4th 'Apple Mart' hypermarket in city to be inaugurated on October 28
Mangaluru, Oct 26: The 4th branch of the prestigious AK Group's 'Apple Mart' hypermarket will be inaugurated at Ivory Enclave located on SL Mathias Road in Attavar here at 10 am on October 28.
Chancellor of Yenepoya University Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi will inaugurate the hypermarket. PB Ibrahim of PBI Construction, Bhatkal will be the first purchaser.
Retired Inspector General of Police Panduranga H Rane will inaugurate the Big Mishra Pedha store, SMR Group Chairman SM Rasheed will inaugurate Reem Dates and Nuts store, Mathias Aluminum Systems Chairman Gregory Mathias will inaugurate S Cube store, Corporator Abdul Ravoof will inaugurate Fish and Meat store, Dr. K Reshma Pai of Shrinivas Dental College will inaugurate Blush and Bloom and Badminton player Akanksha S Pai will inaugurate Apple Toymart at new Apple Mart Hypermarket.
This new hypermart is spread over 12000 sq ft and offers wide range of products like Grocery, fresh vegetables, fruits,dry fruits, and all other household needs like meat , fish,sweets ,toys,innerwear of all brands. Home delivery facility is also available. Hypermart will be open between 8.30am to 10pm.
This is 4th Apple mart in Mangaluru with first 3 situated at Padavinangady, Kadri and Maurishka Palace. There are 9 branches of the group in Gulf Countries. With customer satisfaction as it's main motto, Apple Mart is planning to expand its base across the coastal region, a release said.
First in Mangalore: Price Checker
Apple Mart Group, fastest growing supermarket chain has implemented a system for customers to ‘price check’ items found in the store. A price checker is an electronic kiosk that allows customers to scan the barcode of any item in the store to view the price of that item. GoFrugal Price Checker, will be inaugurated in newly built Apple Mart Hypermarket , Ivory Enclave Attavar on 28th of Oct, 2018.
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India harbouring big and bold dreams in space sector: Shubhanshu Shukla
Kolkata (PTI): Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to go to the International Space Station, on Wednesday said the country is harbouring “big and bold dreams”, foraying into human spaceflight after a hiatus of 41 years.
Shukla was the first Indian to visit the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission. He returned to India from the US on August 17, 2025, after the 18-day mission.
The space is a “great place to be”, marked by deep peace and an “amazing view” that becomes more captivating with time, he said, interacting with schoolchildren at an event organised by the Indian Centre for Space Physics here.
“The longer you stay, the more you enjoy it,” Shukla said, adding on a lighter note that he “actually kind of did not want to come back”.
Shukla said the hands-on experience in space was very different from what he had learnt during training.
He said the future of India’s space science was “very bright”, with the country harbouring “very big and bold dreams”.
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Shukla described his ISS flight, undertaken with support from the US, as a crucial “stepping stone” towards realising India’s ‘Vision Gaganyaan’.
“The experience gained is a national asset. It is already being used by internal committees and design teams to ensure ongoing missions are on the right track,” he said.
Shukla said the country’s space ambitions include the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme, the Bharatiya Station (India’s own space station), and eventually a human landing on the Moon.
While the Moon mission is targeted for 2040, he said these projects are already in the pipeline, and the field will evolve at a “very rapid pace” over the next 10-20 years.
He told the students that though these targets are challenging, they are “achievable by people like you”, urging them to take ownership of India’s aspirations.
The sector will generate “a lot of employment opportunities” as India expands its human spaceflight capabilities, he noted.
Echoing the iconic words of India’s first astronaut Rakesh Sharma, Shukla said that from orbit, “India is still the best in the world”.
Shukla also asserted that the achievement was not his alone, but that of the entire country.
“The youth of India are extremely talented. They must stay focused, remain curious and work hard. It is their responsibility to help build a developed India by 2047,” he said.
Highlighting a shift from Sharma’s era, Shukla said India is now developing a full-fledged astronaut ecosystem.
With Gaganyaan and future missions, children in India will be able to not only dream of becoming astronauts, but also achieving it within the country, he said.
“Space missions help a village kid believe he can go to space someday. When you send one person to space, you lift million hopes. That is why such programmes must continue... The sky is not the limit,” Shukla said.
“Scientists must prepare for systems that will last 20-30 years, while ensuring they can integrate technologies that will emerge a decade from now,” he said.
Shukla added that he looked forward to more space missions, and was keen to undertake a space walk, which will require him to "train for another two years".
