
Colleges to open for first-year students
The Hindu
First-year students are set to go to their colleges from Monday. The Higher Education Department has instructed colleges to be prepared to conduct orientation programmes for candidates admitted for th
First-year students are set to go to their colleges from Monday.
The Higher Education Department has instructed colleges to be prepared to conduct orientation programmes for candidates admitted for the academic year 2021-2022.
In a circular on Thursday, the Director of Collegiate Education instructed college principals to prepare the institutions for the orientation programme, to be conducted on Monday. Regional joint directors have been instructed to apprise self-financing institutions in their respective regions regarding the same.

Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has rolled out digital mode of water bill generation and collection in 23 gram panchayats on a pilot basis for the first time in Karnataka. This is set to be extended to the remaining 200 panchayats shortly, according to the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Narwade Vinayak Karbhari.

Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, are present in Chennai’s beach sediments in relatively low abundance, but low overall microplastic abundance does not necessarily imply low ecological risk. Even small particles can cause long-term ecological damage by affecting marine life, moving up the food chain, and eventually impacting human health through contaminated seafood.











