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Rajnath rolls out 'Student Police Cadet' project in Gurugram
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday here rolled out the 'Student Police Cadet' (SPC) programme, under which high school students across the country will be taught to become much more responsible citizens.
'Barberic' penalty: Maharashtra teacher suspended for snipping student's hair
In a shocking incident, a schoolteacher here has been suspended for snipping off a student's hair in front of the entire class, officials said.
Delhi AIIMS sings MoU with IIT Kharagpur for collaboration in edu, research
The AIIMS here has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, for institutional collaboration in education, research outreach programme and medical services. According to a government official, the primary objective is to promote interaction and collaboration among faculty members, scientists and students of the two premier institutes in their respective domains, to carry out joint academic and research programmes, joint supervision of masters and doctoral students, and collaborative research. The broad areas of cooperation identified under this MoU include initiating joint academic programs such as PhD, MD-PhD, MSc-PhD and other courses. It includes coordinated internship programmes for students from AIIMS and IIT Kharagpur and exploring opportunities of undertaking joint research projects for which funding from external agencies may be sought. As part of the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the two institutions will explore the use of each other's, ...
Ohio State: 100 ex-students report sex misconduct by doctor
Ohio State University says more than 100 former students have provided firsthand accounts of sexual misconduct by a now-dead team physician in an ongoing investigation. Independent investigators are reviewing allegations against Richard Strauss involving male athletes from 14 sports and other students. Former athletes say they verbally raised concerns about Strauss as early as 1978, near the start of his two decades at the university. Ohio State has said university officials' response to concerns about Strauss is a key focus of the investigation. University President Michael Drake said Friday more than 200 former students and university employees have been interviewed. Those interviewed include Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, who denies some wrestlers' claims he knew about abuse while coaching at Ohio State. Strauss killed himself in 2005. His relatives have said they were shocked by the allegations.
HC imposes fine on college for fudging attendance; directs to pay Rs 1.5 lakh to rape victim
Taking a stern view of a private college and 58 of its students forging attendance, the Madras High Court today imposed a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh on the institution and asked it to pay the amount to parents of the Ayanavaram rape victim. Justice S Vaidyanathan also directed the students to pay an amount of Rs 50,000 "jointly to the parents". The students of GS College of Kangeyam had filed a plea seeking a direction to the university to allow them to redo the exams of the first, third and fourth semesters in the Bachelor of Physical Education. "There is no reason as to why the college is trying to fool everyone and play fraud. So, the college is directed to pay the cost of Rs 1,50,000 to the parents of the recent rape victim of Ayanavaram, Chennai, enabling to use the amount for the treatment and welfare of the victim girl. "The students are also directed to pay an amount of Rs 50,000 jointly to the parents..." Justice Vaidyanathan said. The Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports ...
Life at college: Students begin their innings at Delhi University's North campus
Delhi University's North campus was abuzz with activity as thousands of students, fresh out of school, kickstarted their college life, with the rain gods welcoming them. Delhi University's vice-chancellor Yogesh Tyagi congratulated the freshers on being part of "India's best known university". "Most of you have waited with ample eagerness and excitement for today when you resolved to tie your life-boat to the DU's motto Nishta, Dhriti, Satyam firm devotion to truth. Today, as you prepare to dress up and make your way to the colleges across nation's capital, I can visualise a gigantic rainbow of talents descending on Delhi's geography. It calls for a celebration of lifetime," he said in his message addressed to students. Tyagi said the students were "very special" to him. "I cannot wait to tell you how excited I feel today to see the best and the brightest of India's youngest student pool donning the classrooms of DU. I am confident that your future is brighter than the stars shining
NSUI nominee ineligible to run for DUSU chief's post: HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that the Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India (NSUI) candidate Rocky Tuseed is ineligible to run for the post of president of Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU).
