‘Festival on Pedals’ is back
The Hindu
Online global bicycle cultural festival for students from Oct. 2 to 5
Cyclolsavam, an online international bicycle cultural festival, is back with its second edition. ‘Cyclolsavam – Festival on Pedals’ will be held from October 2 to 5.
It is aimed at giving students around the world a break from the monotony of lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic that kept them away from school for extended periods. The festival will provide a platform for them to showcase their talents and draw them towards cycling.
Besides competition events such as essay writing (Malayalam, English, Hindi), elocution (Hindi, Malayalam, English), painting, and poster-making, innovative competitions such as bicycle flower arrangement, video-production, and bicycle anthem will also be held.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.