BEd is now 2-year course in Karnataka

December 2, 2015

Bengaluru:?Dec 2: All the teachers’ training colleges affiliated to different universities in Karnataka now have to switch over to two-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) course as per the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) regulations.

The Higher Education department has issued a notification fixing the BEd course period at two years.

The BEd aspirants and college managements were in a fix over the past few months in the wake of the rumours over extension of the course period. However, there was no official word from the government.

In the pursuance of the guidelines of National Council for Teachers’ Education, the State government finally on November 20, issued a notification extending the course period to two years.

The notification will come into force from the new academic year. The admissions for BEd colleges usually begins in November. However, owing to the confusion over the course period, the admission process had not begun in any college till now.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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