Kallianpur, June 20: UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on Chemistry and Environment was inaugurated by Dr B S. Sherigar the Vice Chancellor of Kuvempu University on 18^th July at the Silver Jubilee hall of Milagres College, Kallianpur. In his speech he said that there is awareness now among public about environmental protection. He also said that electricity can be produced by water power, by burning coal and by using atomic power. Each of these has advantages and disadvantages.

He said In France 70% of power is produced by atomic power but in India only 4% electric power is produced by atomic power. In future coal and oil resources will dry and only alternative will be atomic power since we have a lot of Thorium resources. At the same time harnessing wind power and solar power which are cleanest must be tried.

Fr Fred Mascarenhas presided over the function. Prof. Subramanya Joshi H O D of Chemistry and Co coordinator welcomed the gathering.  Prof. Joseph Peter Fernandez proposed the vote of thanks and compered the programme.

 Dr Balakrishna Kalluraya of Mangalore University, Chemistry Chairman spoke on Green Chemistry and Dr Nityananda Shetty of NITK Suratkal spoke on Chemistry in the rescue of environment.

Staffs and students from Coorg, D K and Mangalore are participated in this two days seminar.

Kundapur, July 20: Bobbryana Katte the well popular deity of highway drivers was recently renovated by the local devotee.

Because of the rain & winds entire shrine was damaged by falling an old gigantic tree which grown by its side. As a result the normal highway traffic was blocked for about six hours. Later the fallen tree was cut into pieces and the National Highway was cleared for the traffic.

The deity has been popular among the locals with several legends built around it and is greatly believed especially by highway drivers.

Kundapur, July 20: Here in the picture the paddy seedlings, planted just at the beginning of the monsoon are hungry looking for rain drops and farmer curses the nature for being unkind to him and kind to those snakes as to create an amorous ambient.

Here the two rat snakes coil themselves in an attempt to stand erect in a paddy field near Beejadi at Arasara Bettu. . Now you readers have to decide whether these rat snakes are dancing or dating or mating or coaxing each other for a compromising position.

Sastan, Jul 20: 26-year-old young and dynamic dentist from Barkur Dr Manoj D'Lima was elected president of ICYM Udupi district during a general body meeting held at Sastan Church Hall on Sunday July 20.

The meeting commenced at 10 am, formally inaugurated by Fr Vincent Martis, parish priest of Sastan.

Sylvester D'Souza, vice-president, St Antony Church was the chief guest.

Fr Peter Pinto, SDB, director, ICYM Udupi district moderated the election process.

The newly-elected committee is as follows:

Dr Manoj D’Lima , Barkur, president
Lancy Martis Moodubelle, vice-president
Vinora Baretto, Kallianpur Milagres, vice-president
Nithesh Tauro, Pangla, secretary
Don Sharon Fernandes, Pangla, joint secretary
Derrick , Pangla, treasurer
Alwyn Sequeira Mundkur, Amcho Yuvak representative
Sr Suma, Bethany, lady animator

Sohan Castelino, Shankarapur vice-president delivered the welcome address. Jonita Lewis and Fiola Menezes, Sastan compered the event

Melwin Mascarenhas, Kolalgiri proposed the vote of thanks.

In the afternoon session, third cup presentation ceremony was conducted. The programme was presided over by Fr Alban D’Souza, Vicar Var, Kundapur Varado. Udupi MLA Ragupati Bhat was the chief guest and Kota Shrinivasa Poojari, MLC, Udupi was the guest of honour.

Other guests on the stage were Fr Mathew Vas, Vicar Var, Udupi Varado, Fr Richard Coelho, Vicar Var, Shirva Varado, Fr Marcel Saldanha, Vicar Var, Kallianpur Varado, Steevan Pinto, president, ICYM Mangalore Diocese.

Also present on the stage were Micheal Rodrigues, Sastan, president, ICYM Udupi district, Fr Peter Pinto, SDB, director, ICYM Udupi district, Sohan Castelino, Shankarapura, vice-president, Sr Adrian Serrao, SRA, lady animator, ICYM Udupi district, Melwin Mascarenhas, Kolalgiri, CUP secretary and Shawn Pereira, secretary.

Sr Adrian Serrao, SRA, the outgoing lady animator was felicitated by Fr Mathew Vas, Vicar Var, Udupi Varado in recognition of the services rendered by her in the last two years.

Reshma Monica Rodrigues, Sastan, who secured gold medal and first rank in MSc was felicitated by the chief guest.

The new committee was declared operational and the members were sworn in by Fr Peter Pinto, SDB, director, ICYM Udupi district.

