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Oct 28, 2022

Jadavpur University Only State-run Institute in QS Sustainability World Ranking

Jadavpur University earned the distinction of being the only state-run varsity from India to feature in the QS Sustainability World Ranking 2023.
A total of 700 institutes featured in the list, of which 15 were from India.
A JU spokesperson said that the ranking is based on sustainability performance focusing on environmental and social impacts of the higher education institutes and has considered metrics like sustainable education, sustainable research, equality, knowledge exchange and impact of education.
Jadavpur University was at overall eighth position from India.
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world.

Oct 27, 2022

IIT Bombay, Delhi, JNU most Sustainable Institutes in India: QS World University Rankings (Sustai...

IIT-Bombay is the best educational institutions in India in the inaugural QS World University Rankings: Sustainability released in October 2022. A total of 15 Indian universities ranked in the list with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) featuring in the 281-300 rank range, followed by IIT-Delhi (321-340 rank) and Jawaharlal Nehru University at the third rank (361-380).
QS World University Rankings: Sustainability ranking is a new framework to evaluate how universities are taking action to tackle the world's most pressing environmental and social issues.
This year, experts evaluated over 1300 higher education institutions meeting specific eligibility requirements, out of which 700 institutions appeared on the final ranking list.
Globally, the University of California, Berkeley (from the US) took the lead in the sustainability as it has achieved top scores in both the Environmental Impact and Social Impact categories, each contributing 50 per cent of the overall score. It was followed by two Canadian institutions, the University of Toronto (second) and the University of British Columbia (third).
Other universities which appeared in the top 10 were the University of Edinburgh, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)  and University of Sydney  at fifth rank, University of Tokyo , University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and the University of Auckland.
The US dominated the rankings with 135 ranked universities (19.2 per cent of the total), while the United Kingdom was the second-most represented country, with 67 universities ranked (9.5 per cent). Germany was the third-best for overall representation, with 39 universities, followed by China with 37 and Australia with 33.

Oct 26, 2022

BHU Researchers Discover a Micro RNA that can Specifically Kill Cancer Cells

BHU researchers discovered a Micro RNA that can specifically kill cancer cells and this can be developed into a harmless therapy to cure cervical cancer. The breakthrough came from a team led by Dr. Samarendra Kumar Singh, Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science.
The BHU research team was conducting a study which found that the viral E6 gene could be suppressed by a human micro-RNA - miR-34a. This killed off only cervical cancerous cells by switching off an onogenic cell cycle factor.
This finding is important as it paves the way for a therapy that will target only cervical cancerous cells – normal or non-cancerous cells did not deteriorate in any way in the study.

Oct 24, 2022

Tripura CM Inaugurates State's First Government English Medium College

Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Saha along with Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath inaugurated the first English medium general degree college of the state in the city having 100 intake capacity. The first five basic subjects of the arts stream include compulsory Bengali and English. Tripura government has built the general degree college at a budget of Rs 1 crore by renovating an old Teaching College.
The state government aims to make the state an education hub with the inauguration of its first English medium government college.
A large number of schools at each of the revenue blocks have been converted into an English medium government institution with all modern educational tools.
The exact syllabus of CBSE has been introduced in the schools which are followed by recruiting a large number of trained teachers and training up to over 40,000 existing teachers.

Oct 23, 2022

Govt. Launches National Curriculum Framework for Education of Children in 3-8 Years Age Group

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for the foundational stage for children between age three to eight.
This is the first time the NCF has been prepared for the foundational stage and children aged three will be brought into the formal schooling system as proposed in the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP).
Besides the curriculum for early childhood care and education (ECCE), the first of the four NCFs in the making, Pradhan also launched Balvatikas (pre-primary classes) at Kendriya Vidyalayas.
ECCE under the anganwadi system, till now, primarily focused on the nutrition and the health of a child, while in private space, the play school system was unregulated.

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