Scientists clear students’ doubts at congress
The Hindu
Papers on various topics presented at children’s session
More than a 100 students participated in an interaction with scientists at the 34th Kerala Science Congress (KSC) on Saturday, the final day of the three-day event.
The panel consisting of K. P. Sudheer, executive vice president, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment; Saji Gopinath, Vice Chancellor, Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation And Technology; M.C. Dathan, mentor (science), Kerala government, and other senior scientists replied to the questions posed by the postgraduate students.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.