Nearly 11K students cannot write SSLC exam in Karnataka due to attendance shortage

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March 19, 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 19: Nearly 11 thousand students will be unable to write the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations scheduled to begin on March 21 owing to shortage of attendance.

According to data available with the Karnataka Secondary Education Examinations Board (KSEEB), the number of students with attendance shortage this year is 10,572. KSEEB has clarified that these students would not be issued admission tickets.

The students will lose one academic year and have to appear for the SSLC examination in March 2020 after attending classes next academic year. They will not be allowed to write the supplementary examination in 2019.

Students have to have attendance of 75%. An official of the board said despite repeated warnings, these students did not have the stipulated attendance.

The number of students with attendance shortage has, however, reduced compared to the previous year as 16,811 students were not allowed to write the examination in 2018 for the same reason.

A total of 8.41 lakh students have registered for the SSLC examinations scheduled to take place between March 21 and April 4. The number of students writing the examination has increased by 3,578 compared to the previous year.

For the first time this year, students cannot wear digital watches. They will be allowed to wear only analogue watches.

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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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