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Rashmi Samant, an alumna of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), won the presidential election to Oxford Student Union on Thursday.She is the first Indian
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Vaccination turnout
With reference to the news report ‘Monday scorecard: Close to 1.5 lakh receive Covid shot’, the low vaccination turnout is worrisome and does not augur well for the vaccination drive. Moreover vaccine companies coming out with strictures on a daily basis after the roll out further shatter the confidence and gives an impression that something is amiss with the vaccine. Informed people are adopting a “wait and watch’ policy. Despite few people reporting side effects there seems to be an unease and phobia over the vaccine. The key reasons for this may be politicisation of vaccines. Political executives are more vocal on safety and efficacy however some sections of medical fraternity are sceptical. Second the vaccine is administered by government run hospitals which are notorious for mismanagement and shoddy work. Given the stringent handling requirements, are they well equipped?
MANIPAL: Students of Manipal Institute of Technology bagged first prize in the TechFest organised by IIT-Bombay.
Fourth year ECE student Paresh K V along with Sai Aravind Chinthanippu, fourth year, mechatronics; Anukul Jindal, fourth year, ECE and Sreerag Mahadevan Cheeroth, fourth year, mechanical, aced the competition with there innovative model.
IIT Bombay’s annual technical event ‘TechFest’ wanted the students to innovate and find ways to stop the spread of the virus, and distribute vaccines after its successful invention. This was the theme of the fest with the pandemic spreading rampantly across India. The problem statement was to develop a model that can be put in place to achieve this goal by devising methods that are practical, applicable, and cost-effective.