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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India & Israel elevate ties to special strategic partnership, vow to soon conclude free trade deal
Jerusalem (PTI): India and Israel on Thursday elevated their "time-tested" relationship to a special strategic partnership and agreed to soon firm up a "mutually beneficial" free trade deal even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly backed the Gaza peace initiative, asserting that humanity must never become a victim of conflict.
Following talks between Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, the two sides inked a plethora of agreements to expand cooperation in areas of trade, agriculture, energy, cyberspace and digital payment.
India and Israel also vowed to expand their already close defence partnership by working towards joint development and joint production of military hardware under the framework of the transfer of technologies.
In his media statement, Modi said India's security interest is linked to peace and stability in the Middle East, adding that New Delhi fully supports the Gaza Peace Initiative.
"India's stance is clear: humanity must never become a victim of conflict. A path to peace has been created through the Gaza Peace Plan. India has fully supported these efforts," he said.
"In the future as well, we will continue dialogue and cooperation with all countries," he said.
PM Modi landed in Israel on Wednesday on a two-day visit. It is his second visit to Israel in nine years.
In his remarks, the prime minister said India and Israel have a united view that there is no place for terrorism in the world and both sides stand shoulder-to-shoulder in countering terrorism and its supporters.
"Our relationship is founded on the strong bedrock of deep trust, shared democratic values, and human sensitivities. Our bond has stood the test of every trial of time," he said.
"Today, we have taken the historic decision to elevate our time-tested partnership to the status of a 'Special Strategic Partnership'," he said.
The prime minister also announced the establishment of an India-Israel critical and emerging technologies partnership to impart a new momentum for cooperation in areas of artificial intelligence, quantum, and critical minerals. "I am pleased that an agreement has been reached for the use of UPI in Israel," he said.
The prime minister, referring to the threat of terrorism, said India and Israel will continue to confront the menace unitedly.
"India and Israel are completely clear that there is no place for terrorism in the world. In any form, in any expression, terrorism cannot be accepted," he said.
"We have stood shoulder-to-shoulder in opposing terrorism and its supporters, and we will continue to do so," he added.
India and Israel also discussed the implementation of the India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and cooperation under the framework of I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA).
