Mangaluru: IDS' Interior Design WOW Awards held
Mangaluru: The Indian Design School hosted its second ‘Interior Design WOW Awards’or IDWA on Saturday,06thAugust 2022at the IDS Campus. IDWA is the annual awards day celebrated by the IDS family to recognize the talents and achievements of not only its students but also of the students who have won various events during the two-day IDS inter-college annual fest called the ‘Inspirante WOW Fest’, which was held on the 4th and 5th of August 2022.
More than 150 students from 8 colleges from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district have participated in the Inspirante WOW Fest in the past two days along with the students of IDS. These students participated in more than 18 events to win and secure their places. IDS students hosted these events for the students of other colleges, while they had participated in their own inter-squad events like sports, creative and games in the IDS campus. The inter-college fest was a grand success and was much enjoyed by all the participants.
IDWA being the culmination of both inter-college and inter-squad competitions, celebrates the achievements of all participants as well as the persons who have contributed extensively to the field of education. This year, IDS had invited and felicitated the Padma Shri recipient Harekala Hajabba for his immense dedication in providing education facility to the poor. IDS had also invited Ar. Nelson Pais, partner at 2PKM Architects and founder-professor at Wadiyar Centre For Architecture, Mysore as the Guest of Honour and Guest speaker. Ar. Nelson, along with being a practicing architect is also a leading educationist. He had presented his best works and had an interactive session with the students.
During the award ceremony, Ar. Nelson, Hajabba, AK Naushad (MD of AK Group of Companies), Pushparaj (Partner at aBL architects), Ar. Mohammed Nissar (Chairman at IDS), Dr. Nafeesa Shirin (Director at IDS) and Ar. Ramnath Nayak (Principal at IDS) presented awards to the various winners. Khathija Mehnaz (final year student at IDS) won the award for Batch Topper and Best Out-going Student while Aysha Merchant (2nd year student) also won the award for Batch Topper. Forthe Inspirante WOW Fest 2022, Udupi Group of Institutions, Manipal won the Overall Championship Trophy 2022 for winning the most events.
During the event, Ar. Nelson, Hajabba, Ar. Mohammed Nissar, Dr. Nafeesa Shirin and Ar. Ramnath Nayak inaugurated the first IDS Year Book, comprising of three years of hard work, achievements, and talents across the three batches. The event was a grand success and was well-received by all the guest and student-winners.
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No stubble burning now, why air pollution crisis in Delhi: Mann takes dig at BJP
Chandigarh (PTI): Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday slammed the BJP saying its leaders used to "defame" Punjab farmers over stubble burning and blame them for Delhi's poor air quality and questioned why is there pollution crisis in national capital despite no farm fires now.
Mann said that as soon as paddy harvest takes place, BJP leaders blame Punjab and its farmers for Delhi's poor air quality.
He said they used to claim that stubble burning by Punjab farmers causes Delhi's pollution.
Mann said at present, the Air Quality Index in major Punjab cities is between 70 and 130.
"At present, Delhi's AQI is between 450 and 500 and no smoke is coming from Punjab. But the situation in Delhi is worse. At least now they should agree that there is no role of Punjab for Delhi's poor air quality," Mann said in a video message.
Mann's remarks came on a day Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa apologised for the air pollution crisis in the national capital and acknowledged its impact on children's health.
Sirsa, however, asserted that it was the result of the policies pursued by the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi.
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Last month, the BJP had trashed the Punjab CM's previous claim that stubble burning in the state has no role in the high levels of air pollution in Delhi as "ridiculous".
Dismissing Mann's claim, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva had last month said it is certain that stubble burning is a "major" factor (for the air pollution in Delhi).
Meanwhile, Mann in his video message said, due to severe floods which Punjab witnessed this year, paddy harvesting got delayed, "despite this, many Delhi ministers had already started blaming Punjab".
"I want to praise Punjab farmers, NGOs and efforts of the Punjab government have also paid off in controlling stubble burning this time. The cases of stubble burning in Punjab have reduced by 70-80 per cent and this has been acknowledged by the Central Government and the Union Agriculture Minister," Mann said.
The CM further said that after paddy harvest even the wheat crop has been sown and now, there is no incident of stubble burning.
He said BJP leaders used to claim that Punjab's smoke from stubble travels to Delhi.
"Now, there is no stubble burning, but Delhi is facing very poor air quality. This proves that earlier too Punjab's smoke had no role for Delhi's poor air quality. Only accusations were made by the BJP to defame Punjab. At least now the Centre should praise the farmers of Punjab," he said.
"Meanwhile, Delhi's AQI is between 450 and 500, flights are being cancelled, and breathing has become difficult," said Mann.
He asked both the BJP government in Delhi and the BJP led Centre to address Delhi's air pollution, saying citizens cannot even venture out for a walk due to air pollution.
He also asked the BJP that Punjab should not be dragged into this political battle, instead, Punjab's farmers should be appreciated, and the Delhi and Central governments should focus on addressing Delhi's air pollution.
Mann further said that farmers of Punjab are 'anndatas' (food providers) and they meet the country's food needs, they should not be defamed.
