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'Tour de difference' to help underprivileged

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August 3, 2011

Mangalore, Aug 3: Make a Difference (MAD), a youth volunteer network that works with underprivileged children will undertake 'Tour de difference' where five volunteers will cycle to 12 Indian cities, and cover 4240 kilometers in the months of August and September.

The cycling expedition which will kick off at City Centre on August 7 will visit Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai, Vellore, Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram and Cochin.

Addressing a press meet on Tuesday, MAD Mangalore chapter President Greeshma Rai said that the main objective of the expedition is to raise Rs 100 for every kilometer the cyclists cover, and thereby meet the costs incurred by the Mangalore chapter of MAD on Cambridge syllabus textbooks for the 300 children under its wings and to also promote and stress the importance of education to the future of our country.

The cyclists will stop for a day to interact with the local community and will also visit centers where MAD works. The community can also participate with a wall-signing ceremony at one of the centers and can also join the team in cycling on shorter legs.

The flag off of Tour de Difference on August 7 will be presided over by Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda, MLA Yogish Bhat, Mayor Praveen, Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh and others.

Go MAD

To kick off the cycling tour, MAD is organising a three-day gala called 'Go MAD' in association with City Centre from August 6.

Various interschool/college competitions such as spelling bee, style mantra, mom and me, comic-on, one minute fame, minute to win, rock on (karaoke), dance-a-thon and MAD race (treasure hunt) have been planned.

Students can register for the competitions either in their schools/colleges or in City Centre on August 5.

Go MAD inauguration on August 6 will be presided over by Yenopoya Medical and Dental College Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Head Dr Akther Husain, Department of Women and Child Welfare Deputy Director A Shakuntala and others.

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Mangaluru, Apr 28: Trucks carrying fish loads from Kerala will not be allowed to enter Dakshina Kannada district as the authorities are not being able to control the rush in markets, state Fisheries Minister and district-in-charge Kota Srinivas Poojary said Monday.

The deputy commissioner has been instructed to restrict the entry of fish transport vehicles from outside the district forthwith, in view of the difficulty in maintaining social distancing at the markets identified in the district, the minister told reporters here.

The coastal district has to take more precautionary measures to fight COVID-19 as the number of positive cases have risen in the last couple of days, he said.

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June 25,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 25: In a shocking development, as many as five post-graduate (PG) doctors have tested positive for coronavirus in Mangaluru. 

The one male and four female doctors – all aged around 28 years – are asymptomatic and are being treated at the designated covid hospital in the city.

All the five PG doctors of Kasturba Medical College were deputed at Govt. Lady Goschen Hospital and District Wenlock Hospital (Covid Hospital).

Meanwhile, around 30 medicos have been quarantined.

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Bengaluru, Aug 3: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and his daughter have been admitted to the Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru for observation after testing positive for COVID-19. The Chief Minister is in clinically stable condition.

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