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JNU forms committee to make entrance exam online

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has constituted a 12-member committee to look into the possibilities of making the JNU Entrance Examinations (JNUEE) completely online for 2019-20. On March 5, a notification was issued by Joint registrar admissions M K Pachauri saying that the vice-chancellor has constituted a committee to discuss and make recommendation for conducting JNUEE 2019-20 completely online "The committee shall examine various dimensions and submit the recommendation to the competent authority at the earliest," the notification read. One of the 12 committee members, Professor Bindu Puri, who confirmed to PTI about its formation said the committee is yet to meet. However, the recently formed committee is opposed by former JNUSU general secretary Satarupa Chakraborty who alleged it of having no representative from university's teachers' association (JNUTA) and students union (JNUSU). "The committee that is constituted to make JNU entrance online doesn't have any ...

Industrialist Sanjay Dalmia celebrated Holi with differently-abled children

Renowned industrialist Sanjay Dalmia organized a Holi event at his residence for differently-abled children. Popular for his philanthropy, he celebrated Holi with the students and teachers of Masoom - his school for training the under-privileged and mentally challenged children.The event witnessed the participation of a number of students and teachers with a lot of zeal, fervour and enthusiasm. It covered a series of fun-filled sessions like singing, music, dancing, Holika bonfire, food and gift distribution."My heart swells with pride when I see the latent potential in these specially-abled children," said Sanjay Dalmia.He believes that the greatest gift you could give someone is the gift of knowledge. Through this noble initiative - Masoom - Sanjay Dalmia strives to ensure the welfare of underprivileged sections of the society, and give wings to their dreams. His primary vision behind promoting this organization was to support the special children who were often seen as a burden to .

Madhuri Dixit honors Study Khazana

Study Khazana an e-portal founded by CA Sana Baqai has been awarded "International excellence Award 2018" Best Education Portal in North India and South India. The Award was given by Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit Nene at an impressive function organized in Thailand."This was the moment of pride and great honor on receiving the prestigious award," said Sana Baqai the Founder of Study Khazana.Study Khazana is an attempt to bring education deprived aspirants under one portal and contribute towards the journey of transforming education. Through Study Khazana we purport to provide quality of education irrespective of geographical boundaries to promote open knowledge movement.Madhuri Dixit looked equally upbeat and wished good luck to all contestants, she stated, "Award means appreciation for hard work and motivation for doing better and achieving new heights for success.Study Khazana founded by CA Sana Baqai on September 5th, 2015 i.e, Teachers Day with a vision and mission to spread ...

Manish Arora to be Pearl Academy's ideation partner

Manish Arora is one of the most celebrated and inspiring contemporary designers in the fashion world today. The Mumbai-born fashion designer has lived between Paris and Delhi since 2007, where he owns an exclusive store, and is the only Indian fashion designer to participate in the prestigious Paris Fashion Week for the last 10 years.Known for his astute craftsmanship and unique play on colors, Manish has collaborated with eminent brands such as Swarovski, Swatch, Reebok, Monoprix, Nespresso, MAC Cosmetics, Pommery, Amrapali amongst others. His rich and colorful designs have been worn by international stars such as Rihanna, Lady Gaga, M.I.A and Katy Perry. He has also been bestowed upon the highest French civilian honour 'Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur'."I am honored to be associated with Pearl Academy as an Ideation Partner and to have the student's intern and travel to Paris with me. The experience will expand their knowledge and horizons on design and business aspects of our ...

Students like their vegetables spiced up

Turns out, high school students prefer their vegetables seasoned with spices rather than plain.According to a Penn State-study, high school students prefer vegetables seasoned with herbs and spices, rather than plain veggie, which might lead to students liking and eating more vegetables, and to result in less food waste in schools.The researchers asked high school students to rate the taste of a variety of vegetables seasoned with either oil or salt or a blend of herbs and spices developed specifically for each vegetable. The majority of the students preferred the seasoned version of most of the veggies, despite the fact that many of the seasoning blends were new to them.Kathleen Keller, associate professor of nutritional sciences, said that schools that serve vegetables that are more appealing may ultimately cut down on the amount of food that is thrown out."Despite the fact that many of the kids hadn't previously been exposed to a lot of different herbs and spices, our results ...