HC upholds DUSU prez Tuseed's disqualification barely month before tenure ends
Nearly a month before his tenure as president of the Delhi University Students Union came to an end, the Delhi High Court today upheld the disqualification of Rocky Tuseed's candidature by the varsity, saying that he could not have contested the election. Justice V K Rao said Tuseed had assaulted a student in his college for which he was barred from entering the campus despite his apology and had not disclosed this information in his nomination form, leading to a violation of the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations. The court noted that the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations "clearly stipulates if a candidate had faced disciplinary action, the same would be a non-eligibility for such a student to stand in the election". "The affidavit given by the petitioner (Tuseed) that he was not subject to any disciplinary action by the university authorities was not correct," it said. The observations came while dismissing Tuseed's plea challenging disqualification of his candidature by the varsity .
HC directs restoration of school building in front of BJP MP's house
The Allahabad High Court today took note of the demolition of a government primary school building in front of the bungalow of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in Gonda, and directed the authorities to restore the building and do the needful by August 21. The Lucknow bench of the high court said it was prima facie satisfied that the building was demolished for ulterior motives. The court directed that the building be restored at the same place after it was informed that funds were demanded from State Project Director of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan for reconstruction of the school building. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Rajesh Singh Chauhanpassed the order on a PIL moved by one Rana Pratap Singh. The petitioner alleged that the school was demolished to provide a large space to the parliamentarian in front of his house, in collusion with education authorities and the village pradhan. The claim that the school building was demolished because it was dilapidated is not correct, the ...
Kovind concerned over skewed gender ratio in IITs
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday expressed concern over the skewed gender ratio in technical institutes of the country, particularly at the IITs, and stressed the need for more participation of girl students in higher education. particularly in science and technology.
Children get samosas, juices and admission in schools from ACJ Gita Mittal
In a rare gesture, Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal today ordered samosas and juices for 52 children, who along with their parents came to the court after being denied admission to Delhi government schools. After seeing the courtroom filled with children and their parents, Justice Mittal inquired about the reason for their presence and expressed her concern over their plight. A bench of Justices Mittal and C Hari Shankar directed the Delhi government to give admission to 400 students, whose details were given to the court, and other similarly placed children in the national capital. In the middle of court hearing, Justice Mittal asked NGO Social Jurist's advocate Ashok Agarwal, who had filed the plea on behalf of the students, to take the children, aged 6 to 15, to the canteen and buy them samosas. Later, the judge called her private secretary and asked him to bring samosas and juices for the children, who were told not to leave the court without taking the ...
Book row: First 2 chapters of history books of Pb Board ready for 12th standard
The oversight committee, set up by the Punjab government to rectify the flaws in history books, has prepared two chapters of history for Class 12th and one chapter of secondary level, an official statement said. A meeting was held here today under the chairmanship of Punjab Education Minister Om Parkash Soni in which the committee showed him the chapters prepared by them. The chapters would be translated in Punjabi and Hindi in a few days and uploaded on the Education Board's website on August 1. The minister said the preparation of the history book was a big task which required a lot of time but the state government and the Punjab School Education Board had urged the committee to expedite the process so that the students' studies were not affected. During the meeting, the chairman of the committee, a renowned historian Kirpal Singh, said the committee had divided these chapters period-wise, it said. As part of this, Indian history would be studied in secondary level from the early ...
Paytm Mall's 2nd Campus Icon Programme to recruit 5,000 college students
Paytm Mall, owned by Paytm Ecommerce Pvt. Ltd, on Friday launched the second edition of the Campus Icon programme, and aims to recruit 5000 college students.
CBSE comes up with digitalised exam paper
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for the first time has introduced encrypted question paper for class Xth compartment exams.This comes after the board had to face embarrassment following question paper leaks in March this year.CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said, "The CBSE class X compartment exam for Hindi A and Hindi B was conducted in 100% encrypted mode at 211 exam centres all over the country and at 7 exams centres abroad."He further said, "The paper was conducted on time without any other difficulty. The board has thus scaled another milestone in the digital conduct of exams.
Student Police Cadet programme to be launched tomorrow
A special initiative called Student Police Cadet (SPC) programme, which aims to build a bridge between the police and the school students by inculcating values and ethics in them through classes in school and outside, will be launched tomorrow. The Home Ministry sponsored programme focuses on students of class VIII and IX and special care has been taken to ensure that it does not lead to increase in the workload of the students, an official statement said. The programme neither have any prescribed textbook nor any exam envisaged and only one class in a month is proposed, it said. The initiative seeks to cover broadly two kinds of topics: crime prevention and control, and values and ethics. Under the first part, the topics covered are - community policing, road safety, fight against social evils, safety of women and children, fight against corruption and disaster management, the statement said. The topics covered under the second part are - values and ethics, respect for elders, ...
