Shikaripur Morarji school students to attend R-Day celebrations in New Delhi as guests
Shivamogga: Two class 10 students of Morarji Desai Residential School at Churchigundi in Shikaripur taluk, M S Yashavath and Shankar, will participate in the 77th Republic Day programme, to be held at the Red Fort in New Delhi on January 26, as guests.
According to Deccan Herald on Friday, the students earned the honour after their school emerged as the only institution from Karnataka to win a national-level competition organised by NITI Aayog.
Guided by second division assistant M V Tejaswi Kumar, the students developed a multi-purpose agricultural equipment machine using the school’s Atal Tinkering Lab. The model integrates 12 agricultural equipment, including sowing machines, pesticide spraying, drip irrigation and other equipment, have been installed in a single machine.
Second division assistant M V Tejaswi Kumar, who guided the students, and Principal Suma B S will fly to Delhi soon to be part of the event. They can sit with the guests and watch the parade at the Republic Day programme.
They are scheduled to meet Union Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan.
Through NITI Aayog, Atal Tinkering Labs have been set up in 10,000 government and private schools in the country. Students are selected for the Republic Day programme based on the quality and innovation of projects developed in these labs.
Out of 10,000 projects, 1,000 schools were selected in the first phase, and this school secured 86th position. Later, the project was reviewed by the Engineering College in Jaipur. Later, it was selected as the best project in Karnataka.
Further development of the project has been entrusted to Mangaluru-based Nitte Engineering College, which will work with the students from February 16 to 18.
The Morarji School students, teachers and parents have congratulated the students for their achievement.
Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra said the students’ success would inspire others. “The good use of the Atal Tinkering Lab has brought me joy. I will try to expand the laboratory to more schools in the district,” he said.
Principal Suma B S reportedly said the lab was set up in the school in 2020. Tejaswi Kumar, who has done a PhD, is interested in developing ideas into models.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