PM to give fillip to 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao drive' tomorrow

Prime Minister will announce the expansion of 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao program' (BBBP) from the existing 161 to 640 districts all over the country, on the occassion of International Women's Day tomorrow, from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with beneficiary mothers and girl children of the program. He will also distribute certificates to best performing districts under the BBBP program, a release said here today. He will also launch National Nutrition Mission (NNM) from Jhunjhunu along with NNM-ICDS common application software. The mission is aimed at reducing under-nutrition and low birth weight, bring down anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls and to reduce the prevalence of stunting among children, it stated. Rajasthan school education minister Vasudev Devnani has directed to include health and nutrition issues in morning prayer meetings across the schools. Directions to hold quiz on health and nutrition in schools across the ...

JNU students union holds referendum on attendance issue

The students union of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here on Wednesday held a referendum over the attendance issue to show the strength of their support to the administration.

'Address gap between what Indian HE students are taught and ground reality'

There is a yawning gap between what Indian higher education (HE) students are taught and ground realities and one way of addressing this is to improve the relevance of the curriculum and pedagogy to fit the world of work and international developments, says a survey conducted by Indian stakeholders and experts at Bournemouth University, whose Pro-Vice Chancellor Sonal Minocha is the first woman of Asian origin to occupy the position at any British university.

Minor boy sexually assaulted by teacher

A case has been registered against an Arabic teacher for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor boy."Yesterday (March 5), a man came to us to lodge a complaint that his son was sexually assaulted by an Arabic teacher," said Falaknuma Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Syed Fiyaz.According to the complainant, his nine-year-old son went for his regular tuition classes to learn Arabic in Madrassa, when the teacher sexually assaulted him in a bathroom.The accused, identified as M. Irfan, 22, is on the run, the police said.A case has been registered under sections 5 and 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and a manhunt has been launched.

Rajasthan: Special programme to boost 'Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao' drive

Under the "Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao" programme, the prayer meetings in Rajasthan schools will include discussions on healthy nutrition, an official said on Tuesday.

Sonowal asks officials to set up agri, horti varsities

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today directed the agriculture department to draw a broad road map for setting up an Agricultural University in Barak Valley and a Horticultural University in hill areas. Chairing a review meeting of the department here, Sonowal said an Agricultural University and a Horticultural University would boost agriculture and horticulture in the state besides uplifting socio-economic condition of the farmers of Barak Valley and hill district regions of the state. The chief minister also asked the agriculture department to draw up a blueprint to enable students from other Northeastern states to study in these universities. He asked the department to prepare Soil Health Cards to find out the areas afflicted with diseases caused by arsenic and fluoride by taking help of the Assam Agricultural University. Sonowal also instructed the department to carry out quality tests for seed consignments sent from other states to Assam to assess their ...

M.Ed cut-off mark to be lowered for SCs in Bihar

The Bihar government taken a move to lower the cut-off mark for Scheduled Caste students seeking admission to Master of Education courses in universities of Bihar, the state Assembly was informed today. In a calling attention motion, JD(U) MLA Shyam Rajak has said only two SC candidates got admission to M.Ed courses in the year 2016-17 as against 50 reserved seats in universities across the state. Rajak said the qualifying marks for seeking admission to the courses was fixed at 50 per cent for all social groups and no relief was given to the SCs. The seats which remained vacant were filled up by general category students, he said. Replying to this, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shravan Kumar a reduction in the cut-off marks for SCs - from 50 per cent to 45 per cent - by means of amendment in statutes was under process. "The amendment will be sent to the Chancellor for approval following which the problem will be solved", Kumar said.

MCDs should apologise for deceiving people: AAP

The ruling AAP on Tuesday asked the Municipal Corporations of Delhi to apologise to the people of the capital for their "inability" to run schools and hospitals.

Director appointed at NERIST, 8-day long stalemate ends

The Centre today appointed Dr Hardeo Singh Yadav as the director of the North East Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) near here, ending an eight-day long stalemate at the central institute. The Students' Union of NERIST (SUN) had been agitating since February 27 demanding appointment of a regular director, but they were not happy with the appointment as it wanted a director from outside. Dr Yadav is a teacher at the NERIST. "The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal based on recommendation of the Search-cum- Selection Committee, for appointment of Dr H S Yadav to the post of Director, NERIST on contract basis for a period of five years from the date of assumption of charge," a notification of the Union HRD ministry said today. Dr Yadav is currently serving as the senior most professor of the chemistry department in the institute, had served as in-charge director of the deemed university from April 19, 2016 to March 26 last ...

