Access Karnataka's heritage online from galleries worldwide

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September 12, 2015

Bengaluru,?Sep 12: Zoom in for an extreme close-up of ‘Tipu’s Tiger’, a life-size wooden semi-automation device made for Tipu Sultan during the 1790s.

Tipus Tiger Capturing this image in ultra high definition, the Google Cultural Institute has made the exhibit—now displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom—accessible online. HD imagery of over 200 such artefacts linked to Karnataka are now part of this unique project.

Culling out images from museums, galleries, magazines such as LIFE and other sources, the Google Institute has made the visuals searchable and fit for deep analysis with a clinical eye. A search for “Nandi, the Sacred Bull of Shiva” under ‘Mysore’ throws up the image of a stone sculpture in extreme detail, as realistic as displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Visuals of Mysuru villages from a different era credited to the LIFE Photo Collection; images from old Bengaluru and Mandya; portraits of Shahs from the Adil Shah Dynasty of Bijapur are all part of this project. Designed to digitise and share the best of India’s heritage with the world, the visual online initiative is set to get bigger with the Institute’s tie-up with 10 new partner institutions countrywide.

Navigating through the site is easy once the browser stops at www.google.com/culturalinstitute. Search results could be refined by place, creator, medium, person, media-type and date.

The refined search results could get scaled up fast over the next few months. Here’s why: To source fresh material, the Institute has partnered with the likes of Salar Jung Museum, Victoria Memorial Hall Kolkata, DastkariHaatSamiti, Devi Art Foundation, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, Kalakriti Archives, Heritage Transport Museum, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres & Ashrams, and the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute.

Rising collection

Currently, the collection features over 2,000 new images and 70 virtual exhibits depicting ancient architecture to modern day contemporary art. Also included are 26 new virtual tours of sites such as the Ekattarso Mahadeva Temple and the royal saloon that once was part of the Palace on Wheels, captured using Google’s Street View technology.

To make the content even more accessible, DastkaariHaatSamiti, Devi Art Foundation, Heritage Transport Museum and Kalakriti Archives are launching mobile apps built by the Cultural Institute to showcase their exhibits.

The Institute director, Amit Sood explained the rationale behind this marriage of technology, heritage and art:?“Anybody with a mobile phone can now explore Indian culture through unique partner apps. Partners can also embed content on their website.”

Launched in 2012, the Google Cultural Institute had begun its India focus through partnerships with the National Museum and the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi. Worldwide, the Institute has tied up with 860 museums, foundations and archives in 61 countries.

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Only 20 out of 68 Congress MLAs are now active on social media: D K Shivakumar

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June 23,2020

Bengaluru, June 23: Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar has urged his party colleagues to be active on social media to counter the propaganda of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Speaking to media persons, the KPCC president said that no more than 20 out of the 68 Congress MLAs are active on social media.

“All those MLAs who are doing well need to be projected. We want leaders, not mere followers. They all should be the face of Congress in Karnataka. Party should not depend on just my face or Siddaramaiah’s,” he said.

Shivakumar’s diktat has resulted in the party’s social media unit scrambling to get leaders to create their accounts.

“We’re pressuring all the party MLAs and leaders. We’re asking their personal assistants or gunmen to operate their accounts if they are not savvy with social media,” KPCC social media chief A N Nataraj Gowda said.

He pointed out that the 20 MLAs who are active on social media include U T Khader, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Priyank Kharge, Krishna Byre Gowda among others.

“We’re also trying to get the accounts verified of those who are beginning to get active. For example, it was only recently that we got the accounts of S R Patil and Vijay Singh verified,” Gowda said.

Tapping the full potential of social media is crucial for the Congress because the BJP has found much success in reaching out to voters through various online platforms.

In fact, ahead of the 2018 Assembly elections, the Congress found that there were 10 ministers and some 40 MLAs who had turned a blind eye towards social media.

Shivakumar said he was also working on putting in place a system in the party under which all developments related to the state and country will be communicated to all party leaders at 10 am every day.

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Medical Education minister backs RDA over stipend raise

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May 6,2020

Bengaluru, May 6: Resolving the disparity in payment of stipend to the Resident Doctors across Karnataka, Minister for Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday directed the Medical Education Department to consider the request made by the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) to increase the stipend.

Holding a video conference meeting with the department officials and Vice-Chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), the Minister instructed the officials to look into the request and submit a detailed proposal pertaining to the increase of stipend.

The Karnataka Resident Doctors Association had submitted a request seeking a hike in the stipend which is due since 2015.

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Mangaluru: Officials raid firm, asks it to stop operations

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April 22,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 22: A team of officials raided the Big Bags International Pvt Ltd premises here on Tuesday following the apprehensions expressed by locals that the company has violated lockdown rules by resuming operations on April 20.

On Monday several workers of the firm from Kerala, Tumakuru and Bengaluru were reported to be at the premises to resume operations.

The raiding team asked the management to temporarily shut down operations and asked the workers to leave the place.

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