SSLC toppers in DK, Udupi aim high

May 17, 2016

Mangaluru, May 17: The Karnataka SSLC results-2016 brought with them much reason for good cheer as a large number of students in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts scored above 610 marks. Coincidentally, most of the top scorers from the twin coastal district hail from a humble background.

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(from top left) Bindya Shetty(620), Sushruth (624), Rakhi Shet (609), Lakshmikant (617), Supreetha (618), Ramya Shree (623), Aditya (623), Chinmay (619), Renisha (615), Riya Jeshma (608), Sanjana (622) Meghana (622), Shilpa (621), Vivek Pai (622), Venkatesh (622), Deepthi (617), Chennaveeresh (617), Faaiza (610), Chaitra (622), Sohan (622).

Dakshina Kannada district topper Sushruth UK (624/625), a student of St Mary's English Medium High School, Laila, in Belthangady, has already started preparations for his further studies. Either entering the field of medicine or becoming an IAS officer was his dream since his childhood. Read more about Sushruth: Village boy who scored 624/625 in SSLC gives all credit to mom.

Aditya Kamath of Subrahmanya Kumaraswamy School has scored 623/625. He said he had expected to score 620 marks, and was surprised to see his marks as expected. “I used to study daily. My parents and teachers played a vital role in my success. I want to become a doctor or a scientist,” said Aditya.

Ajay KP of Canara High School (Main) in Mangaluru has secured 622 marks. He reads English literature and general knowledge books. He also likes to play shuttle. He wants to become an IAS officer after completing MBBS. He is the son of Shaila K N, lecturer at Balmatta First Grade College.

For Meghana Pai, a student of SVS English Medium School from Bantwal, 622/625 was a pleasant surprise as she had expected only 610. Daughter of G Krsihnanada Pai and Nandita Pai, the 16-year-old girl is all set to enter commerce stream as her dream is to become a successful Chartered Accountant.

Bindya Shetty, another topper from the district, has scored 620/625 marks. She is the student of Sri Mahalingeshwara English Medium School, Surathkal. “I was serious in my studies from Day One of my 10th standard. I did not leave my extra-curricular activities especially Bharathanatyam and Yakshagana, which helped me relax my mind and concentrate on my studies,” said Bindya and added, “I will take up Commerce in PU and will decide on my career later.” She is the daughter of Leeladhar Shetty and Sujatha Shetty.

Toppers in Udupi

In Udupi's Kundapur taluk three students have secured 622 out of 625. None of them went for coaching classes but did self-study.

Venkatesh Puranik B., a student of Government High School, Basrur, said that he had expected only 620 marks. But he was overjoyed to get 622 marks. “But my parents had expected me to do even better,” he said.

Son of Subrahmanya Puranik, a priest, and Annapurna Puranik, a homemaker, the boy used to study about four hours a day. “My aim is to become a Chartered Accountant. I have still not decided which college I should join for pre-university course,” he said.

U Chaitra Shanbhog, a student of S.V. English Medium High School, Gangolli, said that she had not expected to get 622 out of 625. It was a surprise for her. “My aim is to study Astronomy and become a space scientist,” she said.

Chaitra, daughter of U. Ravindra Shanbhog, an accountant at Gangolli Tiles Factory, and U. Geetha Shanbhog, a teacher at Sanjay Gandhi High School at Ampar, is learning Hindustani classical vocal. She loves playing shuttle badminton and ball badminton. In fact, she represented her school in shuttle badminton tournament.

H. Vivek Giridhar Pai, a student of V.K.R. Acharya Memorial English Medium School, Kundapur, said that he was delighted over getting 622 out of 625 marks. His aim was to do MBBS and become a paediatrician, he said.

Vivek Pai, son of Giridhar Pai, officer in Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), and Gayatri Pai, Head of the Department of Botany in Bhandarkars College, Kundapur, said that he used to study for three-four hours a day. He has already taken admission at S.R. College in Hebri for pre-university course.

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all the best everyone, do something for our country rather to be a part of foreign..

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Mangaluru: Agricultural produce vendors begin indefinite strike

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April 6,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 6: Agricultural produce vendors have decided to hold an indefinite strike from Monday here in city's Central Market.

This move comes in response to district administration’s order asking them to shift to the APMC yard at Baikampady and not heeding to their appeal to allow them to operate from the Market and other areas in the city.

The district administration has decided to shift the vendors in order to prevent crowding in the market and maintain social distancing norms.

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Inconvenience faced by passengers from Dubai at Mangaluru Airport will not be repeated: DyCM Ashwath Narayan

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May 13,2020

Managluru, May 13: Expressing regret over the inconvenience faced by the first batch of passengers from UAE that landed at Mangaluru International Airport last night, Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, deputy chief minister of Karnataka, today assured that all short comings will be addressed.

Addressing Kannadiga delegates from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and other countries through a video conference, Dr Narayan also assured that necessary steps will be taken by the Karnataka government to provide free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine in hotels or guest houses. The video conference was organised by coastaldigest.com.

"The incontinence faced by passengers from Dubai at Mangaluru Airport have already been brought to my notice. All these shortcomings will be addressed. We will take appropriate steps to prevent the recurrence of such inconveniences," he said.

He said that the Karnataka government has already amended its standard operating procedure for international passengers to allow pregnant women to entre home quarantine if they test negative for covid-19.

The problems faced by passengers at Mangaluru Airport last night include lack of staff to handle luggagues, lack of food and water, delay in arranging vehicle to transport passengers to quarantine centres and lack of free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine facility. The next batch of repatriates will not face these problems, he said.

Dr Narayan also promised to exert pressur on the union governmment to operate more flights to repatriate stranded Indians, especially Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia.

Prominent NRI commnity leaders Zakariya Jokatte, Naveen Bandary, Joy Fernandes, Shathosh Shetty Riyadh, Althaf Saqco, Shiekh Expertise and others participated in the video confernce.

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Beware mankind! A new virus discovered in pigs with human pandemic risk

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June 30,2020

Washington, Jun 30: Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the US science journal PNAS.

Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009.

It possesses "all the essential hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans," say the authors, scientists at Chinese universities and China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The researchers then carried out various experiments including on ferrets, which are widely used in flu studies because they experience similar symptoms to humans -- principally fever, coughing and sneezing.

G4 was observed to be highly infectious, replicating in human cells and causing more serious symptoms in ferrets than other viruses.

Tests also showed that any immunity humans gain from exposure to seasonal flu does not provide protection from G4.

According to blood tests which showed up antibodies created by exposure to the virus, 10.4 percent of swine workers had already been infected.

The tests showed that as many as 4.4 percent of the general population also appeared to have been exposed.

The virus has therefore already passed from animals to humans but there is no evidence yet that it can be passed from human to human -- the scientists' main worry.

"It is of concern that human infection of G4 virus will further human adaptation and increase the risk of a human pandemic," the researchers wrote.

The authors called for urgent measures to monitor people working with pigs.

"The work comes as a salutary reminder that we are constantly at risk of new emergence of zoonotic pathogens and that farmed animals, with which humans have greater contact than with wildlife, may act as the source for important pandemic viruses," said James Wood, head of the department of veterinary medicine at Cambridge University.

A zoonotic infection is caused by a pathogen that has jumped from a non-human animal into a human.

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