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Mangaluru: Sea Hawks achieve Guinness Record for longest open water relay

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December 8, 2016

Mangalore, Dec 8:The Swim of the Century' supported by IDBI Bank has set the Guinness World Record for the longest open-water relay swim by successfully completing the 1000 km expedition in the Arabian Sea from Gateway Of India, Mumbai to Tannirbhavi Beach, Mangalore via Goa.

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Sea Hawks, led by Wing Commander Paramvir Singh, in alliance with IDBI Bank, embarked on the expedition on November 26, 2016 as a tribute to the martyrs and victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

Sea Hawks have broken two world records-the longest 6 person open water swim which was held by American's Night Trains for 505kms and the longest open-water relay swim by 200 swimmers covering 684.75km in 2009. Sea Hawks had also broken their previous year's record of 433.11 km by crossing 548 km mark at Panjim, Goa.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri K.P. Nair, DMD, IDBI Bank, said, “We are proud to be a part of thisSwim of the Century' and whole heartedly congratulate the Team Sea Hawks for their achievement.

This New World Record is a tribute to all those martyrs, who lost their lives guarding ours, and to those Heroes who showed bravery in the face of danger. IDBI Bank is a young bank and has always promoted sports and encouraged individual and group achievements that have done our country proud.”

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ali
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Thursday, 8 Dec 2016

Great achievement.
Hats off to sea hawk team.

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May 26,2020

Bengaluru, May 26: The state government today hinted that places of religious worship belonging to Hindus will be allowed to reopen from June 1, keeping social distancing and other norms in place.

In principle, the government has decided to open temples coming under the Muzrai department after Lockdown 4.0 ends on May 31. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.

“Movement of people on air and rail has started. We have been receiving repeated pleas from devotees that temples should be opened. When this was discussed with the CM during a review of the Muzrai department, it was decided that temples can start from June 1,” Muzrai Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary told reporters. 

Poojary said all day-to-day activities will be allowed in temples. “But religious fairs and ceremonies will not be permitted,” he said. 

Mosques and churches

Asked whether his government will allow opening of mosques and churches too from June 1, he replied that they don't come under his Muzrai dept.

Howvever, government sources said this may apply to mosques, churches and other places of religious worship as well. However, this decision will be subject to whether or not the Centre will allow places of religious worship to be open for the public after Lockdown 4.0, an official said. 

All places of religious worship have been closed for the public ever since Karnataka enforced a state-wide lockdown on March 24 to contain COVID-19. 

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 5: Touted as a first of its kind in the nation, a mobile Covid-19 lab was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar.

The lab, approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) can do 9,000 RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) tests per month, an official press release said here. "This is a unique lab having all safety features and capable of producing 100% accurate results within four hours," Dr Sudhakar was quoted as saying in the press release.

The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) had developed the lab and handed it over to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS).

The mobile lab can also be used for molecular diagnostic-testing and can be deployed in coronavirus hot spots quickly, the release said adding, apart from Covid-19, the lab can be utilised for testing H1N1, HCV, TB, HPV and HIV among others.

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June 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 2: The Karnataka Muzarai department, whose main income comes through temple and other religious places of worship, has incurred a loss of Rs 600 Crore in revenue during the lock-down, Minister for Muzrai Kota Srinivas Poojary said on Monday.

Addressing reporters here, he said the Kollur Sri Mookambika temple alone lost revenue of about Rs 14 crore it was earning during April and May.

Around 300 A and B grade temples under Muzrai (Hindu religious institutions and charitable endowments) department in the State lost around 35 per cent of their annual income, he said.

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