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Stalin condoles death of JNU student
DMK chief M K Stalin Saturday expressed grief over the death of Jawaharlal Nehru University student Rishi Joshua, a resident of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu. Joshua allegedly committed suicide Friday by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in a study room at the university, police said. Stalin also cited deaths of two other students in the past and urged the state government to develop an institutional framework to protect its students who migrate for higher studies. "The government has to develop institutional framework to protect students facing various issues in other states," he said in a statement. Even in the past, Stalin said, AIIMS student Saravanan Ganesh (2016) and Delhi University college student Sharath Prabhu (2018), both residents of the state, died mysteriously. "The centre and state government did not initiate fair probe into the deaths and try to find the reasons that is causing mental stress to the students in the national capital," he said. The second
Rosa Salazar to lead 'The Bang Bang Girls'
Actor Rosa Salazar is set to star in dramedy "The Bang Bang Girls". The "Alita: Battle Angel" actor will also executive producer the film written and directed by Lauren Schacher. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film follows a high-school valedictorian and her two best friends, who recruit their new chemistry teacher (Salazar) to form a secret after-school sex-education club. Bronwyn Cornelius and Stefan Nowicki are producing the project.
Google celebrates Persian maths genius Khayyam
Google on Saturday dedicated a creative and special doodle to Persian mathematician Omar Khayyam on his 971st birthday. He was best known for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations.
ISRO Director K Sivan inaugurates Young Scientist Programme
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Director K Sivan inaugurated the Young Scientist Programme (YUVIKA) here on Friday.The programme is aimed at imparting basic knowledge of science and space technology to school-going students from different states and Union Territories (UT) of the country in order to arouse their interest in space related activities.Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Sivan said, "The programme will enthuse students from every nook and corner of the country and make them good scientists."To the possibility of having a similar programme for engineering students, he said, "Right now we are focusing on school students of 9th-10th standards as they are at a stage of planning their careers. This programme will help them in planning their career."Sivan added that the programme is aimed at hunting talent not only from big schools but also from schools in small hamlets across the country."Every state and UT has been asked to select students from government as well as .
Report finds Ohio State doc abused 177, officials were aware
A now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students over nearly two decades, and university officials knew what he was doing and did little to stop him, according to an investigative report released by the school Friday. Dr Richard Strauss groped, ogled or otherwise took advantage of young men from 1979 to 1997 nearly his entire time at Ohio State while treating athletes from at least 16 sports and working at the student health center and his off-campus clinic, investigators from a law firm hired by the university found. The report on Strauss, who took his life in 2005, could cost Ohio State heavily by bolstering the lawsuits brought against it by a multitude of victims. The findings put Strauss in a league with gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of Michigan State University, who was accused of molesting at least 250 women and girls and is serving what amounts to a life sentence. Michigan State ultimately agreed to a USD 500 million settlement with his ...
St Stephen's Staff Association, Student Union stage protest church involvement in admissions
Student union and staff association of St Stephen's college on Friday staged a protest against the alleged interference of the church authorities along with a member of the institution's Supreme Council in a panel to select students.The Supreme Council looks after the religious and moral instruction of the students, including all matters affecting its religious character as a Christian College of the Church of North India.Hundreds of protesters with black bands on their shoulders gathered in the premises of the college and raised slogans against the Church authorities. Students also carried posters and placards demanding perseverance of academic integrity of the admission process.They have also written an open letter to the college principal, urging to develop communication opportunities with them.Three members of the governing body comprising Abhishek Singh, Narain and NP Ashley protested against the authoritative role of the principal and his unacademic decision that could ...
Faridabad govt college's internal complaints committee is not active: Haryana Women Commission
A day after a professor and two other employees at a government college in Faridabad were suspended over allegations of sexual harassment, the Haryana Women Commission Friday found its internal complaints committee to deal with such matters is not active. The complainant had alleged that an assistant professor, a peon and a laboratory assistant would befriend girl students at the time of admission and later they would target those who had to reappear for exams, promising to help them. She had alleged that the accused sought sexual favours from the girls on the pretext of helping them in the exams. "I met the girl at the college today. She gave a detailed account what she had to face... She said that she had secretly recorded a video-audio conversation with one accused," Haryana State Commission for Women Renu Bhatia said. She said an FIR had also been registered and police would investigate the matter. Bhatia said that during her meeting with the officials of the college, it was found
In Congress-ruled Rajasthan, Balakot air strikes find place in school textbooks
At a time when many Congress leaders across the country have questioned the authenticity of Balakot air strikes, the Congress government in Rajasthan has accommodated the story of Indian Air Force fighter jets attacking terrorist camps across the LoC in its school textbooks.
