Puttur: As Mangalore University has announced the final list of rank holders in Degree examinations, held in April/May 2017, St Philomena College Puttur has bagged four ranks, two in Under Graduation secion and two in Post Graduation section.

In M.Com (Economics) Pavitra G has secure first rank by scoring 78.72 percent of marks. During the convocation ceremony of Mangalore University, Pavitra is entitled to get Grisham gold medal, Radhika Gopal Rao cash prize, Lobo Prabhu-SR Alphanso prize, and PVS memorial cash prize as well. She is the daughter of Narayan and Gunvati of Aryapu.

In Master of Commerce section, Preeti N has obtained the second rank with 77.98 percent. She is the daughter of Ramakrishna Karant and Shalini of Delampadi.

In BSc, Phiyuna Chrystal Mascarenhas has gained fifth rank with 95.24 percent marks. She is the daughter of Paul Herald Mascarenhas and Roselin Pleva Lobo of Parldkad Kalmar.

In BSc, Ramyashree K has secured ninth rank with 94.98 percent. She is the daughter of Bhaskar KS and Premalatha K of Nettana Mudnur.

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New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI): India and China on Monday decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra as the two sides agreed to take certain people-centric steps to "stabilise and rebuild" ties.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said this following Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's talks with his Chinese counterpart Sun Weidong in Beijing.

It said the two sides also agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries.

"As agreed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at their meeting in Kazan in October, the two sides reviewed the state of India-China bilateral relations comprehensively and agreed to take certain people-centric steps to stabilize and rebuild ties," the MEA said.

"In this context, the two sides decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in the summer of 2025," it said.

The MEA said the two sides also agreed to hold an early meeting of the India-China expert level mechanism to discuss resumption of provision of hydrological data and other cooperation pertaining to trans-border rivers.

It said the two sides agreed to take appropriate measures to further promote and facilitate people-to-people exchanges, including media and think-tank interactions.

"They agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries; the relevant technical authorities on the two sides will meet and negotiate an updated framework for this purpose at an early date," the MEA said.