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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April 28,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 28: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday suggested that the government can allow sale of liquor in green zones. 

“Merely because there is an economic slowdown in the state, I don’t recommend that alcohol should be allowed to be sold. But, wherever there are green districts, they can open (liquor sale) with certain restrictions, I think,” Siddaramaiah, the leader of the Opposition, told reporters. 

There are 14 districts in the state that are categorised as green because they do not have any active COVID-19 cases. The green districts are: Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, Haveri, Davangere, Shivamogga, Chitradurga, Udupi, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Ramanagara and Kolar.

There is tremendous pressure on the B S Yediyurappa administration to revive the economy as the lockdown has dried up all revenue sources. Excise, alone, accounts for 18 per cent of Karnataka’s own tax revenue. 

The Excise department recently suggested allowing regulated sale of liquor through the state-run MSIL outlets. The government, however, did not approve it fearing crowding and backlash from the Centre.

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March 13,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Karnataka Health Department is planning to set up a separate hospital for COVID-19 so that the affected can be kept in quarantine at one place.

Presently, it is in the process of setting up separate isolation wards for COVID-19 cases at eight Bengaluru hospitals.

Minister for Medical Education K Sudhakar said on Friday that he has already discussed the idea of a separate facility for COVID-19 cases, so that those isolated, can be kept at a single location to contain the spread of the virus.

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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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