St Stephen's college row: AC, EC members of Delhi University write to V-C
Members of Delhi University's Academic and Executive Councils Friday wrote to the varsity's vice-chancellor, saying the decision of St Stephen's college to include a member of Supreme Council in the interview panel for students "will compromise with the academic integrity in the admission process". The letter addressed to Professor Yogesh Tyagi was written by Executive Council members J L Gupta and Rajesh Jha, Academic Council members Seema Das, Richa Raj, Sudhanshu and Pradip Kumar, and Finance Committee member Rajpal Singh Pawar. "We request you to preserve and protect the academic integrity in the admission process and dignity of the teachers of St Stephen's college, which is under serious threat by some recent decisions of the college administration," the letter read. "We respect the status of the minority institution, but we also demand respect for the university's statutory framework and service conditions of the teachers," the members said in the letter. It stated that the ...
U to introduce MA in Defence & Strategic Studies
The Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) here has decided to introduce MA (Defence and Strategic studies) under its newly opened National Security Studies department and MA (Tribal studies). TheU, a Central university will create an additional 10 per cent seats in each programme in diploma, bachelors and PG level courses exclusively for economically weaker section (EWS) category candidates, a release said here on Friday. The university also plans to earmark a supernumerary seat for foreign nationals in each PG level programme, it said. The varsity is now offering online admission since May nine. The decision to go for online admission was taken in the last academic council meeting chaired by vice chancellor Prof Kushwaha, according to joint registrar (academic) Dr David Pertin. The online application submission which started on May 9 last, will culminate on June 8 forUCET-2019, while for RGUMPET-2019 the last date has been fixed for May 24, 2019 for online application ...
Students, staff members of St Stephen's College stage protest
Students and staff members of St Stephen's college Friday staged a protest against the alleged interference of the church by including a member of the institution's Supreme Council in a panel to select students. The Supreme Council is a subset of six members of the Governing Body (Managing Committee) and comprises all members of the Church of North India. While the protesters wore black bands and held posters demanding perseverance of academic integrity, the students' union of the prestigious college has written an open letter to the college principal citing lack of communication opportunities with him. "We want that the warning letters to teacher representatives, who objected to the interference of church, be withdrawn and the academic integrity of the teachers be upheld," said Nandita Narain, one of the three members of the governing body who condemned the institution's decision. The protest call by the staff members had on Thursday prompted college authorities to put up a notice ...
Plea in HC for payment of salaries of EDMC, North MCD teachers and doctors
A plea was moved in the Delhi High Court Friday seeking directions to the municipal corporations of north and east Delhi to disburse the salaries of March and April to the primary teachers and doctors employed by them. The application by NGO Social Jurist contended that while the teachers have not been paid for these two months, in February they received meagre amounts like Rs 4 and Rs 8 as salary after deduction of tax. The NGO, in its plea filed through advocate Ashok Agarwal, also said the residential doctors of Hindu Rao Hospital have gone on a pen-down strike since Thursday in protest against non-payment of March and April salaries. The application, which is likely to be listed for hearing on May 21, was filed in the NGO's main petition highlighting the non-payment of salaries of teachers employed by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation and North Delhi Municipal Corporation. The petition has contended that non-payment of the teachers' salaries, would adversely affect the ...
Maratha students welcome Maha govt's SEBC quota ordinance
Maratha students Friday welcomed the Devendra Fadnavis government's decision to amend the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Reservation Act, 2018 to provide reservation to them in post-graduate medical courses. The Maharashtra Cabinet Friday gave its approval to promulgate an ordinance in this connection. The students, however, said their protest would continue till they get joining orders from the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court had earlier this month said 16 per cent reservation given to the Maratha community by the state under the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) category will not be applicable to admissions to the post-graduate (PG) medical and dental courses this year. The Supreme Court had upheld the verdict of the High Court. Following the apex court's decision, the CET Cell had issued a notice of cancellation of admissions under the SEBC quota, which affected around 290 ...
Cabinet approves promulgation of ordinance on Maratha quota
The Maharashtra Cabinet Friday gave its approval to promulgate an ordinance to amend the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Reservation Act, 2018 to provide reservation to Maratha students in post- graduate medical courses. The cabinet also gave its approval to reimburse the fees to the candidates from the general category, who will be affected following the promulgation of the ordinance. A minister said the general category students can seek admission under management quota in private colleges. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court had disallowed to grant 16 per cent reservation to Maratha community for admissions to post-graduate medical courses on the grounds that the admission process had begun much earlier. The Supreme Court had upheld the high court's decision. Talking to reporters after the cabinet meeting, Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said the draft of the ordinance is being sent to the Governor for promulgation. "The ordinance will ...
