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SASTRA PRATIBHA 2018 WINNERS

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Bahrain may be exempted from

US import tariffs on aluminium

Tariffs were set at 25pc and 10pc for steel and aluminium respectively by the US
TDT | Manama his meetings with business leaders Mr Sullivan is on an official regional
Mohammed Zafran and government officials here, the sub- tour and will be visiting several coun-
ject of tariff exemption was discussed tries in the Middle East.
igh-level discussions will con- widely. There are processes “The United States’ partnership with
tinue to take place to explore “We have had discussions about the for countries to seek Bahrain is not limited to security issues,
Hthe possibility for Bahrain to steel and aluminium tariffs that were as important as those may be, our rela-
receive an exemption on the US import imposed. I understand its impact on the exemptions and we’ve tionship is much broader,” he said.
tariffs on steel and aluminium, it is aluminum industry here in Bahrain,” he discussed that both The US State official added that trade,
learnt. told Tribune. in the past and will do commerce and investments remain an
Discussions are ongoing about “There are processes for countries to so going forward with important aspect of the relationship
Bahrain’s prospect of securing an ex- seek exemptions and we’ve discussed Bahrain. between the US and Bahrain.
emption for the steel and aluminum that both in the past and will do so He also praised the role that the FTA
tariffs that were imposed by the US going forward with Bahrain.” MR SULLIVAN agreement has played in boosting trade
government on the majority of coun- Explaining the purpose behind the between the countries. He added that
e results of nationwide science talent Arumugasamy (e Indian School). tries. Tariffs were set at 25 per cent tariffs he explained, “The problem that the US companies can play a role in the
search examination (Sastra Pratibha Apart from 16 Sastra Pratibhas, and 10pc for steel and aluminium the tariffs are ultimately seeking to with the government of Bahrain - to Argentina, Brazil and South Korea were development of oil resources in Khaleej
respectively.
solve is a problem of overproduction, discuss the potentials for a waiver or an temporarily exempted from the order. Al Bahrain basin.
However, only four countries, Austral-
“We will help the companies engage
Responding to a question from Trib- principally in China, specifically with exemption from those tariffs.”
Contest-2018) were declared by Ms. Renu 168 students won “A+” grade and 848 une, John J Sullivan US Deputy Secre- steel and aluminum. US President Donald Trump imposed ia, Argentina, Brazil and South Korea, in Bahrain and pursue all those oppor-
Yadav, Second Secretary, the Embassy of students won “A” grade. e winners were tary of State said that the discussions “So there is a process for exemption steel and aluminum tariffs in March. currently have an exemption on steel tunities that we believe are waiting for
India. e contest was jointly organized congratulated by the Embassy of India. would continue. He said that during and we are in continuing discussions The EU, Canada, Mexico, Australia, tariffs. them here.” he said.
by Science India Forum Bahrain, National e Sastra Pratibhas will have the
Science Movement of India and supported unique opportunity to visit prominent Club to organise
by the Embassy of India Bahrain and scientic establishments in India and to Science award winners named table tennis
Indian Space Research Organization. interact with senior scientists working tournament
11,074 students from 8 schools in there. e entire contests and the visits
Bahrain participated in the rst level are free of cost to students. e Press • The Sastra Pratibhas will
contest held on 31st May 2018. e 72 Conference was attended by Ms. Renu have the unique opportunity • The milestone
event is being
to visit prominent scientific
students who scored above 80% marks Yadav, Second Secretary, Embassy of establishments in India sponsored by Jollibee-
qualied for the second level contest, India, Mr. Mohammed Abdulla Al and to interact with senior Bahrain. Deadline
which was conducted as a science camp Snan, President-Muharraq Municipal scientists working there. for submission of
entries is October 19.
with quiz, scientic reasoning, audio- Council, Dr. Ravi Warrior, Dr. Babu TDT | Manama Amrutavarshinee
visual aptitude and viva voce rounds at Ramachandran, Dr. Vinod Manikkara, Murugan, Grade 5 Sreya Saju, Aashna Akbar Sha, Alvin Sunny Chirayath Snehit Mannepalli, Adhik Narayan Ajay TDT | Manama
Manjiyil, Grade 6
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 6
Madhav, Grade 7
the Asian School Bahrain premises. School coordinators and SIF ocials. he results of the nationwide sci- Bahrain Indian School The New Indian School The New Horizon School The Indian School New Millennium School The Asian School he Filipino Table Tennis
ence talent search examination
e 16 students declared as “Sastra Following the inaugural session, the T(Sastra Pratibha Contest-2018) TClub under the patronage
were declared yesterday.
