Udupi man dies of heart attack, swab samples sent for COVID-19 test
Udupi, May 17: A 44-year-old man from Bannanje in Udupi district died of heart attack on Saturday at the district hospital.
Since he was suffering from fever, cold and cough for three days, a sample of his saliva has been sent for a Corona-infection test to the laboratory in Mangaluru.
On Saturday night, the patient showed signs of pain in the chest and was admitted to the district hospital at Ajjarkadu. He died at night of a heart attack, said Dr Sudhichandra Sood, Udupi District Health and Family Welfare Officer.
“The ECG showed that the patient suffered from heart problem. Yet, since he had developed cold and fever for a couple of days, the throat swab sample has been sent to Mangaluru on Saturday night for a Corona test. We are waiting for the report,” the officer added.
“The patient had not gone out anywhere. He had also not come in contact with any Corona-infected person, as per the primary investigation reports,” said Dr Sood.
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FM Sitharaman launches 'VijAIpatha' labs in govt schools in Karnataka
Hampi (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched Cyient AI Labs (CyAILS) -- 'VijAIpatha', aimed at democratising access to Artificial Intelligence, STEM and Robotics education in government schools here.
In a series of posts on 'X', the minister's office shared pictures of the initiative launched at a girl's government school in Hosapete taluk and said that under the pilot phase, five world-class AI, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Robotics laboratories are being established in government schools.
Each lab will be equipped with high-performance computers, AI-ready software, robotics kits, IoT devices, sensors and secure broadband connectivity.
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"Aligned with NEP 2020, Digital India and Hon'ble Prime Minister @narendramodi's mission of Viksit Bharat 2047, the programme integrates CBSE's AI curriculum and strengthens technology-enabled learning in public education," it said.
Focusing on rural and semi-urban India, the initiative introduces future technologies at the school level, helping build early digital fluency, computational thinking and innovation capacity among students, the minister's office said.
"Benefiting over 2,000 students and training more than 200 teachers, 'VijAIpatha' is a scalable CSR model fostering innovation, career readiness and grassroots digital empowerment," it added.
According to the office, the initiative has been designed as a scalable, replicable and sustainable model that can be adopted across districts and states in collaboration with government education departments, positioning it as a benchmark CSR model for a national AI education rollout.
