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Engineer’s Day 2021: From APJ Abdul Kalam, Sundar Pichai to Satya Nadella, top Indian engineers to take inspiration from

Engineer’s Day 2021:India is celebrating Engineer’s Day today. The day marks the 160th birth anniversary of the celebrated Indian engineer, Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. He is also regarded as the Father of Modern Mysore.

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India is celebrating Engineer’s Day today. The day marks the 160th birth anniversary of the celebrated Indian engineer, Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. He is also regarded as the Father of Modern Mysore.

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, paid tribute to the greatest engineer on the occasion. Taking it to Twitter, Modi wrote, “Greetings on #EngineersDay to all hardworking engineers. No words are enough to thank them for their pivotal role in making our planet better and technologically advanced. I pay homage to the remarkable M Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary and recall his accomplishments.”

Visvesvaraya designed automatic barries water floodgates in 1903. Also known as Block System, the system was first installed at the Khadakvasla reservoir in Pune.

On the occasion of Engineer’s Day, here are top Indian engineers to take inspiration from:

APJ Abdul Kalam

The former President of India late Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist. Popular is known as the Missile Man of India, he made contributions in the development of ballistic missiles and launch vehicle technology.

Satish Dhawan

Popularly known as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research, his works in remote sensing, rural education, and satellite communications are widely recognised. To honour his contributions, the satellite launch centre at Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota was renamed the Satish Dhawan Space Center.

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NR Narayana Murthy

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy is considered the father of the Indian IT industry. He co-founded Infosys in 1981 and had been awarded Padma Vibhushan and Padam Shri. Born on August 20, 1946, Murthy pursued his master’s degree from IIT Kanpur.

Sundar Pichai

The CEO of the world’s largest search engine, Google, Sunder Pichai’s net worth is $600 million, as per reports. Pichai pursued his engineering from ITT Kharagpur in Metallurgical Engineering. Later, he completed his MBA from Stanford University and Wharton School of Pennsylvania University.

Satya Nadella

Before taking over the charge of Microsoft, Satya Nadella worked at Sun Microsystems. In 1992, he joined Microsoft as a young engineer. By 2014, he became the CEO of Microsoft after Steve Ballmer decided to quit. He completed his schooling at Hyderabad Public School and went on to pursue a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in 1988. Nadella studied MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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10 schools in Kanpur get bomb blast threat through emails

The district administration has rushed the bomb disposal squad to the schools in order to sanitise the premises. Joint Commissioner of Police Law and Order, Harish Chander said the police’s cyber cell is investigating the matter.

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At least 10 schools in Kanpur received threatening emails on Wednesday which triggered panic in the city. This comes after a number of such emails threatening schools and hospitals with bomb blasts in many cities across India, including Delhi were received. The emails have come through servers which are based in Russia.

According to reports, the emails threatened to blow up the schools. The district administration has rushed the bomb disposal squad to the schools in order to sanitise the premises. Joint Commissioner of Police Law and Order, Harish Chander said the police’s cyber cell is investigating the matter.

Speaking to the media, Chander said the Kanpur Police received information about a bomb threat to various schools. The cyber cell is investigating the matter. All officials have been instructed to monitor CCTV footage thoroughly to establish a link between this threat and previous bomb threats which were received by multiple schools, airports and hospitals.

He also urged parents not to a panic. On Tuesday, 8 schools in Bengaluru received emails threatening bomb blasts. Last week, the city’s popular hospital chain, St Philomena, received a bomb threat email. All these bomb threat emails later turned out to be hoaxes.

 Bhavan Bangalore School, Bengaluru Scottish School, Deeksha High School, Jain Heritage School, Chitrakoota School, Edify Schools, Giridhanva School and Gangothri International Public School were among those that received the threat email from the same domain, Beeble.com.

Delhi’s GTB Hospital, Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, Hedgewar Hospital and Dada Dev Hospital also received bomb threats via email. The city’s administration scrambled bomb detection team, the bomb disposal squad, fire department and the local police to conduct searches. Over the last one month, Indira Gandhi International Airport, over 20 hospitals and more than 100 schools across Delhi-NCR region have received such threats, but all of them turned out to be hoaxes. On Monday, over 50 schools in Jaipur received similar bomb threat emails.

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CUET-UG: National Testing Agency postpones exam in Delhi

Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar spoke about the examination and said, due to unavoidable reasons, the 4 papers scheduled on 15 May in the Centres of Delhi have been rescheduled to 29 May 2024

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The National Testing Agency on Tuesday said the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG 2024 scheduled for May 15 stands postponed for centres across Delhi due to unavoidable reasons. The exam in Delhi is going to be held on May 29.

Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar spoke about the examination and said, due to unavoidable reasons, the 4 papers scheduled on 15 May in the Centres of Delhi have been rescheduled to 29 May 2024. He further added that the National Testing Agency has taken this decision in the best interest of the students. The revised admit cards will be issued. Exams have been cancelled in 258 centres in Delhi.

The announcement was made a few hours before the examination was scheduled to begin in 380 exam centers across India, including 26 outside India. The students and parents were disappointed as the cancellation of the examination was made at the last minute.

According to a public notice issued by the National Testing Agency, it is being informed to all the concerned candidates and stakeholders that due to unavoidable reasons, the test papers (Biology – 304, Chemistry -306, General Test – 501, English – 101) which had been scheduled on 15 May 2024 stand postponed for the candidates appearing in centres across Delhi only.

The notice further said that the examination scheduled for May 15 will be held in all other cities across the country, including in Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad and abroad. The National Testing Agency claimed that the reason behind this postponement is manpower issues caused due to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. CUET UG is held at a large scale and NTA had selected many exam centres and invigilators are deployed for this process. However, they were facing issues in getting appropriate amount of invigilators in Delhi exam centres for the May 15 exam due to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

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Agra school principal beats up teacher for coming late to school, video goes viral

The incident has reportedly taken place at a primary school in Seegana village of Agra. A complaint has been lodged at the Sikandra police station regarding the incident.

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A video of a school principal beating up a teacher that led to a fight between them is circulating on social media platforms across the internet. The incident took place at a primary school in Agra , when a video of the incident went viral. The incident has reportedly taken place at a primary school in Seegana village of Agra.

In the beginning of the video the principal can be seen reprimanding the teacher, Gunja Chaudhary, for arriving late to school, which led to a heated argument between them. Reacting to the incident, the primary school teacher claimed that the principal, too, had been arriving late for the past 4 days. This led to a verbal exchange between the two of them.

As tensions increased, the confrontation turned to physical which can be clearly seen in the video. Both the principal and the teacher were engaged in a heated argument and even resorted to the use of derogatory language and physical violence. Other staff members who were present at the scene tried to separate the two and stop the brawl but it seemed all efforts were in vain.

The physical fight ended with the primary school teacher tearing the principal’s clothes and she retaliated by pulling hair of the school teacher. This incident has resulted in injuries to the school teacher’s eye as well. The incident has led to widespread discussion and concern within different members of the education department. Many X users expressed shock and dismay at the behaviour exhibited both by the school teacher and the principal. According to reports a complaint has been lodged at the Sikandra police station regarding the incident.

The video of the incident has gone viral with 211400 views, 649 retweets and 1600 likes which are only increasing. Large number of X users commented on the viral video where one X user Arkabrata Das said he was glad that the teacher who got beaten was not male, otherwise the reason for beating would have changed.

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