of the Philippine Embassy will
Pratibhas” are: Amrutavarshinee students were directed to their respective The contest was jointly organised by hold its first Invitational Table
Murugan(Bahrain Indian School), Sreya classes where the camp was being held. Science India Forum Bahrain, National Tennis Tournament on Octo-
Science Movement of India and sup-
ber 26, 2018, at Saar Cultural
It takes 20 years to
Saju(New Indian School), Aashna Akbar e Science camp was organized to ported by Embassy of India Bahrain and Campus@dt.bh and Sports Club, Bahrain. The
build a reputation and
five minutes to ruin
Sha (New Horizon School), Alvin Sunny identify the Top 16 students from the Indian Space Research Organisation. event is being organised to
promote the table tennis sport
The 16 students declared as “Sastra
it. If you think about
that, you’ll do things
Chirayath Manjiyil (e Indian School), 72 who have qualied to participate at Pratibhas” are: Amrutavarshinee Muru- Devisree Sumesh, Harikrishnan K Menon, Adithya Padmakumar Nishanth Nithyananda Shet, Sama Umesh Walke, and healthy lifestyle.
differently.
gan(Bahrain Indian School), Sreya Mariam Thomas,
It is expected to attract a
-Warren Buffett
Snehit Mannepalli (New Millennium this camp. e screening was based on Saju(New Indian School), Aashna Ak- Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 8 Raina, Grade 9 Grade 9 Grade 9 minimum of 70 amateur
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Thursday, March 1, 2018
Kingdom gets ready for
School), Adhik Narayan Ajay Madhav Scientic aptitude, General knowledge bar Sha(New Horizon School), Alvin The Indian School The Indian School New Millennium School The Asian School Al Noor International School New Millennium School participants from different
Sunny Chirayath Manjiyil(The Indian
nationalities residing in the
(e Asian School), Mariam omas and logical thinking. e Viva Voce School), Snehit Mannepalli(New Mil- nium School), Srevin Saju(New Indian Kingdom and Saudi Arabia.
lennium School), Adhik Narayan Ajay School), Brindha Arumugasamy(The
The tournament will be
(e Indian School), Devisree Sumesh round, one of the most important Madhav(The Asian School), Mariam Indian School) divided into three: Class A
largest education conference
(e Indian School), Harikrishnan category at the science camp was Thomas(The Indian School), Devisree Apart from 16 Sastra Pratibhas, 168 (advance skill), Class B (in-
termediate skill), Class C
Sumesh(The Indian School), Harikr- students won “A+” grade and 848 stu-
K Menon (New Millennium School), conducted by an eminent panel of judges ishnan K Menon(New Millennium dents won “A” grade. The winners were (beginner skill).
The milestone event is being
Adithya Padmakumar Raina (e Asian from Ahlia University, BAPCO, Royal School), Adithya Padmakumar Raina(The congratulated by the Embassy of India. sponsored by Jollibee-Bah-
Asian School), Nishanth Nithyananda
The Sastra Pratibhas will have the
School), Nishanth Nithyananda Shet (Al College of Surgeons-Ireland, Multi Shet(Al Noor International School), unique opportunity to visit prominent Srevin Saju, rain. Deadline for submission
of entries is October 19. For
Sama Umesh Walke(New Millennium scientific establishments in India and Reema Ratnadeep Gawas, Rishaban S,
Brindha Arumugasamy,
Noor International School), Sama National School-Bahrain and Doctors School), Reema Ratnadeep Gawas(The to interact with senior scientists work- Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 10 who are supporting the event.” enquiries contact 3320 4443
Grade 11 Bahrain week. It is clear that
first time; we will ensure that
Bahrain for the 3-day event.
Manama
innovation. The conference
(FTTC-Bahrain).
UOB as a strategic partner
ahrain is getting ready
The Indian School
The Indian School
New Millennium School The New Indian School
Umesh Walke (New Millennium in various professions. Ms. Nivedita Indian School), Rishaban(New Millen- ing there. Under the patronage of the will also provide a windfall for every delegate has a positive of the conference will also Bahrain is not just positioning
Bto host the largest
Minister of Education, the
experience of Bahrain. UOB
itself as a hub for Fintech
the local economy of around
School), Reema Ratnadeep Gawas Dhadphale was available throughout the international education higher education summit $15,000,000 with delegates will host the conference present several papers and and entrepreneurship but
spending on hotels and
will bring university leaders,
dinner on the campus and we
now also for education. Our
conference ever held in the
Prof Hamzah will deliver
policymakers and leading
Diamond jubilee celebrations
Kingdom.
(e Indian School), Rishaban (New science camp oering assistance to the LMRA supports #Team Bahrain entertainment. expect that the university will one of the keynote speeches. students will be active at the
Prof Hamzah said, “Last
benefit from an increasingly
unbound summit next week
Prof Riyad Hamzah said,
Sunday sees the start
academics to Bahrain to
Millennium School), Srevin Saju volunteers at the camp and boosting their of the QS MAPLE 2018 help advance global higher “This prestigious conference international profile and it is week Bahrain hosted the and our responsibility is to
ensure that all our collective
education with the emphasis
a chance for the world to see
summit, which will see 300
Euromoney conference, next
brings the global higher
(New Indian School), and Brindha morale for their seless voluntary eorts. university delegates from on technological change, skill education community to our quality as a university and week we will also host the QS efforts have a sustainable
experience our great students
impact.”
