Mangaluru: Grand Finale of Bearys Quench -19 quiz competition to be held on December 14
Mangaluru: Bearys Academy of Learning - Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) and Bearys Enviro Archtecture Design School (BEADS) in association with Association of Principals of PUC Dakshina Kannada and Udupi as part of the educational events of the year 2019 had launched the Bearys Quench -19 in the month of August 2019. The Inter College quiz competition was for 2nd PUC science students.
The grand finale of the event is now slated to take place on December 14, 2019 with six selected teams to compete in the finale. The top three teams in the finale will be awarded cash prizes and trophies.
“The preliminary round was started in the month of August 2019 for the 52 colleges of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Around 4500 students have participated. The students displayed ecstatic spirit and enjoyed the quiz to the fullest. On 14th December 2019, the grand finale round will be conducted for the participating colleges, from which six teams will be selected for the final round and the best three teams will be awarded cash prizes and trophies which will be conducted at Bearys Institute of Technology” a press statement from the organisers added.
Philomena Lobo, Rtd. Director of education Govt. of Karnataka will be the Chief Guest for the Grand Finale event while Rtn. Vincent D’Costa, Secretary PUC Association of Principals Dakshina Kannada and Principal Rotary PU College Moodabidri will be present as the Guest of Honour. The event will be presided over by Syed Mohamed Beary, Chairman Bearys Group and will be coordinated by Manatha Bhandary, Student Welfare Officer and Prafulla, Student Affairs Officer.
“Quiz competition emphasizes on the improvement of the intellectual and General Knowledge skills of the students and also serves as a platform to showcase their intellectual ability and expose them in a competitive platform” the press statement issued by Dr. S.I. Manjur Basha, Principal, BIT- Mangaluru added.
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Gurugram Police arrest BJP Yuva Morcha member for spreading fake murder story on social media
New Delhi: Gurugram Police have arrested BJP Yuva Morcha member Hariom Mishra, for allegedly spreading a fabricated and communally sensitive story on social media about the murder of a college student in Gurugram.
Mishra who is also known as Shaurya Mishra had shared a collage of four photographs on his X handle earlier this month. He claimed that a 24-year-old college student, identified as Nikita Agarwal, had been murdered by her classmate Arif Khan in Gurugram. In the post, he alleged that the woman was blackmailed, forced into prostitution, gangraped, and eventually killed. He also claimed that Arif dumped her body in a forest. The claims were presented as being based on police sources.
The post went viral and garnering over 1.5 lakh views, and was amplified by several right-wing social media handles across X, Facebook and Instagram. A verification of the claims revealed that no such incident had taken place in Gurugram. A search of credible news reports showed no record of any such murder. The police said this news would have inevitably attracted media attention if it were true.
On December 11, Gurugram Police publicly refuted the claims through their official X handle. They stated that the information which was being circulated was completely false. The police warned that legal action would be taken against those spreading misinformation. Despite the warning, Mishra neither deleted the post nor issued any clarification.
Police in Gurugram confirmed Mishra's arrest on December 16. The police said a FIR was filed after he continued to spread false information about the alleged murder of a Hindu woman by Muslim man. Police said Mishra, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, is now being investigated.
Gurugram Police spokesperson Sandeep Singh told The Print that the accused had deliberately misrepresented facts and used objectionable content to spread hatred along religious lines. “Such posts can create serious disturbances in society, and the police take these matters very seriously,” he said.
A reverse image search conducted by fact-checkers at Alt News, revealed that the photographs used in the viral post were unrelated to the claims, while two of the images were traced to a Pinterest account belonging to influencer Maulik Chopra and another image was sourced from an Instagram post by influencer Shivam Thakur featuring a woman named Deepanshi Rawat. The fourth image was found on an unrelated Instagram page. The images depicted different individuals and had no connection to any crime.
Police said they are also investigating Mishra’s motive behind sharing the false and provocative content.
