 1,200 metres to make it a 2,400 metres long taxiway.

The current first phase work under progress is being implemented at a cost of Rs. 40 crore and second phase will cost Rs 106 crore as a deep valley has to be filled.

The additional taxiway particularly helps aircraft in saving time in the entry and exit from the parking stand to the runway. Airport Director J T Radhakrishna said that as of now, aircraft that are ready to take off have to wait for 10 to 15 minutes if their departure timing clashes with a flight that is scheduled to land, due to the procedures involved. It has to wait till the arriving plane completes its course on the runway and rolls into the apron.

With the additional taxiway in place, aircraft could move from the parking stand, wait in the additional taxiway and enter the runway for take off immediately after the plane that has landed exits the runway. Once the additional taxiway is ready, there would be separate and fixed entry and exit paths.

The additional taxiway particularly helps in the long run when the number of flights increases in the airport.

Mr. Radhakrishna said that bids for taking up the II Phase work is likely to be called in October. The works might start from January or February next. The contractor would have a year to complete the work, he added.

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Rajesh Sequira
 - 
Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

This is good news to hear that there is continuous development at Mangalore Airport.

Admadi
 - 
Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

Boss we dont need taxi/bus/train ways, we need only safest runways to land international flights. saale sab chor hi

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April 11,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 11:  Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of COVID-19, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the state government to announce a relief package for farmers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a video conference with Chief Ministers.

Taking to Twitter, Kumaraswamy wrote, "As the lock down continues, what action plan does the government have to tackle the challenges of ensuring marketing channels for farm produce with timely transport and ensuring uninterrupted supply of essential groceries to towns and cities?"

He later asked the government to act "swiftly and effectively".

"On one hand we see farmers throwing their produce in despair and losing their livelihoods. On the other hand supplies to towns are depleting. This is threatening both lives and livelihoods. The government must act swiftly and effectively," Kumaraswamy tweeted.

"I urge the state government to immediately announce relief package to farmers by way of direct benefit transfer mechanism and purchase all the agricultural produce so as to avoid farmer suicides," he added.

With 40 deaths and 1,035 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India on Saturday witnessed a sharpest ever increase in coronavirus cases, taking the tally of the infected people in the country to 7,447, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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August 2,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 2: Bengaluru based Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), the research wing of organisation De scalene has come up with a device called "SHYCOCAN" (Scalene Hypercharge Corona Canon) which neutralizes the coronavirus.

Speaking to news agency Dr Rajah Vijay Kumar, Chairman, Organisation De Scalene said that the device will not kill any bacteria or fungus, however, neutralizes the coronavirus particles.

"The device was tested for its safety and efficacy and is soon going to be manufactured and marketed in the US under the Enforcement Discretion policy of USFDA and in Europe as the device is CE compliant and is CE marked," said Kumar.

He also added the device will cover a volume of 10,000 cubic feet.

The device Scalene Hypercharge Corona Canon (SHYCOCAN) is intended to be used in the residential, industrial and commercial environment and is designed for active containment by attenuation of Corona family of viruses. (Laboratories de Especialidades Immunological S.A. de C.V, Virucidal Activity concludes 99.9 per cent virus elimination), Kumar asserted.

"SHYCOCAN operates on regular 110/240V - 50/60 Hz wall socket and is a plug and play device, that delivers the necessary signals to a photon mediated electrons emitters (PMEE), that produces hypercharge high-velocity electrons by photon mediation that interacts with the negative seeking S-protein of Corona family of viruses thus reducing infectivity and prevent air and surface borne transmission of corona family of viruses," said Kumar.

The device does not use any chemicals, or any other consumables and does not produce harmful ozone gas or any other substances and is completely safe for use in any environment, he added.

"The attack mechanism of the Virus starts with the initial attachment of the virion to the host cell, it is initiated by interactions between the S-protein and its receptor on the "negative" cell membrane. The sites of receptor binding domains (RBD) within the S1 region of a coronavirus S-protein vary depending on the virus. 

The S-protein/receptor interaction is the primary determinant for a coronavirus to infect a host species and governs the tissue tropism of the virus. However, the end result is the fusion and release of the viral genome into the cytoplasm," said Kumar.

He continued saying that the counter mechanism by the device SHYCOCAN is that if negative seeking is the guidance mechanism of the S- Protein, attracted by the transmembrane potential of the host cells, then breaking this mechanism would block the Coronavirus infectivity and spread.

"The device has been in use for more than a year at the S-CARD campus, the headquarters of Scalene," said Kumar.

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May 5,2020

Mangaluru, May 5: A day after lockdown was partially relaxed in Dakshina Kannada, a fresh covid-19 positive case was reported today from Boloor area of Mangaluru.

In its fresh bulletin, health and family welfare department today said that the throat swabs of a 51-year-old man from Boloor tested positive for the coronavirus.

Boloor is already declared as corona containment zone in the district after as this is the fourth coronavirus positive case reported from the area.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in Dakshina Kannada mounted to 25 including 19 residents of the district and six outsiders who have already left the district after getting treatment.

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