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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jan 25, 2021

Improvement in Sex Ratio at Birth

The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao movement has made a lasting impression on people resulting in 16 points improvement in sex ratio at birth.
While the increase in sex ratio at birth and enrolment ratio of girls in school at the secondary level is encouraging, the government continues to strive towards making further improvement through BBBP along with health and education ministries and the citizens of the country.
The BBBP scheme is one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet projects and was launched by him in January, 2015 in Panipat, Haryana. It focuses on districts with the worst child sex ratio (CSR) as per the 2011 Census.
The goal of the programme is to address the issue of decline in child sex ratio in critical districts through an awareness campaign as well as multi-sectoral interventions, which include registration of pregnancies in first trimester, increased institutional deliveries, and prohibition of sex-determination.

Jan 24, 2021

Manipur Ranks 3rd in Niti Aayog's Innovation Index for Hill States

Manipur bagged third position in NITI Ayog's India Innovation Index, 2020, in the North East and Hill States category. The first and second position has been secured by Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, respectively, in the same category.
In the India Innovation Index-2020, the states and union territories have been divided into 17 major states, 10 north-east and hill states and nine union territories and small states for effectively comparing their performance.
Karnataka retained its first position in the major states' category. Maharashtra moved one position higher and stood at second spot while Tamil Nadu slid to third position.

Jan 21, 2021

Bhawana Kanth to Become the 1st Woman Fighter Pilot to Take Part in Republic Day Parade

Flight lieutenant Bhawana Kanth will become the first woman fighter pilot to take part in the Republic Day parade.
Kanth, currently posted at a Rajasthan airbase and commissioned on a MiG-21 Bison fighter plane, will be a part of the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) tableau that will showcase mock-ups of the light combat aircraft, light combat helicopter and the Sukhoi-30 fighter plane.
She was among the first women fighter pilots, along with Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh, to be inducted into the IAF in 2016.

SSI Innovations Launches Medical Robotics Surgery System in India

Medical robotic technology firm SS Innovations launched its SSI multi-arm novel tele-robotic assistance surgical system in the country at a price of Rs. 4-5 crore.
As per SSI Chairman and CEO Sudhir P Srivastava, robotics shall be the future of surgery, and his vision is to create a technologically advanced system that will be cost-effective, easy to use, and can be applied to all surgical specialities.
Compared to conventional surgery, robotic surgery results in smaller incisions, that reduces pain, scarring and leads to quicker recovery.
The MANTRA (multi-arm novel tele-robotic assistance) system was utilized for the first in human pilot study at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, where the surgeons successfully completed 18 complex Urology, Gynaecology and General Surgery procedures in less than a month.

Jan 20, 2021

Varsity Launches Scholarship for Children of Police Personnel

Ajinkya DY Patil University has launched a scholarship programme exclusively for the ward of policemen. ADYPU believes that the endeavours of the policemen during the Covid-19 crisis should not go unrecognised.
As a token of gratitude, ADYPU has introduced a scholarship programme Yashwant Dyanarthi Shishyavratti in the name of the grandfather of Chairman Dr Ajeenkya DY Patil.
For every admission, ADYPU will offer up to 50% scholarship to the ward/child of Police personnel. ADYPU is committed to providing 100% scholarships to students who have scored more than 95% marks in their class 12 exams.
In recognition of this, ADYPU has signed an MOU with several police departments including Pune Rural Police, Solapur Police and Kolhapur Police and in talks with many more.

IIT Roorkee Organises One-of-a-kind Online Spoken Sanskrit Course

IIT Roorkee and Samskrita Bharati jointly organised a one-of-a-kind online spoken Sanskrit course which received enthusiastic participation of over 5000 delegates from 32 countries.
This initiative titled 'Subhashitam Samskritam' was organised online by Sanskrit Club, IIT Roorkee and Samskrita Bharati, a non-governmental organisation.
The valedictory ceremony witnessed the august presence of Padma Bhushan awardee and former Chief Election Commissioner Dr. N Gopalaswami as Chief Guest and Dr. P Nandakumar, the course designer and International Coordinator, Samskrita Bharati as Special Guest. Shri BVR Mohan Reddy, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee presided over the function.

Jan 19, 2021

Tech Programme exclusively for women by Newton School

Newton School has introduced a tech programme exclusively for women which will help them in skill-building and re-entering the workforce.
The course that begins mid-January will not only help women to re-join the workforce after maternity leave but also enable them to switch their careers and join the tech industry.
Newton School is an online edtech platform that trains people to be highly skilled software developers and gets them placed in top companies as frontend, backend, and full-stack software developers among other roles.
The first batch will have a strength of 100 students. The course is expected to run multiple batches in the coming months and will follow the Pay after Placement model just like other courses being offered by the start-up.
The tech programme introduced by the Newton School, founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneurs and college friends will allow women to learn industry skills without any financial burden.

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