The University Grants Commission on Thursday in their letter to all the Vice-Chancellors of Maharashtra requested to defer offline exams in May to avoid physical gatherings at campuses. Citing the surge the country is seeing in the second wave UGC wrote a letter to all the Vice-Chancellors and Principals of all Colleges in the letter […]
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May
May
Rajasthan’s newly minted, state-sponsored Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme has come at a time when it’s likely to be better appreciated by its beneficiaries. It universalizes healthcare in the state—free for the poor and dirt cheap for the rest. “I am close to realizing my dream of ensuring that nobody in the state ends up spending […]
03
May
May
Attention students, Delhi University has postponed the upcoming final year exams for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students. Amid the Covid-19 surge, the university has decided to postpone the final year exams to June 1. DU had earlier scheduled the final year exams to begin in May. Now, the university will commence the examination after […]
03
May
May
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to engage the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) for rigorous analysis of the Covid curve in all the 75 districts of the state. He said that such analysis would help in pandemic management. “In view of the Covid peak, experts all over the country have been […]
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Apr
Apr
On March 28, as students at IIT Guwahati celebrated Holi, an undergraduate student was sexually assaulted by a fellow student on campus. The assault was confirmed in a preliminary medical report but denied by the administration. A student was later arrested and charged with rape. In the same month, a Ph.D. student was expelled by […]
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Apr
Apr
IIT Madras researchers are studying the high transmission rate and mortality of SARS-CoV-2, the scientific name for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Using computational tools, the team studied its two close variants — SARS-CoV and NL63. The team set out to understand how the spike proteins (which enables the coronavirus to penetrate human cells and […]
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Apr
Apr
An Associate Professor from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, she was teaching the IIT Preparatory Course for SC/ST and PwD Candidates The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has taken suo motu cognizance against an IIT Kharagpur professor for making casteist remarks and using ‘unparliamentary language’ with her students. A video of lectures by […]
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Apr
Apr
Days after the National Medical Commission (NMC) clarified that exams for undergraduate medical courses should continue without any delay, the authorities have allowed virtual invigilation by external coordinators for practical exams.Days after the National Medical Commission (NMC) clarified that exams for undergraduate medical courses should continue without any delay, the authorities have allowed virtual invigilation […]
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Apr
Apr
Also, It has been ranked 86th in ‘Reduced Inequalities’ of SDG. For this, it has ranked within 100 universities of the world at least in a single parameter. KIIT has got the rank 101+ in ‘Partnership for The Goals’ and 201+ in ‘Quality Education & Peace and Justice & Strong Institutions each. It is the […]
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Apr
Apr
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Technology, Education, Research and Rehabilitation for the Environment (TERRE) took a voluntary pledge along with the Vice-Chancellors of 12 affiliated universities to develop a roadmap to achieve carbon-neutrality in the campuses in an event named ‘Not Zero Net Zero’ on the anniversary of Paris Climate agreement. They […]