Partial solar eclipse witnessed in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada districts
Udupi / Mangaluru, June 21: A partial solar eclipse was witnessed in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Sunday.
The eclipse, which commenced at 10:04 am and reached a maximum of 40% at 11:27 am in Udupi district and at 11:36 am in Dakshina Kannada, ended at 1:22 pm and 1:19 pm respectively. The people of both districts, however, did not have the privilege of witnessing an annual solar eclipse.
The amateur astronomical observers who gathered at the Poornaprajna College in Udupi viewed the eclipse with telescope filters, glasses and welding glass. The movement of the moon between the sun and the earth was uploaded into Youtube from the College.
Dr A P Bhat, founder – director of the observers' group; Atul Bhat, coordinator; Dr A Raghavendra, principal of the College; and Pratibha Acharya, head of the Physics Department, were present during the viewing.
In Mangaluru city and other parts of Dakshina Kannada, a partial solar eclipse could be seen in spite of a cloudy sky on Sunday. Aravinda Kudla, Science teacher, led the team of Chintana Cultural Group, which viewed the astronomical occurrence from Akash Bhavan in Mangaluru city. Kudla also explained aspects of a solar eclipse to the gathering on the occasion.
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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.
