Dist admin to collect things for Kerala rehab centres
Udupi, August 17: The district administration in association with Rotary Club Manipal Hills, MIT Rotaract Club and Prasanna School of Public Health Mahe Manipal is collecting the necessary things like food grains, medicines and others to send them to the rehabilitation centres in Kerala. After collection, the collected things would be sent to Kerala through Indian Coast Guard flights next week.
Interested donors could donate their things at Disaster Management Centre at Rotary Hall in Mannapalla of Manipal and KMC office staff room near Tiger Circle at Manipal Bus Stand on August 18 to 20 from 9am to 7pm.
Details of things required
Bed sheets, sleeping mats, blankets, daily use dress materials, children clothes, under wears, school bags, note books, pencils, pens, food items like rusk, biscuits, 20 litre water cans, rice, sugar, salt, tea/coffee powder, lentils, packed provisions, ORS packs, electrolytes, chlorine tablets to purify water, dettols, mosquito creams, nets, antiseptic lotions, antifungal powder, bleaching powder, lime powders, baby diapers, adult diapers, sanitary napkins, tooth paste, tooth brushes, toilet soaps, bath soaps, detergents, candles, match boxes and others. Used things or material or cloths would not be accepted and no cash would be accepted.
Interested could call Prof Maddodi (9448229591), Umesh Salian 99844627000), Rudra (9546783129), Ida D’Souza (7760093803), Lena Ashok (9448984732) Shruthi (9400048735) and Ashish (8197639736).
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I am back home: All England missed, Sindhu lands back in Bengaluru from Dubai
Bengaluru (PTI): Two-time Olympic medal-winning Indian badminton star P V Sindhu, who was stranded in Dubai due to closure of airspace in the Gulf region, has returned to the country after pulling out of the All England Championships in Birmingham.
Sindhu posted on X to announce that she is back in the city.
"Back home in Bangalore and safe. The last few days have been intense and uncertain, but I'm truly grateful to be back to my house," she posted.
"A heartfelt thank you to the incredible ground teams, Dubai authorities, airport staff, immigration, and every single person who stepped up and took such good care of us during a very difficult time. The empathy and professionalism meant more than words can say.
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"For now, it's time to rest, reset, and figure out the next steps," she added.
The former world champion was on her way to Birmingham via Dubai, when she was stranded after the flight operations were suspended in the Gulf region following the US and Israeli bombing of Iran.
Iran subsequently retaliated, hitting Dubai as well.
"Moments like these remind you how fragile normal life really is," she had posted on February 28 while revealing some details of her ordeal, which included an explosion near her place of stay.
She had described the experience as "extremely tense and scary moment" for her and her team, including Indonesian coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama.
