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Congress leader writes to Sushma seeking steps to free Indian
The Congress Thursday urged External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to take steps for setting free Indian students detained in America for enrolling in a fake university there. In a letter to Swaraj, AICC spokesperson Sravan Dasoju said even more than a month since their detention, the students had neither been produced in a court nor allowed to post a bond and get released. "They are being punished much before the crime is proved in the courts of law," he said in the letter, copies of which were marked to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, TRS working president K T Rama Rao and and US Consul General here Katherine B Hadda. Those detained belong to middle class families, he said alleging that the students were being subjected to severe harassment and deprived of even quality food. One-hundred-thirty foreign students, largely Indians, including Telugus, were arrested by US authorities on January 30 for enroling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the ..
Decide on prof's leave application in 3 days or VC will have to be present in court: HC to JNU
The Delhi High Court told the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Thursday that if it did not take a decision on the leave application of one of its professors within three days, the vice-chancellor (VC) would have to be personally present before it to explain the delay. "Take a decision in three days, failing which the vice-chancellor shall be personally present in court on the next date," Justice Suresh Kait said and listed the matter for further hearing on February 26. The university, represented by the Centre's standing counsel Monika Arora and advocate Harsh Ahuja, assured the court that a decision would be taken within the stipulated time. The court direction came on a plea moved by Kavita Singh, Dean of the School of Arts and Aesthetics in JNU, who was yet to be granted leave by the university to travel abroad for a fellowship programme. In her plea, filed through advocate Abhik Chimni, Singh has sought a direction to the university to consider her application for ...
Yet to come across any evidence supporting sedition charges against AMU students: Police
Police said Thursday they have so far not found any evidence to support the sedition charges levelled against 14 Aligarh Muslim University after protests broke out on the campus earlier this week. The AMU authorities suspended eight students late Wednesday night in connection with the protest during which a motorcycle allegedly belonging to a member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), BJP's youth wing, was set on fire. The police had booked the students for sedition after BJYM activist Mukesh Lodhi filed a complaint, alleging that he was assaulted amid chants of ant-India and pro-Pakistan slogans on Tuesday. BJP's students' wing ABVP had protested reported plans by AIMIM lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi to visit the campus. The BYJM members held a separate demonstration against the visit, demanding that the MP should be banned from the campus. There were counter-protest then by other AMU students. Owaisi did not come to the university. Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Kulhari ...
Early Ed Asia 2019 ends with promise to come back bigger
Inspite of a long and eventful first day, Day 2 of Early Ed Asia 2019 started bright and early, right on the clock. Each one of the 600 educators in attendance displayed remarkable enthusiasm when asked the now popular question, "How's the Josh?" It can probably be attributed to the incredible agenda which lay ahead of them.Asia's largest Early Childhood Education conference kicked off with the keynote address by Dr. Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director, Apollo Group of Hospitals. Dr. Sibal set the tone for the day when he spoke about the need for parents to keep up with the times and emphasise value based education if they had to overcome 21st century problems.Next up was a talk by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar who highlighted that the need of the day was a reinvention of the curriculum to empower our children. Lina Ashar, Founder & Director of Kangaroo Kids Educational Ltd. expounded the need of breaking the grip of limiting beliefs in young children. Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President ...
Students pull rickshaws on V Day to show their appreciation
To mark Valentine's Day 42 students of various colleges of the city pulled rickshaws on its throughfares with those who ply them as passengers. Some of the students who took part in this programme were girls. The students pulled the hand pulled rickshaws along a three km busy stretch between Bank of India Crossing on Amherst Street to M G Road via B B Ganguly Street and College Street in central Kolkata, one of the organisers Saptak Biswas, himself a journalism student, said. Cycle rickshwas are not allowed to ply on the main streets of the city proper. While 42 students pulled as many rickshaws, around 65 others from over 20 colleges in the city walked with them along the route. "We took it as our turn to show our love and appreciation to those who work tirelessly 365 days but seldom get any recognition," a girl student Puja Gupta, who pulled a rickshaw said. "My hands were aching. I realised the pain, stress and hardship the rikshawpullers experience daily for a few ..