SC stays Madras HC order awarding 196 marks to NEET students opting Tamil language
The Supreme Court today stayed an order of the Madras High Court awarding 196 grace marks to those NEET students who had opted to write the test in Tamil language on account of error in translation. The top court said it appears that after the judgment of the Madurai bench of the high court, the students who had opted for the Tamil language are in an advantageous position over others. A bench of justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao stayed the order and issued notice on a plea of the CBSE challenging the high court direction. The bench posted the matter for hearing after two weeks and asked the parties to come out with a solution to deal with the situation, saying, "We cannot dole out marks in this fashion." Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, appearing for the Central Board of Secondary Education, said that the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) examination has been conducted pursuant to the apex court order but due to the high court order, entire counselling of .
Delhi HC quashes JNU's order against Kanhaiya Kumar
The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) decision to penalise Kanhaiya Kumar for breach of discipline.The court called the JNU's order against Kanhaiya "illegal, irrational and irregular," and asked the University to take a decision on the matter after a proper hearing.On July 5, a high-level inquiry committee of JNU had imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Kanhaiya for allegedly raising anti-national slogans inside the college premises in February 2016.The slogans were allegedly raised at the event relating to Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging.Kanhaiya, a member of the Communist Party of India's student's wing, was then president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union.The five-member panel had also imposed a financial penalty on 13 other JNU students for violation of disciplinary norms.
It was her dream to be a pilot, says family, teachers of Indian trainee pilot killed in US
Nineteen-year-old Nisha Sejwal was passionate about flying but little did she know that her dream of becoming a pilot would come crashing down so soon. Nisha's last test flight ended in a tragedy early this week. She was among the four trainee pilots who were killed when two small training aircraft from a flight school collided midair in the US state of Florida. on Tuesday. Nisha's Facebook posts revealed her passion for flying. "The best way to predict the future is to create it.#pilotlife," reads one of her posts of December last year. "Getting high is my job," reads another post. Her cousin, Sneha Sejwal, recalled her to be an "ambitious" woman who was looking forward to getting her commercial flying license. "Nisha wanted to be a pilot and that was her dream. This was her last test flight. After this, she would have received a commercial flying license. She had received a private flying license in April and was quite excited for her last test flight," Sneha told PTI. Nisha's ...
Denied ground floor exam hall, pregnant woman misses test
A first year MA student, who is pregnant, has alleged that she could not write her examination as college authorities denied her a convenient place on the ground floor. The student told PTI that she was finding it difficult to climb the stairs to reach the allotted place that was on the fourth floor of the institution and had sought alternative arrangements. Principal of Scholars Degree College for Women G Tirupati Reddy, refuting the allegation, said the college usually considerssuch requests but the particular incident, which happened yesterday, did not come to his notice. The student said she had narrated her plight to one of the staff in the college to make alternative arrangements, but they did not listen. She said she reached the college well within the stipulated time but college authorities denied her request. ".... I spoke to one of the officials to change my place as I could not climb the staircase.But they did not consider my request. After the incident, I ...
Number of girls in IITs distressingly low, this needs to increase: President
President Ram Nath Kovind today said girls often outscore boys in board examinations, colleges and universities, but their number is "distressingly low" in the IITs and this has to increase. In 2017, of the 1,60,000 candidates who appeared for the IIT joint entrance examination, only 30,000 were girls. Of the 10,878 students who had been admitted to under graduate classes of the IITs in the same year, only 995 were girls, he said while delivering the 64th convocation address of IIT Kharagpur. "This issue continues to puzzle me.... This cannot go on, we need to do something about these numbers," Kovind said. "When one considers board exams, girls do very well. They often outscore boys. In colleges and universities I visit across country, I find girl students tend to win more medals than their male counterparts. (But in the IITs), the intake of girl students is distressingly low," he said. Of the 11,653 students enrolled in IIT Kharagpur, only 1,925 are girls, a little over 16 per cent,
