1st-year engg. classes from Oct. 25
The Hindu
5,970 candidates admitted under the 7.5% reservation
Classes for first-year engineering students will begin on October 25, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi has said.
A total of 5,970 candidates have been admitted to engineering colleges under the 7.5% special reservation for government school students. The Higher Education Minister said all students admitted under the quota would be accommodated in colleges.
He told reporters that admissions to all courses in State-run universities, including Anna University, would follow the State’s 69% reservation policy.
We all remember the childhood history classes on human evolution, which taught us how where men started hunting their food and learned to cook on fire create a fire that paved the way for our culinary adventures across centuries. Humans have evolved since then, wood fires have been replaced by ovens and gas stoves whereas open-fire cooking has only been a part of our backyard activity that gets a pick occasionally during special occasions.
Bengaluru and its civic bodies are notorious for delays in completion of infrastructural projects. Arguably the most infamous among such projects is the Ejipura flyover, which has been dragging on for the past seven years. Intended to connect the southeast part of the city to its east and west regions, it has faced numerous delays since its commencement in 2017.