Dr. Ronald Colaco, Thumbay Moideen , Prakash Shetty to get hon. doctorate from Mangalore University
Mangaluru: The 42nd annual convocation program of Mangalore University will be held on June 15 Saturday here at the Mangala auditorium in the universities campus in Mangalore.
Professor Sachin Chaturvedi director general of research and information system for developing countries New Delhi will be the chief guest of the event.
During the event the university will award on the doctorate to Dubai-based prominent NRI Businessman and Philanthropist Dr. Ronald Colaco, Founder Presidet of MRG Group Prakash Shetty, and Founder President of Thumbay Group Dr. Thumbay Moideen, the university announced in a press conference on Friday.
During the convocation Mangalore University will award 155 Doctor of Philosophy degrees (Arts 51, Science 73, Commerce 26 and Education 05). Out of 155 P6D candidates, 60(38.70%) are women candidates and 95 161.29%) are men candidates, in this 18 men and 04 female are foreign nationals. There are 58 Gold Medals and 57 Cash Prizes Two Gold medals have been converted into cash prizes. There are 168 Ranks, out of which 72 students are 1" rank holders (P.G-52 & UG-20: Arts- 31; Science & Technology-75 Commerce 41; Education 211.
Governor of Karnataka and the Chancellor of the University His Excellency Sri Thawar Chand Gehlot will preside and confer the degrees to all the candidates. Dr. M.C. Sudhakar, Minister for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka and the Pro-Chancellor of the University will be participate and grace the occasion.
Out of 3,094 PG. students who have passed, 839 (27.10%) are boys and 2,255 (72.90%) are girls. Similarly at the U.G. level, out of 18,225 candidates who passed, 6,639 (36.50%) are boys and the remaining 11,586 (63.60%) are girls. With regard to the gender composition, out of 21,319 total number of candidates who passed, 8,097 (38.00%) are boys (Pass percentage of boys 65.20%) and 13,841 (65.00%) are girls (Pass percentage of girls 81.30%).
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Explosive device kills 13, injures 38 on bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists
Bogota (Colombia) (PTI): An explosive device killed 13 people travelling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a “terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates.
Octavio Guzman, the governor of the region of Cauca, said on X that the device was set off while the bus was travelling along the Panamerican Highway in the municipality of Cajibio. Five children were among the injured, Cauca Health Secretary Carolina Camargo told Noticias Caracol, a TV news program.
Gen. Hugo Lopez, commander of Colombia's Armed Forces, told a news conference that it was a “terrorist act" and blamed the network of a man known as “Ivan Mordisco” — one of Colombia's most wanted figures — and the Jaime Martínez faction. Both are dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that operate in the region.
Neither Ivan Mordisco nor the Jaime Martínez faction abide by the peace agreement signed with the state in 2016.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the attack on X.
“Those who carried out the attack and killed seven civilians — and wounded 17 others — in Cajibío — many of them Indigenous people — are terrorists, fascists, and drug traffickers,” he wrote.
The attack is the latest in a spate of explosions that have attempted to target public infrastructure. At least 26 incidents have taken place in the past two days in southwestern Colombia, which Lopez said have only affected civilians.
They included a shooting at a police station in the rural area of Jamundi, and an attack on a Civil Aviation radar facility in El Tambo, where authorities took down three explosives-laden drones earlier on Saturday. No one was hurt.
On Friday, two vehicles rigged with explosives were detonated near military units in Cali and Palmira, causing material damage.
The escalation of violence in that region — a territory contested by illegal armed groups linked to drug trafficking — prompted the mobilisation of high-ranking officials on Saturday. Led by Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez, the delegation that includes regional governors and local authorities, was meeting in Palmira when the deadly explosion occurred.
“These criminals seek to instil fear, but we will respond with firmness,” Sanchez said on X.
Meanwhile, Francisca Toro, governor of Valle del Cauca, has called upon the national government to provide “immediate support.” In a message on X, Toro called for a reinforcement of public security forces, enhanced intelligence operations and “decisive actions” against crime in the face of a “terrorist-level escalation.”
According to authorities, Cauca and Valle del Cauca serve as a critical hub for illicit activities of illegal armed groups vying for control over sea and river access routes leading to the port of Buenaventura — a key transit point used to traffic drugs to Central America and Europe.
The government has also offered a reward of more than 1 million dollars for information leading to the capture of “Marlon,” who is identified as the leader of the region's dissident group. On Friday, local authorities offered more than USD 14,000 for information leading to the identification and location of those behind the attacks in Cali and Palmira.
