Mangaluru: St Aloysius College gets prestigious UGC Research Grant

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December 5, 2019

Mangaluru, Dec 5: St Aloysius College (Autonomous) has been selected under the newly started prestigious UGC-STRIDE Scheme (Component I). Component I of the Scheme for Trans- disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy (STRIDE) is envisaged to augment the Research Capacity Building exercises and Human Resource Development of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

The College is one among 34 Colleges selected under Component I in the country (including universities) and one among the 3 Colleges selected from Karnataka. The College is expected to get a grant of Rs. 1 Crore under the scheme for a period of three years. The College has chosen Cultural Studies as the broad area of study and has the objective of identifying, promoting, documenting and popularizing the vibrant cultural diversity of Coastal Karnataka and their impact on the social, political and cultural identities of the people of the region. This will be accomplished through rigorous action research along with imparting effective training and research capacity building of the staff and students of the institution. This unique trans-disciplinary research will involve research staff and students of faculties of languages, humanities, social sciences and biological sciences of the institution.

Principal of the College, Rev. Dr Praveen Martis, SJ and the Coordinator of STRIDE- Component I, Dr Alwyn D’Sa have expressed the long term objective and motivation for choosing the area of cultural diversity as an earnest attempt to become a catalyst in facilitating a cohesive, inclusive and sustainable development of target region by creating spaces for proactive engagement with communities by identifying, promoting and harnessing the research potential of the staff and students.

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Tricolour unfurled at 10,000 mosques across Kerala on R-Day

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January 26,2020

Kozhikode, Jan 26: The Indian national flag was unfurled at around 10,000 mosques and religious institutions across Kerala on the auspicious occasion of 71st Republic Day on Sunday.

"The national flag was unfurled at around 10,000 mosques across the state on this auspicious occasion as per the instruction of the Waqf Board," Secretary of the Kuttiady Juma Masjid Committee, K Basheer, told media here.

He said that the national flag was also unfurled at the Kuttiady Juma Masjid here as per the instructions.

"Constitution is under threat by the Citizenship Amendment Act, we also read the preamble of the Constitution in solidarity," Basheer said.

Meanwhile, a majestic event was held in the national capital on the occasion of Republic Day.

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Welcome news. But i dont think any of sanghi shakhas have hoisted our national flag on this occasion. I didnt see a single picture in any media or newspaper.

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Udupi: Four arrested in Yogish Poojary murder case

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July 8,2020

Udupi, Jul 8: Four people have been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Yogish Poojary (26), a resident of Laxminagara in Tenkanidiyoor in Udupi. A gang, which arrived in a car had attacked Poojary with lethal weapons on July 6.

The arrested are rowdy sheeter Sujith Pinto (37), his elder brother Rohit Pinto (43) Annu alias Pradeep (40) and Vinay (36). Police have continued the manhunt to nab two more accused – Girish and Anup.

The accused were arrested from Kallianpur last night following which the accused were to murder spot as part of investigation. The police also seized the car and knives that were used for the crime.

Police sources said that the accused were under the influence of alcohol when the stabbed Poojary repeatedly with knives.

Three teams headed by sub-inspectors of Malpe, Udupi city and city crime branch took part in the operation. The accused have been booked under station under section 143, 147, 148, 302 and 149 of IPC.

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Woman who came from Saudi Arabia hospitalized in Manipal over corona scare

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March 11,2020

Udupi, Mar 11: An elderly woman, who had recently visited Saudi Arabia has been admitted to an isolation ward at KMC in Manipal, here with symptoms of fever, cough and breathlessness.

The 68-year-old woman hails from Sagar taluk in Shivamogga district of Karnataka.

The patient had travelled to Saudi Arabia in the last week of February and was treated for fever cough and breathlessness there.

After recovery, she had travelled back to Bengaluru, where she was screened at the airport.

Later, she reached Shivamogga where she was treated at Nanjappa Hospital for symptoms of fever, cough.

As she has symptoms of coronavirus, she is quarantined and is under observation. The samples will have been sent to Bengaluru and the result is awaited.

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