Uppinangady students win National Geographic Explorer Award at Google Science Fair in USA
The duo bagged cash prize of $15,000
Uppinangady: Two students of Indraprasad PU College Uppinangady were awarded National Geographic Explorer Award at the Google Science Fair 2018-19 that was held in California, USA at Google headquarters.
Both the students Nichiketh Kumar and Aman KA are the students of science stream in the college. Their Science teacher K Nichita was also awarded as the 'Inspiring Educator' at the fair for guiding the duo.
The Google Science Fair invites science research from global arena, selects, 1,000 research findings in the first phase of submitted science research. 100 teams are the selected as per the criterion. Out of these 100 teams, 20 teams are selected as Global Finalists and are invited to the Google Science Fair Awards in California, USA.
The final winners are awarded a cash prize of $50,000 at the end of the fair which was bagged by Ireland's Fion Perera this year.
The duo of Nachiketh and Aman bagged the National Geographic Explorer Award for their research on environment. The duo was awarded cash prize of $15,000.
The Science teacher and mentor of the duo was awarded the Inspiring Educator award, an awarded which is conferred to the best mentor of the teams every year.
Four out 20 global finalist teams at the fair belonged to India.
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Police foil escape attempt by kidnapping accused during medical exam
Gurugram (PTI): Kidnapping accused who was brought for medical examination here, tried to flee by jumping over the wall of the hospital, was nabbed by police immediately on Tuesday, officials said.
According to the police, four accused were arrested on Sunday for kidnapping a 20-year-old man after befriending him through a dating app. The accused also demanded a ransom of Rs 37,000.
The accused were identified as Ajay, Deepesh, Ashish alias Golu and Anil. Police have taken them on two days of police remand after being produced in a city court, they added.
"On Tuesday, all four accused were taken to Civil Hospital Sector-10 for medical examination, during which one of the accused, Ashish, tried to escape.
The accused tried to escape by jumping over the wall of the hospital, but was caught immediately, the police said.
A case was registered under relevant sections of the BNS at Sector 10 police station for attempting to escape from police custody. We are questioning the accused", they said.
