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2 high school girls from Dakshina Kannada make it to Genius Olympiad in USA

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June 16, 2019

Mangaluru, Jun 16: A project on application of a solution prepared from wild gauva to kill termites developed by Stuthi M.S. and Sandhya Prabhu, Class 10 students from Sudhana High School in Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, has earned them a place to participate in the International Genius Olympiad 2019.

The Olympiad will be held at the State University of New York, Oswego, in the U.S., between June 17 and 21.

This project on aqueous solution prepared out of Careya arborea (wild gauva), locally called Kaadu Perale, earned the two a gold medal at a regional-level competition held in Moodbidri on November 18, 2018.

They were among the four gold medal-winning team in a national-level competition held in Rajkot on January 19, 2019, which earned them the chance to participate in the international competition. The regional and national-level competitions were organised by Indian Science and Engineering Fair (INSEF) of the Science Society of India.

The two students left here for the U.S. on Friday.

Sadhana P. Hebbar, science teacher who guided the two students, told The Hindu that Ms. Stuthi got curious seeing wild gauva tree near her house in Puttur not getting attacked by termites unlike other trees in the vicinity.

Ms. Stuthi and her classmate Ms. Prabhu collected the bark of the tree and boiled it to prepare a concentration. This concentration was tested and it was found having tannin, which is effective against termites. “The two have worked on the characters of tannin and its effectiveness against termites, which will be presented at the international fair,” Ms. Hebbar said. The two students have been doing science projects together for the last few years. A board prepared using arecanut husk got the two a silver medal in the regional round of INSEF last year. The two love classical music. While Ms. Stuthi has been learning Carnatic music, Ms. Prabhu is learning Hindustani music.

 Ms. Stuthi is the daughter of Krishna Ganaraja Bhat and Sowmya Bhat. Ms. Prabhu’s parents are Ramesh Prabhu and Ranjani Prabhu.

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January 12,2020

Hubballi, Jan 11: Karnataka Industries Minister Jagadeesh Shatter's mother Basvennamma Shivappa Shetter passed away here on Friday evening.

She was 86. She is survived by three sons and a daughter.

The final rituals was held on Saturday, family sources said.

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June 5,2020

Udupi, Jun 5: Senior BJP leader and Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlje accused members of Tablighi Jamaat of spreading Coronavirus, particularly in slums, in Bengaluru.

Speaking to newsmen here Friday night, she said that the members had intentionally spread the virus in Siddique Layout and Padarayanapura. Members had hatched a conspiracy to destroy the country. She would raise the issue with the central government.

She said that New Delhi and Maharashtra were responsible for rising Covid-19 cases in the country. Highlighting the programmes, introduced by Modi-led NDA government for the past six years, she blamed Covid-19 for the collapse of the economy. But for Covid-19 Modi government at the Centre would have been a leader in the world,” she added.

She said 13,541 people, stranded in other States and foreign countries, had returned to Udupi. “We have sufficient beds in the district to tackle the situation. But if more people decide to travel to Udupi, arranging quarantine facilities would be a huge challenge,” she added.

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samy
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Saturday, 6 Jun 2020

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Abdullah
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Saturday, 6 Jun 2020

See her how she looks like !

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April 6,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 6: Three more COVID-19 positive cases in the Dakshina Kannada district have been recovered and discharged on Monday.

All three are Kasargod residents and were being treated in the city’s Wenlock hospital.

A 22-year-old man Bhatkal was discharged on Monday after recovering fully from the infection.

A total of 12 cases have been found COVID-19 positive in Mangaluru till now, said B Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate's Office, Dakshina Kannada, on Monday.

"So far, 4 positive cases have recovered in Mangaluru, of which 3 COVID-19 positive patients have recovered and have been discharged today," said Rupesh.

He further said, "A total of 12 positive cases have been reported in the city till now."

As per the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is 4281. 151 cases are from Karnataka.

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