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Grand finale of TAPMI's international quiz held at Malpe beach

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January 11, 2017

Udupi, Jan 11: The grand finale of the 14th edition of Quiz on the Beach™ (QoTB™) hosted by T A Pai Management Institute took place on the sands of Malpe beach against the stunning backdrop of the Arabian Sea recently. It was a unique and pleasant experience for both the participants and the audience.

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Tough competition was seen amongst over 2000 quizzers from India, Dubai and Singaporein a span of 4 months. Only the top 26 teams qualified for the semi-finals. Teams arriving in Manipal were from all over India, with participants coming from as far as Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Guwahati.

The neck to neck semifinal saw some exceptional quizzing, to select the final 8 teams. These finalists were from NIT - Rourkela, IIM - Lucknow, Christ University - Bengaluru, Gauhati University, MIT - Manipal, Ashoka University -Sonepat, NUS –Singapore, and BITS Pilani- Dubai. Quiz master for the Grand Finale was Mr. Giri Balasubramaniam also known asPickbrain', of the TATA Crucible fame.

The event started off with a special address by the Director of TAPMI - Dr. Gururaj Kidiyoor. In a fierce battle of wit and intelligence, the team from National University of Singapore, Shivam Bharadwaj and Rohan Naidu, proved its mettle by securing the first position and a prize of INR 6 lakhs.

The team of JyotishKalita and Kumar Shivam from Guahati University were the first runners up and won a prize of INR 3 lakhs. The team of Sailesh Sriram and Nabil Silva from Manipal Institute of Technology were declared the second runners-up and took home a prize of INR 1 lakh. The prizes were distributed by Prof. (Dr.) Gerd Gigerenzer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.

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Annie
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Thursday, 12 Jan 2017

Awesome!!! Would've loved to be a part of it

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Mangaluru, Aug 8: As visuals of the Air India Express flight crash at Kozhikode international airport emerge, one cannot help but be reminded of an eerily similar and unfortunate accident that occurred a decade ago. The August 7, 2020 tragedy brought back memories of the 2010 crash.

It was on May 22, 2010 that an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 flight from Dubai to Mangaluru over shot the runway while landing at Bajpe airport and fell into a cliff. Of the 160 passengers and 6 crew members on board, 158 were killed (all crew members and 152 passengers) and only 8 survived.

Even back then, the plane had split into two. The crash has been termed as one of India's worst aviation disasters.

The final conversations between Air traffic control (ATC) and the pilot prior to the landing showed no indication of any distress.

Like the Mangaluru accident, Karipur crash too happened when the flight was attempting to land.

The captain of the aircraft which crashed at Mangaluru, Z Glucia, was an experienced pilot with 10,000 hours of flying experience and had 19 landings at the Mangalore airport. Co-pilot S S Ahluwalia, with 3,000 hours of flying experience had as many as 66 landings at this airport. Both the pilot and co-pilot were among the victims.

An investigation into the accident later found that the cause of the accident was the captain’s failure to discontinue an ‘unstabilised approach’ and his persistence to continue with the landing, despite three calls from the First Officer to ‘go-around’.

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Singhal also held a meeting with temple priests, health and vigilance officials today.

On July 14, Singhal held 'Dial your EO' programme at TTD administrative building conference hall wherein the EO addressed the devotees and media and informed that 91 TTD employees have tested positive for COVID-19 till date.

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Bengaluru, May 8: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said his government is clear in its stand on extending every possible help to the farmers. The Chief Minister spoke to the farmer-leaders of the state, who wanted their concerns to be heard and addressed, with regard to the problems the agrarian community has been facing in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.

"We will soon make our position clear on supporting the farmers. We will not allow any hindrance to come in the way of agriculture activities," Yediyurappa told the farmer- leaders.

The Chief Minister told the delegation that the pre-monsoon activities are in full swing in the state.

The government has also set up help centres and been providing agriculture equipment on rent, the Chief Minister said. In most of the places, at least 80 per cent of the standing crops have been harvested.

Arrangements have been made to bring equipment from neighbouring states to harvest the standing crop, he said.

Yediyurappa said fertilisers and seeds are available in abundance in the state.

He informed the farmer-leaders about the arrangements made to transport flowers, vegetables and fruits to other states.

Similarly, the market has been developed for the farmers to sell their products, said the Chief Minister.

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