Students in Jammu boycott classes for 3rd day against 'objectionable' slogans by Kashmiri passengers
Hundreds of college students here boycotted classes and held protests for the third consecutive day Thursday against "objectionable" slogans allegedly raised by some stranded Kashmir-bound passengers. On Monday, a scuffle had broken out between a group of students and some of the stranded passengers outside the Gandhi Memorial Science College here but timely intervention by police had brought the situation under control. The clash had taken place when the students came out of the college to protest the alleged chanting of "pro-Pakistan" and "anti-India" slogans by some of the stranded passengers while protesting the alleged failure of the administration to help them in the hour of crisis. Students of various collages like the Gandhi Memorial Science College, Maulana Azad Memorial Post Graduate College and others boycotted their classes and and held protests in Parade, Canal Road, Jewel Chowk, Tawi Bridge and Bikram Chowk areas Thursday. The sit-ins by students led to heavy traffic ...
IIIT-Hyderabad Opens Admissions to its Undergraduate Programs for the Academic Year 2019-20
/ -- The International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) announced the opening of admission process to its undergraduate programs for the academic year 2019-20. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/600789/IIIT_Hyderabad_Logo.jpg ) From this year, the institute is offering a new dual degree programme, namely B.Tech in Computer Science & M.S in Computing & Human Sciences by Research. Admission to all research-based dual-degree programs is through an Undergraduate Entrance Exam (UGEE) followed by an interview. This admission mode is to identify students with a strong aptitude for research. Applicants who were selected to be trained to represent India at one of the four Olympiads (International Olympiad on Informatics (IOI) / Science Olympiad (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Astronomy) / Mathematics Olympiad/ International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) / Paninian Linguistics Olympiad (PLO) can apply for UGEE and will be called directly for an interview. They
IED found outside Manipur school
An improvised explosive device (IED) was found outside a school here on Thursday morning but it did not explode, police said.
Free sanitary pads for girls of civic-run schools in Vadodara
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in Gujarat on Thursday launched an initiative to provide sanitary napkins free of cost to girls studying in civic-run schools. The sanitary pad vending machines have been installed in 10 schools of the city, VMC commissioner Ajay Bhadoo said after inaugurating one of the machines set up at the Stree Adhyapan Mandir college here. "The VMC has started providing sanitary napkins to girls free of cost from today. These machines have been installed in 10 schools out of 104 schools run by VMC. The remaining schools will also get these machines soon," he said. The machine is easy to operate, requires low maintenance and comes with an incinerator unit to dispose the sanitary napkins, he said.
BJP in UP, Cong in MP examples of 'state terror', says Mayawati
The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh and the Congress regime in Madhya Pradesh are examples of "state terror" and should be condemned, BSP chief Mayawati said on Thursday. Her strong statement came after 14 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students were booked for sedition on Tuesday night and the Madhya Pradesh government imposed the National Security Act (NSA) on Muslims on charges of cow slaughter earlier in the month. "Congress government in MP like BJP slapped atrocious NSA against Muslims for cow slaughter. Now the Uttar Pradesh BJP government has booked 14 AMU students under notorious sedition charges. Both are examples of state terror and condemnable," Mayawati said in a statement issued here. "People should decide what is difference between the Congress and BJP governments," she added. In Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 14 students, including the AMU students union chief, were booked under sedition charges after some students and a TV channel crew got into an altercation over reports ..
Board exam: CBSE chief reaches out to students, asks them to 'insta' studies, 'firewall' distraction
Let your mind's web browser' be "loose", "download" competencies and life skills, "firewall" all distractions while concentrating on studies and treat exams as URLs of your lives, is the message CBSE Chairman Anita Karwal has for students ahead of board exams. The CBSE Class 12 exams are beginning on Friday and will conclude on April 3, while Class 10 exams will begin on February 21 and end on March 29. Seeking to connect with students in the tech lingo they are so familiar with, the CBSE chief said, "Face your books and insta' your studies and let the hashtag studentunstoppable' trend". The schooling years are the best years for scholarship and education because students' hard disc' space is the most receptive in these years. You should let your mind's web browser' loose and download' several life competencies and life skills," Karwal said in a letter to students. There are messengers' (mentors) to help you identify the spams' and Ensure the bandwidth' of learning is fast and vast.
