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National Youth Awards to be conferred on 35 young achievers

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January 3, 2012

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Mangalore, January 3: As many as 35 young achievers would be conferred with the prestigious 'National Youth Awards' during the 17th National Youth Festival, which will be held from January 12 to 16, said Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda.

He said that the State and Union governments have already released Rs 5 crore and Rs 2 crore respectively for taking up necessary arrangement for the mega event, which would attract over 5,000 youth from across the country including Union Territories.

The DC said the preparations for the Youth Festival were guided by as many as 400 officials from Nehru Yuva Kendra, 18 top officials from the Centre and 25 officials from the State government.

Mr Gowda said that that the demand for synthetic track at Mangala Stadium would be met utilizing the pending amount of the Youth Festival and the foundation for the synthetic track would be laid during the valedictory of the five –day event.

Various competitions of Yuvajanotsava will be held at Town Hall, T M A Pai Convention Centre, Devadigara Bhavana in Mannagudda, SDM Law College, Kudroli Koragappa Kalyana Mantapa and Gokarnanatheshwara hall in Kudroli.

The Youth Festival will be inaugurated on January 12 at 5 pm at Mangala Stadium. The youth who come from different parts of the country will be entertained with 'Celebrity Nights' at Mangala Stadium from January 13 to 15 from 7 pm.

On January 13—Hariharan and Leslie Louise will enthrall the participants. On January 14—Euphoria, On January 15—Shivamani, Kadri Gopalnath, Praveen Godkhindi and Narasimha Vadavatti will perform. Vasundhara Das will perform on January 16.

He said as part of Youth Festival, food festival and 'Yuva Krithi' will be held at Karavali Utsav grounds, grounds sports at Nehru Maidan, water sports at Panambur beach.

The special attraction of the Youth Festival will be boat race at Panambur beach on January 14, beach volleyball and throw ball on January 15. Kambala and flower show will be held at Pilikula on January 15.


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May 16,2020

Bengaluru, May 16: The Karnataka government is expected to take a call on Monday on holding the Secondary Level School Certificate (SSLC) or class 10 examination, which were postponed due to COVID-19 lockdown.

Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar said there was a possibility that the state government may come out with a timetable on Monday. "We are holding a meeting regarding the SSLC examination," he told reporters here.

He also said there would be discussions on how to conduct the exams and precautionary measures to be taken in view of COVID-19.

"We have to make arrangements for masks, sanitisers and thermal scanners. We will set up a thermal scanner for a health check-up. We have to make separate seating arrangements for those having health issues. All these issues will be discussed on Monday," Kumar said.

The SSLC exams were supposed to commence from May 27 but due to the lockdown, it was postponed for an indefinite period.

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March 23,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 23: As many as 600 people who arrived from foreign countries are under the surveillance of the district police in the Dakshina Kannada, as a measure to contain the spread of Covid-19, said Superintendent of Police B M Laxmi Prasad on Monday.

The police personnel are visiting their houses in Dakshina Kannada police jurisdiction. They have been asked to remain quarantined at home for 14 days."We have appealed to the local residents to tip the police if they violate the quarantine period,"he added.

Talking to newsmen here, he said that all the roads in border areas connecting Kerala had been closed, the police have strengthened security in border areas. Please log in to get detailed story.

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May 17,2020

Mangaluru, May 17: A team of staff and students from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, have designed and developed a simple and cost-effective touch-less hand sanitiser dispenser kit at Research and Innovation Centre, Nitte.

According to a release here on Sunday, NITTE said that the most effective medicine for Covid-19 is social distancing, frequent use of sanitiser, and washing hands regularly. In work areas, many people sharing common sanitiser might lead to issues.

The developed product dispenses sanitiser upon sensing the presence of the hand. The product has features like automatic hand detection, indication for power, and sanitiser quantity in the system.

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