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Divide between science, engineering and humanities must be bridged'

June 2, 2012
Mangalore, June 2: Compartmentalisation of learning is contrary to the very basis of a university, said Prof. P Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Delivering the Graduation Day Address on the occasion of the Second Graduation Ceremony of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, on June 2, Prof. Balram said that in the past, disciplinary boundaries were much less pronounced. “Micheal Faraday was a physicist, chemist, and an electrical engineer. Similarly, Louis Pasteur was an organic chemist, a microbiologist, and a biotechnologist. India's own J C Bose was a physicist, biologist, physiologist and inventor, but these terms were much less defined in his time”, he said.

Prof. Balaram also said that the trend of students preferring commerce and management streams over humanities and science subjects was a matter of concern. “Some courses are labeled as 'professional', a term which suggests rather curiously, that B.Sc and B.A courses are 'unprofessional'. It is this divide between science, engineering, medicine and humanities which must be bridged in India today”, he said.

A total of 1,377 students obtained their degree certificates on the occasion, including 872 in the under graduate section, 460 in the post graduate section and 45 in PG Diploma.

Rank holders from different courses were honoured with medals and cash prizes.

Fr. Joseph Rodrigues, Rector, St Aloysius Institutions, administered the oath to the students.

Fr. Francis Serrao, Provincial, Karnataka Jesuit Province, Fr. Swebert D'Silva, Principal, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, Prof. A M Narahari, Registrar of the College, were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.


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April 4,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 4: No positive case of coronavirus has been detected in Dakshina Kannada district as per the latest update released by the district administration on Friday.

Test results of throat swab samples of 16 people with suspected symptoms were received today and all of them were negative.

A total of 38,518 people have been screened for coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada district till date with 72 people being screened today.

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January 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 22: JD(S) president HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday termed the surrender of the accused in the alleged planting of an explosive at Mangalore Airport as another act of a drama and said that the incident should serve as an Eye-opener for the Prime minister Narendra Modi over the prevailing unemployment problem in the country.

Addressing a press conference, the Janta Dal (Secular) leader said that the surrendered man, who had allegedly planted explosive at the airport, was an employed youth and PM needs to address the prevailing unemployment problem in the country.

The former chief minister said that the accused have higher education qualifications and belonged to the Hindu community, disapproving that only people belonging to the Muslim community resort to violence.

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Arif
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Thursday, 23 Jan 2020

EVM hack>Dictactorship>don't care whether people protest or not

fairman
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Thursday, 23 Jan 2020

This will not open not only eye, even any part of his body.

 

Because these are shameless leaders elected by Stupid, brainless.

 

 

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: The Karnataka government on Monday decided to purchase 1,000 ventilators from medical devices company Skanray Technologies and five lakh Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), amid rising COVID-19 cases.

Health Minister B Sriramulu convened a meeting with officials to review the situation in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, and with the Mysuru-based firm through a video conference.

"In the meeting, it was decided to buy 1,000 ventilators immediately", the Minister tweeted.

He said the government has already taken steps to buy ten lakh masks, and decided to purchase five lakh PPE.

"The Health Department has been working on a war- footing to halt the spread of the (COVID-19) infections", Sriramulu tweeted.

The Minister appealed to the citizens to strictly follow social distancing.

Six new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Karnataka on Sunday, taking the total number of infections to the respiratory disease to 26 -- the highest number of positive cases in a single day in the State.

The Karnataka government has announced shutdown of all commercial activities barring essential services in nine districts, where COVID-19 cases have been reported, till March 31.

They are: Bengaluru city, Bengaluru Rural, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Kalaburagi, Dharwad, Chikkaballapura, Kodagu and Belagavi, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

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