IIM Udaipur Placement 2019: Offers From Multiple Global Locations; Major E-Commerce and FMCG Players Among Top Recruiters
/ -- IIM Udaipur Placement 2019 concluded with its MBA students grabbing international offers from multiple global locations like Singapore, Dubai, Kuwait and Oman. The Institute witnessed higher average salary as compared to the previous years and welcomed many first-time recruiters for the 2017-2019 batch. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/791394/IIMU_Logo.jpg ) Domestic and international offers were made by 78 recruiters to 205 students of the Institute. Ambuja Cement, Flipkart, GAIL, HSBC, IDFC FIRST Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Reliance Home Finance and Zydus Cadila were among the first-time recruiters. Some of the prominent recruiters returning to campus included Aditya Birla Capital, Accenture Strategy, Amul, Axis Bank, Dell, Deloitte, ICICI Lombard, KPMG, Landmark, L&T, Tata Steel, United Breweries, Xpress Money and Yes Bank. The largest number of offers were made in banking, financial services and insurance sector, followed by consulting. In terms of roles, the highest ...
2 students find abandoned newborn, hand it over to hospital
Two college students played good samaritans by handing over an abandoned week-old boy baby to the government hospital here after they found the newborn on a road, police said Friday. The students - Sathyadharan and Chandrasekhar - were walking down the road Thursday night, when they heard the baby crying. They saw the baby wrapped in a cloth and placed on the roadside, the police said. The college-goers alerted the ambulance service, and they picked up the baby and took it to the hospital. The doctors, upon examining the baby, found it to be in good health, hospital sources said. The students won the appreciation of the public and the hospital staff for their good deed. Police have registered a case and are in search of the woman who abandoned the newborn.
Pearson India to Focus on B2C Business to Accelerate Growth
/ -- - Aims to have 50% B2C portfolio in the next 2 years - Launches MyInsights - First-of-its-kind adaptive assessment module for IIT-JEE entrance exam In line with the growing need for self-development and adaptive learning, Pearson India, the digital learning company, aims to strengthen its presence in the B2C segment through a host of existing products and new launches. Targeting to build a robust B2C portfolio of 50% over the next 2 years, the company is poised to make a giant leap in the B2C segment with its innovative product line. As digital disruption in the education sector is heavily underway, students now expect new, predominantly digital and cohesive ways of learning. In line with the B2C strategy, Pearson India has launched a first-of-its-kind adaptive assessment module - MyInsights - to aid students in preparing effectively for their IIT JEE entrance exam. Keeping the learners at the core, MyInsights offers assessments and time-based tests to adjust to the learners' ...
Vidyashilp Community Trust Adopts 21 Government Schools in the N4 Region of Bengaluru
/ -- Vidyashilp Community Trust in association with Vidyashilp Academy (VSA) has adopted 21 Government Schools in the N4 region of Bangalore. The Trust will work to provide government school children with a comprehensive holistic, quality education which allows each child to reach their potential. The primary objective of the School Adoption Programme is to transform the rural, semi-urban and urban Government schools into model schools so that they are at the same level, as the best schools in the city in terms of quality, facilities, infrastructure and performance. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/766744/Vidyashilp_Academy_Logo.jpg) Vidyashilp Community Trust has impacted the lives of nearly 3,577 children since 2018. The MoU, signed for the next five years, was exchanged between the Department of Education - Government of Karnataka and the Vice President, Mr. Ravindra Pai - Vidyashilp Community Trust. The first school to be adopted by the trust was the Government School at ..
Apex Professional University Recognized as the 'Best Education Brand of 2019' by the Economic Times
/ -- Acharya Dhanwant Singh, Founder and Chancellor, Apex Professional University received the award on behalf of Apex Professional University being recognized as one of the best Education Brands of 2019 Apex Professional University, one of the leading universities of North East India, was recognized in the prestigious ET Best Education Brands 2019, which honors brands with exemplary initiatives, practices and innovations across the Higher Education sector. The award ceremony was organized at Sahara Star Hotel, Mumbai. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/694069/Apex_Professional_University_Logo.jpg ) (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/888824/ET_Best_Brand_APU.jpg ) In its felicitation, The Economic Times acknowledged the leading educational institutions in all genres across the country that are transforming the educational landscape of India. Institutions were recognised for their contribution in creating an environment to foster the young minds to be ready for their ...
St Stephen's college row: Staff association to hold protest on Friday
The staff association of St Stephen's college will hold a protest on Friday against the inclusion of a member of institution's Supreme Council in the interview panel for selection of students. The protest call prompted college authorities to put up a notice signed by Principal John Varghese on Thursday, saying there should be no "disturbance of working environment" in the college and those doing that will be dealt within the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules. The college has also banned the entry of media persons in the premises. Teachers said the CCS rules apply to bureaucrats and not to them. According to the Central Civil Services Conduct Rules, no government servant shall make any statement of fact or opinion which has the effect of an adverse criticism of any current or recent policy of the central government or a state government. The notice put up by the college authorities also stated that there are examinations being conducted at present in the institution and any form ..
