General Awareness

GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Dec 10, 2020

NDRI Best Agriculture University in India

ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal is the best institute in the field of agriculture, as per the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) ranking of Agricultural Universities of 2019. The Karnal-based institute has maintained its top spot since last year, however, the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi has lost its position from rank 2 last year and is at spot 3. Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana which was at spot 8 has taken a huge leap to rank at number 2 this year.
While last year 60 institutes were ranked, this year, a total of 67 institutes made it to the list. The ICAR ranking is based on several parameters including student and faculty profile, student placements, research publications and citations, patents, technologies generated and transferred to farmers, resources generated, and linkages.

IIM Nagpur Inks MoU with MullenLowe Lintas

The Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIMN) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with advertising and marketing communications company MullenLowe Lintas, to establish the Centre of Excellence in Brand Management at the institute.
According to IIMN Director Bhimaraya Metri, the collaboration would focus primarily on joint research, advisory services and organization of events centred around brand management.

Dec 09, 2020

UPSC Allows EPFO Exam Candidates to Change Choice of Exam Centre

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced that candidates, those who had applied for the posts of Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer in the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), will be allowed to change the preferences for exam centre.
The UPSC EPFO exam is scheduled to take place on May 9, 2021.
According to UPSC, the candidates will be allowed to change their exam centre in two phases: December 15 to December 21 and December 29 to January 4.

Dec 08, 2020

SPPU to Introduce two Subjects on "Constitution of India" from Next Academic Year

The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) will be introducing two subjects on the "Constitution of India," as a credit course in the second year for all undergraduate students of Arts, Science and Commerce streams. From the next academic year of 2021-22, these two subjects will be added to the syllabus.
The subjects will be compulsory for all the students at SPPU and affiliated colleges.
The decision was taken on the occasion of the death anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.
The SPPU's department of anthropology has taken a lead in this project to design the syllabus of this credit course. It will be a two-credit course which will be taught in the second year of bachelor of Commerce, Arts and Science courses.

TNAU Bounces to 8th Spot in ICAR Ranking

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) secured 8th rank in the ICAR (Indian Council for Agricultural Research) ranking for the year 2019 by bouncing back from 33rd position the previous year. The university attained 8th rank among the 67 agricultural institutes, 4th among the state agricultural universities and 1st among the southern agricultural universities.

Dec 07, 2020

Professional Certification Courses on Applied AI and Fullstack by IIT Mandi and WileyNXT

IIT Mandi and Technical Innovation Hub (TIH) tied up with WileyNXT, Wiley's innovative learning solution for emerging technologies, to launch two new executive courses Professional Certification in Applied AI, and Professional Certification in Fullstack Development.
Both these programmes are designed for early-career professionals keen on gaining premium credentials to build a career in AI and Analytics. On the successful completion of the course, the participants will get a joint certification from WileyNXT and IIT Mandi.
The 6 month online programmes will facilitate simulated learning through a unique learning methodology designed to enable learners to contextualize technology skills with deep business awareness as well as a problem solving mindset.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Wins National Inter-school Cryptic Crossword Contest

The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad emerged as the national champion of a pan-India inter-school crossword competition, CCCC Cryptic Crossword Contest (CCCC 2020). The team of V Krishna Sai Gayatri and Nellore Dharshita from the city school won the grand finale of the eighth editions. Don Bosco Academy, Patna bagged the second prize this year followed by The Mother's International School, New Delhi which was at the third spot. The school won the tournament last year also.
The teams from over 1,500 schools participated in the two-day competition held by the Patna-based civil society in online mode due to pandemic. The grand finale was held through Zoom meeting with eight qualified teams.
The Limca Book of Records has acknowledged the event as the biggest of-its-kind in the country.

Dec 06, 2020

UGC Grants Six Months Extension to MPhil, PhD Students for Thesis Submission

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted a six month extension for submission of thesis to MPhil and Phd students in wake of prolonged closure of universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, the students were granted extension till December 31. However, the same has been extended till June 30 now but the tenure of fellowship for PhD and MPhil will remain the same--5 years.

Share on

TCY Analytics (View Subscription Plans)

Subscribe to GK Updates

I want to receive

GK Tags

October GK, September GK, August GK, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS AND ECONOMY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SPORTS, NATIONAL AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, PERSONS IN NEWS, DAYS AND EVENTS, AWARDS AND HONOURS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES, GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION, ART AND CULTURE, BOOKS AND AUTHORS, TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS, ART AND CULTURE, LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Start Discussion

On any topic

Take Tests

Compiled from GK updates

Login

Sign Up

Forgot Password

Download TCY App

Unlock All Services and Enjoy The Premium Benefits

US$ 10

US$ 13

US$ 15

US$ 17

US$ 19

US$ 20

US$ 21

US$ 22

US$ 23

US$ 24

US$ 25

US$ 26