Micheal Rodrigues, Sastan, outgoing president, ICYM Udupi District welcomed the gathering while Jensil Alva and Nithesh Tauro, Pangla compered the event.

CUP awards for the year 2007-2008 were declared by Melwin Mascarenhas, Kolalgiri, CUP secretary and presented by Fr Alban D’Souza, Vicar Var, Kundapur Varado. Shawn Pereira, secretary proposed the vote of thanks.

Results

Adarsh Ghatak (Ideal Unit) :

1.  Pamboor, Shanthipura
2.  Barkur
3.  Kolalgiri

Shresht Ghatak : Sastan
Athi Shresht Ghatak :  Pangla

Udupi, Jul 18: Daijiworld.com's second office in the coastal districts was formally inaugurated on Friday July 18, 2008 at the Roof Top Hall of Hotel Kediyoor here.

Sri Sri Sri Vidyaprasannateertha Swamiji of Subrahmanya Math declared opened the office after lighting the lamp during the programme which commenced around 10.00 am on Friday.

Earlier, Fr Mathew Vas, Vicar Var of Udupi Varado blessed the office which is situated on the third floor of Maithri Complex near Service bus stand here at 9.30 am

The inaugural event started with a prayer from little Jasmine Mendonca.

Fr Mathew Vas presided over the programme. Gautham Pai of Manipal Media Network was the chief guest while Shahnaz M, Editor of Anupama Kannada monthly was the guest of honour present on the occasion.

While addressing the gathering Sri Sri Sri Vidyaprasannateertha Swamiji asked the media to shift their concentration from crime news to peace-related news. "Currently the media is mainly concentrating on various sensational news and illustrations carried by the section of media is more of brutality, crime happenings than the balanced news. It is owing to this kind media, today a family cannot sit and watch the television together," he lamented.

"Media does a lot of good work, but also we see bad content in it. Media should not sensationalize personal life of individual at any cost and at any point of time" was his piece of advice to the media fraternity.

"Daijiworld’s role in media is indeed praiseworthy as it reaches masses and has been instrumental in bridging the gap that prevails between caste, creed, haves and have nots. Daijiworld has grown into powerful media today. Everyday it attracts new readers to its fold. This clearly indicates that it is upholding social values in its news coverage," Swamiji hailed.

Website comes ahead of daily newspaper and hence people need not wait for the next day to get the news as it relays the news on the same day, the Swamiji added.

While Media can bring changes the society through good things, there is also a possibility of media misleading people with its unwanted and false sensational news. Yet media is the most powerful tool today than anything else" he opined.

The Chief guest of the programme Gautham Pai said "Media has more role to play in today's context. The print media is more authentic than others because it has all the time in the world to authenticate the news. But other media like TV or internet has very little time to verify the news as it needs to break the news within minutes."

Pai appreciated daijiworld'sefforts in popularizing the site. He observed that despite the global slowdown in IT sector during 2001, Daijiworld had taken the initiative swimming against the current then and it is because of this that it is so popular and successful today.

The electronic media has very good scope today. But it is also up against innumerable challenges, he observed.

Shahanaz M shared her personal experience of Daijiworld with the audience. Though she does not visit Daijiworld on daily basis, she acknowledged the publicity she received abroad for her profile, news items which were published by www.daijiworld.com.

"When I went to Dubai, people from all around were calling me and congratulating me after seeing the news about me on Daijiworld. I realized the true importance of this website when I went abroad," she exclaimed.

Whatever news it might be, media should stand by truth and publish unbiased report. Whatever the media carries should be truthful and nothing else other than the truth should adorn news columns. Come what may, media should never bend to the whims and fancies of capitalists, she advised.

When Swamiji complimented Shahanaz for her brave and qualitative journalism through Anupama Kannada monthly, the latter returned the compliment saying that the Swamiji had delivered a very meaningful and powerful speech, contents of which were not only heart-touching but were encouraging to uphold humane values.

In his presidential address Fr Mathew Vas complimented Daijiworld for its success and said as how helpful this media has been to share the news among the people spread across the Coastal Karnataka as well as abroad. ", I do not sleep without visiting Daijiworld at least once in a day,” he said and asked press people to be more responsible and unbiased in reporting.

Earlier Walter Nandalike, Editor-in Chief of daijworld.com welcomed and introduced the guests to the gathering.

Kishoo Barkur of Kishoo's Enterprise and franchisee responsible for Daijiworld's Udupi office the proposed vote of thanks

Sudhakar Rao Barkur compered the entire event.