Mangaluru boy, Mysuru girl ranked 10th, 11th in CLAT

Bengaluru, May 30: Two students from Karnataka have made the state proud in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 examination, by securing ranks 10 and 11 in the country in the undergraduate category.

Dhrishaj Suresh from Mangaluru scored 146.5 out of 200 to secure all-India rank 10 and Ananya H S from Mysuru secured 11th rank with a score of 146.

The overall first rank was secured by Rajat Maloo from Jaipur with a score of 154.25 out of 200.

Dhrishaj, an 18-year-old who has just completed his II PU from Sharada PU College in Mangaluru, used to travel on weekends to Bengaluru for coaching classes because his father thought that the institutes in Mangaluru were not good enough.

“I want to join the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, and later, I want to join the Indian Foreign Service,” he said. His father was in the Indian Army and his mother is a professor at St Aloysius College, Mangaluru.

Ananya H S, who secured 11th place, also cracked CLAT in her very first attempt. She is getting the news of her achievement only a day after her class 12 CBSE results were announced.

The student of National Public School, Mysuru, scored 95.4% in the commerce stream.

“I have been preparing for CLAT since the end of class 10. I was inspired to do law because of the many legal and crime TV shows that I used to watch,” she said. Ananya, too, used to travel to Bengaluru on weekends for coaching classes. She also wants to get a seat in NLSIU.

PG category

In the postgraduate category, Pranav Tripathi from Uttar Pradesh got the first rank with a score of 125 out of 150. All the top seven ranks were secured by students from UP.

The examination this year was conducted by Chanakya National Law University, Patna, on May 14.

The test is a gateway for students to get a seat in any of the top 18 participating institutions. The test was attempted by 47,108 students in the country, of which 1,333 were from Karnataka.

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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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