Science toppers in Udupi aim high: Raeesa wants to become doctor; Swathi to pursue engineering

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April 16, 2019

Udupi, Apr 16: Raeesa Umarabba, a student of S.R. PU College, Hebri, and Swathi, a student of MGM Pre-University College, are the two girls from the coastal district of Udupi who shared third rank in the Science stream with two others in the Karnataka II PUC exams the results of which were announced on Monday. Both of them have obtained 592/600 marks.

Daughter of businessman A Umarabba and homemaker Ruksana, teenage girl Raeesa said that she was delighted about her results as she felt her hard work had paid. She did not take any coaching. “The teachers in my college were ready to guide students any time so there was no need for any coaching,” she said.

Though she wants to become a doctor, she said that what she takes up as a career will depend on the marks she gets in the competitive exams, including the NEET and CET.

“My study hours were flexible. I did not have any set hours for studying,” she said. Her hobbies include painting, drawing, singing and dancing. “I attribute my success to both my parents but especially to my mother, Ruksana, who is my role model and who encouraged me at every step,” she said.

Daughter of Udayashankar Nayak, Manager, Syndicate Bank, Bengaluru, and Girija Bai, a clerk at Upendra Pai Memorial College, Udupi, Swathi wants to become an Engineer in Computer Science. She would prefer to study in either NITK-Surathkal or NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.

“My elder sister, Shwetha is studying engineering at SMV Institute of Technology and Management in Bantakal. This also made me think of taking up engineering,” she said.

Swathi used to study for about one-and-a-half hours in the beginning of the academic year, which she later increased. Her hobbies include drawing and sketching.

“I attribute my success to my parents, teachers and my hard efforts. My parents supported me and my teachers in the college were always there to guide me,” she said.

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July 31,2020

Mangaluru, July 31: Extending Eid al-Adha greetings to the people, S M Rashid Haji, president of the Bearys chamber of commerce & industry has termed the festival as a symbol of sacrifice and patience. 

“Eid al-Adha commemorates the Prophet Ibraheem’s (a) test of faith and sacrifices. It symbolizes sacrifice and endurance,” he said.

“Every human being during his lifetime faces one or the other test from the Almighty… Now we are collectively facing the hardship... May this festival bring goodness and peace, and herald the end of pandemic,” he said.

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April 17,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 17: Karnataka on Thursday inked an agreement with the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living to rejuvenate water sources and improve groundwater recharge in nine districts.

Rural Development & Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister KS Eshwarappa held talks with Ravi Shankar on the project. The partnership seeks to take up works through funds available under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).

The project proposes to take up works in Shivamogga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Chitradurga, Ballari, Kolar, Yadgir, Kodagu and Tumakuru districts. Under NREGA, works such as construction of check dams, construction of contours, bunds and so on will be commissioned.

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January 25,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 25: Several women have completed a 24-hour protest here against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and are going strong to stretch it to 48 hours.

"More than a thousand women gathered on the Masjid Road at Frazer Town to denounce the CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC)," participant and Mount Carmel College student Noor Zahira told IANS.

The women protesters extended their support to the students in Jamia Millia Islamia, the Aligarh Muslim University, the Jawaharlal Nehru University and others who were recently roughed up allegedly by police and masked goons.

Zahira, 20, said the women's protest was planned only for 24 hours but is continuing to touch 48 hours.

Starting 3pm on Thursday, the women, several of them in burqas, niqabs and hijabs, are sitting on the road just outside the Haji Sait mosque in Frazer Town in a flash protest. Though they have informed the police, they did not wait for the permission. Around 11 pm, police arrived and shut off the protesters' loud speakers.

Zahira said already four such women's anti-CAA protests were taken out in Bengaluru. Women from all ages groups have joined the protest and are sloganeering.

As the women are protesting on the road, men are guarding them standing on the opposite road, ensuring all supplies such as food and others to them, she added.

"Muslim women were not alone in denouncing the CAA... we were joined by the transgenders, Hindu women, Christian women, Dalits and others, " she said.

Some of the protesters also indulged in creative work such as composing songs against the CAA and making placards.

Though four anti-CAA women's protests happened at the Town Hall and other landmarks in Bengaluru, they were only a few hours long.

The protesting women are also showing support to women protesters at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi who were accused of demonstrating for Rs 500. However, the protest did not align anti-CAA demonstration with any political party, keeping it apolitical.

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