Encourage women participation in field of science: President

President Ram Nath Kovind today called for encouraging participation of women in science in every way possible, saying if gender disparity was not addressed, scientific achievements would be "less than perfect and less than desirable". Addressing the directors of IISc, IITs and IISERs in the concluding session of the meet, the president said the country was facing enormous challenges like ensuring people's health and well-being, lifting them out of poverty, or attaining food and energy security. These institutes could play an important role, he said and suggested that the incubation centres could also help develop solutions to the problems experienced on a daily basis -- from pollution of natural resources to the traffic jams in rapidly expanding cities. He stressed on collaboration between these institutes and said they should share ideas and pool resources. "Such a synergy would help you to better address some of the problems we face," he said. The president said there is a need for

Police firing during BTAD bandh, two injured

A 24-hour BTAD bandh in Assam today turned violent forcing police to open fire to control protesters in Chirang district in which two persons were critically injured, official sources said. The police resorted first to lathi charge, then bursting of tear gas shells and finally firing to disperse bandh supporters who threw stones, burnt motorcycles and blocked NH 31 by burning tyres at Sidli in the district, police said. Two persons were critically injured in the police action and were admitted to hospital, the sources said. The bandh sponsor - United Organisation Coordination Committee (UOCC), however, claimed that 37 of its supporters were injured in the police lathicharge. In Kokrajhar district the driver of a tempo sustained burn injuries when bandh supporters set ablaze his vehicle at Charaikhola Chariali, district administration sources said. The driver was admitted to RNB civil hospital with 40 per cent burn injuries, the sources said. Incidents of setting ...

Stress just a noun, can't rule life: CBSE boss

Treat stress, anxiety, nervousness and worry merely as nouns, the head of CBSE has said to students appearing for their board exams in a letter that also carries an encouraging message from a Harry Potter book. In the note to students to mark the first day of the 10th and 12th Boards, CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal recalled how she studied hard, revised and still found the time to listen to her favourite songs when she appeared for the examinations. "What I don't remember is what my results were," said Karwal. Over 28 lakh students have registered for the board examinations, which are conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and began yesterday. "Marks do not define a person. So, do not permit stress, anxiety, worry, nervousness to stay longer in your being than a few moments. They are just 'nouns'. After all nouns cannot rule lives!," she said in the letter sent to schools across India. The bureaucrat also recalled a few lines from 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of .

Tribal dept clerk held for accepting Rs 85,000 bribe

A junior clerk in Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) was arrested in Pandharkawda village in the district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 85,000 for extending an official favour, ACB said today. The accused, Rajendra Rangari, had allegedly sought the bribe for releasing educational aid for fees of the tribal students of a college in Pandharkawda, said an official. The management of the college approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau which in turn laid a trap and arrested Rangari from Indira Gandhi Chowk in Pandharkawda yesterday, he said. Rangari has been booked under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and was handed over to the local police.

B'desh madrasa burns students' mobile phones

An Islamic seminary in Bangladesh has burned hundreds of mobile phones seized from students claiming that they were getting distracted by it, according to a media report. Mufti Jasim Uddin, the superintendent of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam, known as Hathazari Barha Madrasa said yesterday that the resident students are not allowed to use mobile phones, bdnews24 reported. We seize mobile phones, especially the ones that play music and videos, from the resident students during admission every year, he said, skirting a query as to whether they have destroyed the phones. Some students, requesting anonymity, told the newspaper that the authorities seized and burnt two sacks full of around 400 seized handsets on Sunday, the report said. The seminary -- a 123-year-old institution with 14,000 registered students -- was not against technology but the negative results of mobile phones far outweigh its positives. The madrasa is run by Shah Ahmed Shafi, chief of Hifazat-e-Islam, an .

IITKGP reaches out to rural students

The IIT Kharagpur has launched a study model that equips students, especially those belonging to rural schools, to become confident and knowledgable individuals. The project is called Innovative C minus 4 model for high school students, an IITKGP statement said. Under the C minus 4 model, high school students are trained and mentored so that they can teach students who are junior to them by four classes (minus 4), the statement said. 'C' refers to class while minus 4 implies junior (minus) by four classes. The research project has been undertaken by Prof T.K. Bandyopadhyay, Prof Pulak Mishra, Prof R K Pradhan and Prof P K Bhowmick of IITKGP and Prof Pijush Ghosh of IIT Madras. The project, which had started in April 2016, has been implemented in 12 schools in south Bengal and 11 schools in and around Chennai. "The C minus 4 education model was conceived to develop the personalities of school going children during their formative years," Prof Mishra was quoted as having ...