92.85% students qualify pharmacy, agriculture CET-2021
The Hindu
Five of top 10 ranks go to Telangana students
Education Minister A. Suresh on Tuesday said a total of 72,488 (92.85%) students, seeking admission in agricultural and pharmacy courses, have qualified in the Common Entrance Test (EAPCET-2021).
Speaking after releasing the results for agriculture and pharmacy streams at a press conference, the Minister said the AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) conducted the entrance test on September 3, 6 and 7 in five sessions at 84 centres. A total of 83,820 candidates registered for the exam and 78,066 took the test.
Students could download their rank cards from Wednesday (September 15), he said.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”
The festival in Bengaluru is happening at various locations, including ATREE in Jakkur, Bangalore Creative Circus in Yeshwantpur, Courtyard Koota in Kengeri, and Medai the Stage in Koramangala. The festival will also take place in various cities across Karnataka including Tumakuru, Ramanagara, Mandya, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru.