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Giselle Mehta's 'Blossom Showers' launched

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July 17, 2011

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Mangalore, July 17: Reliance TimeOut gifted Mangalore's literary community a refreshing Sunday morning with the launch of Giselle Mehta's “Blossom Showers” The novel was unveiled at the City Centre Mall outlet of Reliance TimeOut.

A versatile and well known personality, the author Giselle Mehta was accompanied by Mr Alan Nazareth, author and former diplomat, and Mr H C Parikh, president of Elect of the International Book Readers Association, India Chapter at the launch.

Speaking on the occasion the Giselle Mehta said that in Blossom Showers, she has tried to imprint a truly compelling saga of three generations of the Cordelio family. It is propelled by eventful pace and robust characterization. “I hope to reach out to my readers with my debut novel,” she said.

Deepak Marwah, VP and Business Head, Reliance TimeOut, said that has been a constant endeavor on Reliance TimeOut's part to reach out to their consumers with new authors and interesting books.

“This launch brings forth a promising author, Giselle Mehta, with her debut novel. The novel is set in a town called Manjooran that bears semblance to modern day Mangalore and covers a story encompassing three generations of a family and over a 100 years with an interesting and well-researched storyline,” Mr Marwah said and added: “I am sure this novel would find resonance amongst our readers.”

About “Blossom Showers”: (Lead Start Publishing, Priced at Rs 395)

Blossom Showers is a gripping novel centred on three generations of the Cordelio family, alternating between India's Western Ghats and West Coast. Rex Cordelio, the dispossessed heir of a noble family, makes his fortune and founds his own coffee planting dynasty. He commences a tale of triumph and turbulence that will carry over into the lives of his descendants, as they each seek identity and emotional wholeness.

Propelled by an eventful pace and memorable characters, Blossom Showers resonates with social history and psychological insight to imprint itself as a truly compelling saga.

About Giselle Mehta

Giselle Mehta has Masters' Degrees in International Relations and English Literature. She is an Associate of Trinity College, London, in Speech and Drama.

Her working life commenced as a bureaucrat in the Indian Revenue Service, parting ways after 10 years to embrace enterprise and self-exploration. She particularly enjoys creative pursuits rooted in the communicative process — writing, theatre and speaking.

Giselle reserves a special space in her life for altruistic concerns and humane initiatives. She is the author of Aerial Roots, a published collection of her poems. Blossom Showers is her debut novel.

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June 18,2020

Mangaluru Jun 18: Dakshina Kannada on Thursday, June 18, reported 23 fresh covid-19 cases, taking the total number of the cases detected in the district to 401.  

Among the 23 corona-positive patients, there are 21 males and two females. 

21 are Saudi returnees, while the other two have contracted infection from P-6618.

No cases were reported in Udupi district on Thursday.

The total number of cases in Udupi is 1,039, with only 92 cases being currently active. As many as 946 patients including 38 on Thursday who recovered have been discharged from hospital.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Several state Congress leaders, including its President D K Shivakumar, among others, were detained by police as they tried to march towards Raj Bhavan here against the alleged attempts by BJP to topple the party's government in Rajasthan.

Shivakumar, along with Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, state Congress Working President Eshwar Khandre, Salim Ahmed among others were stopped by the police midway as they marched from KPCC office towards Raj Bhavan.

Congress leaders then staged a dharna at the place where they were stopped. Addressing the gathering, Shivakumar accused the BJP of trying to "murder" democracy by destabilizing and removing elected governments.

"We wanted to protest against it and submit a memorandum to the President through the Governor," but the Karnataka government by using police was not letting them proceed towards Raj Bhavan, he said. "Despite our being a peaceful protest, the police stopped us," he said.

Siddaramaiah, echoing similar views, said peaceful protests against injustice was the right of every citizen. Alleging that the BJP was attempting to destabilise and remove the elected government in Rajasthan as it did in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, he said the Governor's office there (Rajasthan) was being 'misused'.

The Governor was working like an agent of the central government, he charged. He said, despite repeated appeals by the Rajasthan cabinet, the Governor there had not convened the assembly session, for the floor test to take place and for Congress to prove its majority. Police subsequently detained Shivakumar and some other Congress leaders and took them to a nearby police station.

They were later released. Meanwhile, as the Congress' protest amid Covid19 pandemic did not follow social distancing norms, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar hit out at that party's leaders. In a tweet Sudhakar said, for Congress leaders getting publicity was more important than social concerns.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: A cost-effective state of the art glove box testing booth for swab collection was inaugurated by Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar at Victoria hospital.

Inaugurating the specially designed booth for safer, easier and quicker testing, Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar said that the portable booths can be used at border check posts and hot spots.

"The testing method involves the collection of samples from inside a box of aluminium and glass. The suspected corona virus-infected individual, whose samples are being taken, has to walk up to the booth and stand in front of the glass exterior. The healthcare worker inside the kiosk collects the sample and then, follows the sanitisation process before proceeding to take the next sample. The collection process, fully contactless, gets over in five minutes," the Minister said.

Dr Sudhakar also said: "This booth significantly reduces manpower requirement and the need for PPE kits. The main advantages of this procedure are that it needs fewer healthcare workers and strictly adheres to the norms of social distancing. 

The booth is low-cost. Each model costs about Rs 15,000-20,000."
It is also portable and can be mounted on a vehicle and transported to any location.

It can be particularly useful for collecting samples in hot spots and border checkpoints, he added. 

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