Mangaluru: District Commissioner Sasikant Senthil has strictly warned the ‘Efficient Brain’ institute of Puttur against conducting unscientific activities on the pretext of increasing children’s Intelligence Quotient and concentration power.

Narendra Naik, president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA), has lodged a complaint with the DC saying that on the pretext of increasing IQ of the children, the institute forces students to undergo some techniques which are against the nature.

Based on the complaint, the officials of education department carried out an inspection at the institute and had submitted a report. After going through the report, the DC warned that motivating students for good is appreciable, but spoiling pupils by indulging them into some unscientific methods is punishable act.

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New Delhi (PTI): India stands with the people of Iran at this time of tragedy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, expressing shock over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Raisi, Abdollahian and a number of other officials were found dead Monday at the site of the helicopter crash in northwestern Iran, Iranian media reported.

"Deeply shocked to hear of the passing away of Iran's President Dr Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister H. Amir-Abdollahian in the helicopter crash," Jaishankar said on X.

"Recall my many meetings with them, most recently in January 2024. Our condolences to their families. We stand with the people of Iran at time of this tragedy," he said.

The 63-year-old Raisi and his entourage were heading to the northwestern city of Tabriz after returning from a visit to a locality on the Azerbaijan-Iran border on Sunday.