Sneha' launched in Manipal to mark Women's Day

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March 8, 2011

Manipal, March 8: The Community Medicine Department of KMC, Manipal and Manipal Institute of Technology launched 'Sneha', a personal hygiene product for women and adolescent girls from the economically weaker section of the society on the occasion of 101st International Women's Day at Manipal University on Tuesday.

“The personal hygiene support programme was started way back on May 7, 2009 at Kukku da Katte, Parkala with an objective of empowering rural women and introducing the concept of menstrual hygiene by creating awareness among rural adolescent girls and about the importance of reproductive health,” said Dr Veena Kamath, Prof and Head Community Medicine Dept.

She added, “This was initiated as a pilot project and a women's Self Help Group was selected from the local area and trained by the resource person from Chennai for the purpose. For the success of the project, the community targeted Anganwadi workers, ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist), rural women during SHG meetings and rural adolescent school going girls in Udupi district”.

A number of activities have been carried out over the last 21 months with the help of local sponsors like Dr RSP Rao, a former professor department of Community Medicine, KMC Manipal, Rotary, Lions and Inner Wheel clubs and Dr G Sankar Family Trust.


The expenditure involved for a school with 50 students which requires 50 sanitary napkin packets (with eight apiece) every month entails a cost of Rs 13,200 for a year,.


Health education sessions have been conducted across a population of approximately 6000 persons consisting of Anganwadi trainees, ASHA trainees, lady teachers and adolescent girls of rural schools and hostels so as to create awareness on the use of sanitary napkins and its safe disposal.


“The department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, Manipal with the help of the Incubation Centre has improvised the equipment required for the manufacture of 'Sneha' the sanitary napkins, “ said Prof Y.N. Sharma of the Mechanical department.


Pro Chancellor of Manipal University, DR H.S. Ballal said that the University would provide all assistance to ensure that the project covers more and more areas. “It is an important factor as far as education is concerned, as a number of girls drop out of schools when they attain puberty simply because they lack awareness about personal hygiene and their inability to buy sanitary napkins”.


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January 12,2020

Mangalore, Jan 12: City police on Sunday arrested five people for their alleged involvement in a Rs 50 crore fraud by promising people higher monetary returns.

Police said that the arrested persons are Manjunath Nayak, a resident of Derebail; Denzil Mascarenhas, a Konchady resident; Ashok Naik, a Derebail resident; Vikas Nayak and Vishwanath Naik both residents of Bengaluru were arrested.

The arrested were employed in the ‘Speak and Group’ concern, started by Dhanush M K of Kundapur along with his friends. The firm had managed to collect huge sums of money from people, including NRIs by promising monthly four percent returns on their investment. The employees managed to entice people by showing them a few insurance schemes claiming higher returns.

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May 30,2020

Bengaluru, May 31: The coronavirus related fatalities in Karnataka rose to 49 with the death of a 47-year-old woman while 141 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Saturday taking the infection tally to 2,922, Karnataka minister S Suresh Kumar said.

Among the fresh cases, 90 are inter-state passengers, he told reporters.

The deceased woman from Bidar was admitted on May 24 and died on May 28 at a designated hospital in Bidar, Kumar, minister for primary and secondary education and spokesperson for Covid-19 in the state, said.

The woman was diagnosed with influenza like illness with a history of paralysis and was bed-ridden besides having hypertension and convulsions, Kumar said.

According to him, the total cases include 997 discharges, 1,874 active cases, 49 Covid-19 deaths and two non-Covid related deaths.

Of the total active cases, 15 are in the ICU, he added.

The new cases comprise 33 in Bengaluru, 18 in Yadagir, 14 in Dakshina Kannada, 13 each in Udupi and Hassan, 11 in Vijayapura, 10 in Bidar, six in Shivamogga, four each in Davangere and Haveri, three in Kolar, two each in Kalaburagi, Mysuru, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad, and one each in Belagavi, Chitradurga, Tumakuru and Bengaluru Rural, the health department said in its bulletin.

The minister said the government has issued an order regarding relaxation of curfew on Sundays.

According to the order issued by Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, there will not be any curfew on Sundays throughout the day following requests from people.

As per the previous order, curfew was from 7 am to 7 pm on Sundays.

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March 10,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 10:  Country’s economic condition is not permanent. All young entrepreneurs can be forward looking persons, because all bad times are followed by good times. In fact, it is good time to start your own industry, said Nitte Deemed to be University Chancellor Dr. N Vinaya Hegde. 

Addressing the gathering after inaugurating a three-day entrepreneurship symposium organized by Mangalore University and Department of M. Com and MBA, University Evening College at University College Mangalore here on Monday, he said that entrepreneurship is something you enjoy. You should belief that there is something in you to achieve your area of choice. You should get pleasure out of it. 

Ex-MLC Capt. Ganesh Karnik believed that our population is definitely a resource, but symposiums are needed to convert ideas to implementation. Coastal Karnataka is best example for successful entrepreneurship in health, education sector, he added. 

Presiding over the function, Mangalore University Vice Chancellor Prof. P Subrahmanya Yadapadithaya said that students should be universally compassionate before being an entrepreneur. There will be challenges, failures in entrepreneurship. One should trust himself, and should have courage and confidence to be innovative. One should have aspiration and passion for excellence, he added.

Young scientist, international awardee Swasthik Padma was felicitated on the occasion. Evening college Principal Dr. Ramakrishna B M, Coordinator  Dr. Yathish Kumar were present among others. Kavya P Hegde mastered the ceremony, Venkatesh Nayak presented vote of thanks.

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