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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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March 7,2020

Belagavi, Mar 7: Karnataka Urban Development Minister B A Basavaraj on Saturday said that government would a take decision very soon regarding conducting city corporations election in the state.

Speaking with the media after review meeting at Belagavi city corporation (BCC) here he further said that delimitation exercise of the wards has to be done followed by reservations.

The minister stated that discussions would be held with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and would arrive at a decision to conduct the election in about a month’s time.

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February 14,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 14: In order to bring down the accident rates, Karnataka government is planning to increase the penalty for road offences, state Transport Minister Laxman Savadi announced here on Thursday.

Addressing media persons here, he said, ''The Centre had brought an amendment to increase the penalty amount. We too have a similar proposal, which we will discuss, post the budget session.

''Before bringing in the amendment, we will create awareness among the road users. By increasing the penalty amount, the number of offences and accidents will come down,'' Mr Savadi added.

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May 21,2020

Kozhikode, May 21: Six employees of a private clinic here and a taxi driver have been put on mandatory 14 days quarantine as a lady gynaecologist running the dispensary tested positive for COVID-19 in Bengaluru.

District Medical Officer Dr V Jayashree said the gynaecologist had returned to Karnataka a fortnight ago and tested positive while she was on quarantine there. Six staff members of the clinic at nearby Thamarassery and the taxi driver who dropped her inBengaluruon May 5 have been asked to go on quarantine, she said.

Patients had visited the clinic, belonging to the gynaecologist and her doctor husband, till April-end. Sources said the district administration is trying to figure out thecontacts of the gynaecologist, including pregnant women, for being quarantined.

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