Science Camp for high school students

May 16, 2012

Mangalore, May 16: The three-day science camp for students of class IX and X by Centre for Advanced Learning commenced on May 15 in the city.

About 45 students from various schools in and around Mangalore are participating in the camp. The purpose of camp was to create awareness and interest in the young minds of students about learning science through experiments.

The inaugural day highlight was that experts in Physics from Pune and Bangalore guided the event. From Pune, Suyash Dake an IT professional who opted for profession of propagating science through experiments lead the team.

He has to his credit 16 Sunday schools running through various centres in Maharashtra and Karnataka teaching science through experiments to the children from class III to X. Physics is his forte. He also produces and supplies science kits to educational institutions through his firm. Thus, he is devoted to science and inculcates interest in science subjects in students catching them young.

He was accompanied by his sister Dr. Sujatha from Bangalore who is a past scientist of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The highlights included demonstrative experiments to begin with by the team followed by several individual experiments by participants through the kits provided to them by Mr. Dake and his team. There was a paper model of first satellite Arya Bhata prepared by the students through the kit supplied to them by the team. The past scientist of ISRO, Dr. Sujatha dwelt in length the history of progress of Satalite technology in India. The team was assisted by Mr. Srikanth Pai a Ph.D. student from IISc and others.

Students thoroughly enjoyed the presentations by Mr. Dake and his team who showed their inquisitiveness in the subject through umpteen number of questions which were answered by the team to their satisfaction. Next two days also there will be similar programs in the field of Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology guided by experts in those fields.

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2 more tests positive for coronavirus in K'taka, state's count reaches 279

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: With two more people testing positive for COVID-19 in Karnataka, the state's corona cases count has reached 279, including 80 discharged and 12 deaths, said the government on Wednesday.

A total of 19 corona cases were confirmed in the state on Wednesday. 17 cases were reported earlier in the day, of which 15 are male patients and two are female. Of the 17 cases, nine are workers of a pharmaceutical company in Mysuru, the government stated.

Meanwhile, a 65-year-old from Chikkaballapur, who had tested positive for COVID-19, lost his life this afternoon.

"He was referred to a Bengaluru hospital with complaints of H1N1 positive, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with obstructive sleep apnea and a past history of diabetes and hypertension," the government said.

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Miscreants burn migrant labourers’ dozens of huts in Karnataka capital

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May 26,2020

Bengaluru, May 26: Unknown miscreants have set ablaze 30-40 migrant labourers hutments in Bengaluru east, prompting police to take suo motu cognizance, an official said on Tuesday.

"As many as 30-40 migrant labourers' hutments have been set ablaze by unknown miscreants at Kacharakanahallin in KG Halli, we have taken suo motu cognizance of the crime," said a police official to media.

Police are investigating the arson invoking IPC Sections 143, 147, 188, 436, 123, 504, 506 and others.

"There was no loss of life in the arson as the migrant labourers were away at their hometowns because of COVID lockdown," said the official.

The labourers came from different parts of Karnataka to eke out a living and were living in those huts near the Rama Temple in KG Halli.

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Saudi Kannadigas charter flight from Dammam lands in Mangaluru

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June 22,2020

Mangaluru, June 22: A chartered flight from Dammam with more than 170 stranded Saudi Kannadiga passengers landed at Mangaluru International Airport at 8.53 pm.

The flight was chartered by Saudi Kannadigas Humanity Forum (SKHF), an unregistered NGO, which was formed recently to help the Kannadigas stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lockdown under the leadership of Zakariya Jokatte, president of Jubail unit of Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry and KS Sheikh Karnire, Director of Expertise Contracting Co. Ltd, Saudi Arabia.

There were 165 adults and 8 infants on board the IndiGo flight. All the passengers were screened at the airport. They will be dispatched to quarantine centres after completing formalities.

SKHF had launched an online portal to assist those who were in need of emergency repatriation such as elderly people, those who lost their jobs, pregnant women and those who are in need of emergency medical treatment back home in India.

SKHF coordinated with the authorities concerned to carry out all the formalities and legal procedures in Saudi Arabia. SKHF members were present at the Dammam Airport to help the passengers during the departure.

Mr Jokatte and Mr Sheikh have thanked U T Khader, Mangaluru MLA and Dr Arathi Krishna, former deputy chairperson of NRI forum of government of Karnataka, for their help in chartering the flight.