II PU results: Commerce toppers in Dakshina Kannada want to become CAs

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April 15, 2019

Mangaluru, Apr 15: Olvita Ancilla D’Souza from Alva’s Pre University College, Moodbidri, Srikrishna Sharma K. from Sathyasai Loka Seva Pre University College, Alike, Bantwal, Shreeya Shenoy from Canara Pre-University College, Mangaluru, and Swasthik P. from St. Philomena’s PU College, Darbe, Puttur, the top four scorers in the Commerce stream in the II Pre University examinations, want to become Chartered Accountants (CAs).

Of them, both Olvita D’Souza and Srikrishna Sharma have scored 596 marks. While Shreeya Shenoy has secured 595 marks, Swasthik has scored 594 marks.

An excited D’Souza, who hails from Kinnigoli, attributed her success in the examination to the conducive atmosphere in the college. D’Souza said that she will become a Chartered Accountant.

She has scored a 100 marks each in Business Studies, Accountancy, Basic Mathematics and Statistics papers and 98 each in English and Hindi papers.

D’Souza, daughter of Oliver D’Souza, a businessman from Kinnigoli, was among the students of Alva’s College who pursued the course under the “free adoption scheme” of the college given to meritorious students. D’Souza had scored 98.5 % marks in Class 10.

Alva’s College offers free education to meritorious students and those who are talented in sports.

If a student who has scored 94 % marks and above in Class 10, he will be given free education in Commerce in the Pre-University level. In the case of 95 % marks and above, the student will be given free education in the Science stream and if it is 93 % marks and above such a student will be admitted to the Arts stream for free education.

The free education covers food, accommodation and all fees.

D’Souza thanked M. Mohan Alva, chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri, her teachers, the college staff and her parents for the success in the examination. D’Souza’s mother Anitha D’Souza is a home-maker, while her brother Orlin D’Souza is studying engineering in Nitte Engineering College.

Sharma, a native of Badiyadka in Kasaragod district of Kerala, said that since his school days he has dreamt of becoming a Chartered Accountant. Son of Subrahmanya Bhat, a farmer, Sharma said that he regularly travelled for an hour in the bus from his house to the college. For the last few weeks before the examination, he stayed in the college’s hostel for examination preparation.

Sharma has secured 100 marks each in Business Studies, Accountancy, Basic Mathematics, Statistics and Sanskrit and 96 in English. Sharma has planned to study the B.Com Integrated course.

Shenoy, daughter of hardware dealer Ganesh Shenoy, said that she too was fascinated towards Chartered Accountant profession since her childhood.

Eldest of the two children of Ganesh Shenoy and home-maker Gayathri Shenoy, Shenoy said that listening to lectures attentively helped her do well in the examination.

Shenoy has secured 100 marks each in Basic Mathematics, Statistics, Business Studies, Accountancy and Sanskrit while obtaining 95 marks in English. Shenoy will write the CA Foundation Examination in Novem-ber. Swasthik, a resident of Madavu, has secured 100 marks each in Economics, Accountancy, Statistics and Sanskrit.

He has scored 99 marks in Business Studies and 95 marks in English. Swasthik is the son of Krishnamoorthy and Vidya. Swasthik has credited his success to the support of his family members and college lecturers.

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Kruti Muttagi, a student of VVS Sardarpatel PU College at Basaveshwaranagar in the city, has secured first rank in the science stream as the Karnataka PUC results were announced on Monday. 

She secured 597 marks out of 600, while scoring full marks in four out of six papers – mathematics, physics, chemistry and second language (Sanskrit). 

Kruti, who wants to be a doctor, said is expecting a medical seat at the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute in the city. 

“I would love to continue my education in Bengaluru and I hope that I score good marks in NEET,” she said. Revealing her success mantra, Kruti said that she followed a timetable at home for the last three months and tried to clear tough topics first, trying to avoid any last-minute preparations.

“The atmosphere at home is completely festive as wishes keep pouring in from everyone,” said Kruti’s mother Arati Muttagi, a homemaker.

Interestingly, all three toppers from the commerce stream are also girls and are from PU colleges in the city. Varshini M. Bhat from Vidyamandir Independent PU College, Malleswaram scored 595 to secure the first rank.

Securing 100% marks in all the five subjects except English, Amrutha S.R. from ASC PU College, Rajajinagar came second. She is planning to join Chartered Accountancy (CA) along with a full-time degree course and has been preparing for entrance exams. 

Also a trained Carnatic singer, she has been practicing too with her studies. She had secured 97.92% marks in SSLC. “Amrutha has been attending college regularly and has been revising day-to-day portions well before wrapping up her day. Her interest to understand concepts clearly has helped her master the course, helping her score well,” said Ramesh S., a high school teacher at an aided school in Benson Town.

From left to right, Olvita Ancilla D'Souza, Srikrishna Sharma, Shreeya Shenoy

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May 1,2020

Mangaluru, May 1: Dakshina Kannada on Friday two more positive cases of coronavirus in the district, taking the total number of cases to 24.

According to the state health bulletin, the 62-year old husband of the 58-year old woman of Boloor who tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, also tested positive for the virus.

Another 69-year old patient hailing from Kasaba in Bantwal Taluk also tested positive for the infection.

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June 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 19: A repatriation flight from Doha brought 178 passengers to Mangaluru today. This is the first flight operated from Qatar to Mangaluru under the Vande Bharat Mission. 

The Air India Express flight, which took off from Hamad International Airport in Doha at 12 noon (Qatar time) landed at Mangaluru International Airport around 6.30 pm IST.

Indian embassy had prepared the list of passengers to be flown in the flight. Stranded people who were in need of emergency repatriation such as pregnant women, senior citizens and those in need of emergency medical treatment were given priority while finalising the list of passengers. 

Kannadiga organisations in Qatar such as Karnataka Sangha, Tulu Kuta Qatar, Karnataka Muslim Welfare Association, Mangalore Cricket Club, Bunts Qatar, Mangalore Cultural Association, South Canara Muslim Welfare Association, Qatar Billawas had been striving for the repatriation of stranded Kannadigas by exerting pressure on the elected representatives to operate flights. 

Kannadigas in Qatar have thanked former Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Jayaprakash Hegde for persuading the authorities concerned to facilitate the repatriation. 

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April 13,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 13: Eminent scientist and NITI Aayog member V K Saraswat said on Monday the number of COVID- 19 cases is not going to go beyond what's being reported daily in India as he maintained that the country is in the process of flattening the curve.

The former Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister said the coronavirus positive cases have seen a sharper rise in the last four-five days because of increase in the number of testing.

"It's a good sign; all those asymptomatic cases lying hidden they are also coming out," Saraswat told PTI. "We certainly had a catalytic factor which was basically this (Nizamuddin) Markaz problem which has actually created clusters at different places and that has also been one of the factors for the kind of rise that has taken place."

But he said India is in a much better shape compared to other nations in the battle against COVID-19. "I can only say that the rate is not going to go beyond what has been going on now, may be 700 to 800 cases per day. So, we are in the process of flattening the curve."

The government's decision to declare nation-wide lockdown has paid dividends, Saraswat, a former chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, said.

Noting that India has seen a series of virus attacks in the last 15-20 years including Chikungunya and Dengue, he said the emphasis now should be on more and more R & D to find vaccines in advance.

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