The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to provide for immediate isolation to residents who have been tested Covid positive and a ‘Covid Care Centre’ to be set up inside the JNU. The premises for the same be identified by the COVID Task Force, in consultation with the concerned Sub […]
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May
May
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) researchers will collaborate with members of the Mobile Payment Forum of India (MPFI) to develop voice-based solutions, especially in multiple vernacular languages for digital money transactions in the country. This will provide a phenomenal platform not only for the increased adoption of digital payments in India but for […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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
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
IIMB hosted its 46th Convocation on April 16 (Friday), 2021. The entire event was held, in the virtual model, in the presence of the Chairperson of the IIMB Board of Directors Dr. Devi Shetty, IIMB Director Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan, Dean Programmes Professor Abhay Ojha, Dean Faculty Professor Chetan Subramanian, Dean Administration Professor Rajendra K […]