First 3D planetarium to be opened in Mangaluru in Jan

DHNS
December 8, 2017

Bengaluru, Dec 8: Bengaluru India Nano 2017, the 9th edition of India's flagship Nano-science and Nanotechnology event, kicked-off to a flying start with overwhelming participation of policy makers from the state and the Centre and academia.

Karnataka Minister for Planning, Statistics and Science and Technology

M R Seetharam said Bengaluru is gaining strong foothold in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which is considered as the next big technological revolution.

"To create awareness about astronomical concepts and to help students to learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics, we are establishing first 3D planetarium with state-of-the-art projection systems in Mangaluru at an estimated cost of Rs 35.69 crore," he said.

Five more to come up

The planetarium will be open to the public in January 2018.

"The government is planning to establish five more mini planetariums; one each in Dharwad, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Madikeri and Gadag," M R Seetharam said.

Award presented

Prof Ashok K Ganguli, Institute of Nano Science and Technology at Mohali in Punjab was awarded the Prof C N R Rao Bangalore INDIA NANO Science 2017 Award with a cash prize of Rs one lakh by C N R Rao Foundation. The award was presented by Prof C N R Rao at the event.

Comments

Hari
 - 
Friday, 8 Dec 2017

Great. Is it first time in India?

Kumar
 - 
Friday, 8 Dec 2017

It will be more helpful to both students, teachers, astronomy enthusiasts.

Ganesh
 - 
Friday, 8 Dec 2017

Wow. I used to sleep while watching planetorium. In mangalore I couldnt find anything

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February 12,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 12: Mangaluru City Corporation’s (MCC) mayoral elections will be held on February 28, Urban Development Department has announced.

Yashwanth V, Regional Commissioner of Mysuru will be conducting the election in the city.

The election will be held as per the 21st term reservation roster according to which the mayoral candidate has to be a BCM ‘A’ candidate and the deputy mayoral candidate must be a woman from the general category.
 

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January 9,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 9: A forest guard was arrested caught red-hand by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials while accepting Rs 3,000 bribe from a person for granting permission to cut Mahogany trees for his personal use, a statement said on Thursday.

According to the statement, the arrested identified as N Sudheer sought bribe of Rs 15,000 from Gopalakrishna Herale, a resident of Beltangady.

Mr Herale, in a complaint, lodged on January 7 said that he had sought a permit from the forest department for cutting of Mahogany trees purchased by him.

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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Coronavirus surge in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today at 411  with with Udupi tallying 245 fresh cases and DK 166. 

A dozen deaths also reported from the twin districts. While DK reported seven fatalities, Udupi recorded five deaths. 

With this, Dakshina Kannada district's Covid-19 tally increased to 6,881 and the total number of deaths increased to 208. 

While the district has 3,369 active cases as on date, the day also saw 188 people getting discharged from hospitals. As many as 3,304 persons were discharged in the district so far. 

Out of seven deaths reported in Dakshina Kannada on Friday, five were from Mangaluru taluk and one each from Puttur and Belthangady taluks.

Meanwhile, out of 245 new coronavirus cases reported in Udupi on Friday, 175 are asymptomatic and 86 have no specific contact history. With this, the total number of cases in Udupi increased to 5,605, which includes 2,292 active cases. 

Udupi also reported five fatalities including a female victim, taking the district’s death toll to 55. Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said all the five victims were also suffering from various comorbidities. Udupi district has collected Rs 1,43,300 as penalty from people for violating rules related to social distancing and mask till August 6.

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