45 countries coming to
Bahrain in many cases for the
summit and it is also start up
development and leading
An Unforgettable Experience – Sastrayaan 2018
Dear Readers, we saw amazing miniatures
am Steve Chalil Baiju of of Army Tankers, Bridge
I Grade VI representing layer Tanks, Aeronautical
Bahrain Indian School and I Systems, Missile launcher,
would like to share my tryst Army Uniforms etc. The one
with Sastrayaan -2018. I came to like the most was
But before I begin, I would the BRAHMOS missile model,
like to extend my heartfelt developed by India and France.
thanks to the entire Science After that, we went to the
innovation hub where many
India Forum team (SIF); The Diamond Jubilee and Annual Convention of Bahrain St Mary’s Indian Orthodox Cathedral was inaugurated by
the Supreme Head of the Indian Orthodox Church Moran Mor Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II and University College
working robotic models were
Vijnana Bharati of India;
The Labour Market Regulatory Authority has expressed support to the campaign #Team Bahrain, which offers a tribute of Bahrain (UCB ) Founder and Chairman Dr Khalid M Al Khalifa by lighting the traditional lamp in the presence of
displayed such as Lego robotic
and ISRO for organizing the
to all those who have been contributing towards the nation building. Geevarghese Mar Coorilos Metropolitan (Mumbai Diocese) and Yuhanon Mar Dioscoros Metropolitan (Madras Diocese).
educational trip to the most
rubrics cube solver, 3D printer
prestigious scientific research and many more interesting
organizations of India. demos. Another attraction
The visit to the Satish was presented to us by the
Dhawan Space Center at Steve along with other sastra pratibhas during the trip Steve Chalil Biju senior scientists on air and
Sriharikota being the highlight; showed us amazing structural to the actual rocket launching visited the rocket assembly and B.M. Birla Planetarium. pressure including Bernard’s
provided me with much models during our visit. We stations 1 & 2, from where building, which connects with We enjoyed the view of the live principle. They also showed
new and pristine knowledge also had an informative session the famous rockets like PSLV a track to move the rocket constellations and information experiments with liquid
in science and technology, named “Meet the Scientist”. C37 and GSLV MkIII etc, to the launch tower. Then we about space on a 360-degree nitrogen.
Astronomy, space research etc. It was my second day and by were launched into space. The moved to the Mission Control screen, at the planetarium. The experiments gave me
The first day’s visit was looking at the progress as made launch tower is almost 85-86 Center, where the live test of Next followed the visit to an insight of how science can
centred around Central by India in the field of science meter tall and at the bottom, it the GSLV MK III was being the Science and Technology play an important role in our
Leather Research Institute and technology among others; has a jet deflector that reduces telecasted on a large screen. Hall in PSTC where we went day to day life. We also had
(C.L.R. I) and Structural made me realize the greatness the strong flames during the We were also provided through different models an interactive session with the
Engineering centre (S.E.C.) of our great nation India, and I rocket launch. insights into the rocket mission depicting radioactivity and joint director of Science and
which are the two branches of was filled with immense pride. A senior scientist and the responsibility of the had an opportunity to learn Technology of Tamil Nadu, Dr
C.S.I.R. (Council of Scientific Located on the highly secured accompanied us throughout each of the officers during the about famous people who S. Soundararaja Perumal, who
& Industrial Research). The island of Sriharikota; about the tour of the stations and launch. contributed to science and brilliantly explained about
bahrainthisweek
The third-day visit was
www.bahrainthisweek.com interactive sessions with the 100 km from Chennai, the briefed us through the at the Periyar Science and technology. Astronomy, Cosmology and
their scope in our lives.
launching
process
Directors and Senior Scientists
Satish Dhawan Space Center
Our next visit was to the
from
at the facilities were indeed
I take this opportunity to
Defense research hall where
beginning till the end. We also
Technology Center (PSTC)
is the space port of India; the
very enriching. only place in India to facilitate thank each and every member
At C.L.R.I. we got the rocket-launch. of SIF team for giving me this
opportunity to witness We had the chance to opportunity to understand
how the raw animal skin is visit the space museum the facility, strength and
processed into finely finished where the GSLV, PSLV contribution of India in the
leather, ready to be used to models are displayed, along Science Technology and
make products such as shoes, with information about Astronomy sector globally.
bags, jackets etc. We also had the pioneers in astronomy. Definitely, the experience has
the opportunity to see a demo Further, we had an enriching been a life-defining one for me
of wastewater management as interactive session lead by and lays a clear pathway for my
leather processing requires a one of the senior most space career, and future as an active
lot of water. scientists in India, who talked contributor towards science
At the S.E.C, the innovative at length about ISRO, and also and technology to support the
journey of the Senior Scientists presented us with an in-depth international community, and
brought forth the amazing analysis of aerodynamics. help develop my great nation.
new facts. The scientists also The best part was the visit INDIA.
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