Eight AMU students suspended after violence
Eight students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were suspended on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in beating up some students that led to police being called, an official said.
Rajasthan govt forms committees to review school textbooks
The Rajasthan government has set up two committees of experts and educationists to review syllabus of school textbooks from class 1 to 8 and from class 9 to 12. Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara alleged that the previous BJP government has tried to impose certain contents in the name of change in syllabus by neglecting history, culture and great personalities. "The previous government had made certain changes in syllabus for fulfilling its political interest. Our government is against politics in education and keeping that in mind, committees have been set up to review the syllabus," the minister said. The committee to review the syllabus of class 1 to 8 will be coordinated by I V Trivedi while the coordinator for the four-member committee for class 9-12 is former chairman of Rajasthan State Public Service Commission BM Sharma. Each committee has three members besides the coordinator. Both the committees will submit their reports to the government on February 20.
Partha meets 3 VCs, discusses exchanging academic activities
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee Wednesday met vice-chancellors of three state-run universities and discuss establishment of a network aimed at improving academic standard of students of different disciplines studying in the institutions. Vice-chancellors of the Calcutta University, the Presidency University and the Jadavpur University attended the meeting where an outline was formulated to set up such a network, Chatterjee told reporters. "We had two agenda at the meeting - holding video conferencing (where students of one institution can hear the lecture of another) and conducting workshops for professors," Chatterjee said. "We will also prepare and finetune a student exchange draft among the higher educational institutions," he said without elaborating. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier mooted the idea of exchange of students from one university to another, so that students of one can have a more enriching experience by the ...
Delhi govt launches entrepreneurship curriculum for students of Classes 9-12 in state-run schools
The Delhi government launched an entrepreneurship curriculum on Wednesday for the students of Classes 9 to 12 in state-run schools, which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Siodia said would solve the employment issues in the country. The Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum Framework was developed by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT). According to the government, the curriculum will inspire students through various entrepreneurial stories, case studies and many mindfulness activities and approaches. At the event, Sisodia announced that the government would give entrepreneurial seed money worth Rs 1,000 each to the students of 11th and 12th standards and Rs 5,000 each to college students. The cost of this scheme -- approximately Rs 40-50 crore -- would be allocated by the Delhi government from the next financial year onwards, he said. Earlier this month, the city government had issued a statement, saying the entrepreneurship curriculum would have no exams, books
Delhi Government launches Entrepreneurship Curriculum
The Delhi government on Wednesday launched the Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum for students of class 9 to 12 with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announcing a grant entrepreneurial seed money for students.
31 lakh students to take CBSE exams this year
Over 31 lakh students from Class 10 and 12 will appear in board examinations this year at nearly 5,000 centres in the country and abroad, the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) said here on Wednesday.
JK guv expresses sorrow over Pulwama blast; announces ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 for the injured
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik expressed sorrow over the blast in Pulwama district on Wednesday which left 12 students injured, a Raj Bhavan spokesman said. The governor prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured and announced ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 for each of them. He directed the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir to ensure best possible medical treatment for the students, the spokesman said. The explosion took place inside a private school at Narbal village of Kakapora area on Wednesday afternoon, leaving 12 students of class 10 injured.
AMU teachers slam booking of 14 students under sedition charges
The Aligarh Muslim University Teachers' Association (AMUTA) Wednesday passed a resolution condemning the booking of 14 student leaders under sedition charges. AMU teachers urged President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the university's visitor, to take suo motu cognisance of this action of the state government. Fourteen AMU students, including their union chief, were booked under sedition charges after protests on the campus following reports of a planned visit by AIMIM lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi, officials said Wednesday. On Tuesday, some AMU students allegedly had an altercation with a TV channel crew which had come to film the visit that ultimately did not take place, they said. Members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha held a separate demonstration against the visit, demanding that the MP should be banned from the campus. The students were booked under sedition charges after a complaint was filed by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha or BJYM activist Mukesh Lodhi, alleging that he was ...
28 students injured in blast in Kashmir tuition centre (Fourth Lead)
Twenty-eight students were injured on Wednesday in a powerful but mysterious explosion in a tuition centre in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, triggering clashes between civilians and security personnel.