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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Nov 20, 2020

Five MBBS Seats Reserved for Covid Warriors' Children

The Centre announced its decision to reserve five MBBS seats under the central pool for children of Covid warriors, introducing a new category called 'wards of Covid warriors' for the academic year 2020-21.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, said that the seats may be allocated for selection and nomination of candidates from among wards of "Covid warriors", who lost their life due to Covid or died accidentally on account of Covid-related duty. He stated, adding that the state or UT government will certify eligibility for this category.
The selection of candidates will be made by the Medical Council Committee (MCC) through online application on the basis of rank obtained in the NEET-2020 conducted by National Testing Agency.

Indian Universities No. 15 in Employability of Graduates

India features among the top 15 countries with universities producing the most employable graduates. In the Employability Rankings 2020, India has improved its ranking from 23 in 2010 to 15 in 2020, even as UK and US varsities showed decline.
The study by Times Higher Education and French consultancy, Emerging, for most employable locations for higher education, shows how top institutions in the US and the UK have masked the general decline of American and British universities in terms of employability. Countries which have been taking employability more seriously over the past 10 years are becoming more attractive than the US and the UK for students.

Nov 19, 2020

Mumbai School of Economics to Begin Centre on Financial Research and Teaching

After receiving a nod from the management council last week, Mumbai University's Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy is set to start a centre for research and teaching in finance.
The seed money for the centre, a sum of Rs. 5 crore, has been donated by former chairperson of UTI and alumnus Dr. S. A. Dave.
The centre aims to engage with research and training modules for the industry. In a matter of few months, certificate and diploma programmes in financial economics and related fields such as data science, quantitative finance, business analytics etc, will be offered to students.

IIT Guwahati Signs MoU with CSIR-NEIST for Dissemination of Science in North East India

IIT Guwahati and CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in November 2020 at IIT Guwahati. The MoU will enable IIT Guwahati and CSIR-NEIST to collaboratively work on jointly offering training programs and carry out advanced research in the areas of Disaster Management and Water Resources.
IIT Guwahati will jointly organise training programmes for the teachers from North East to promote the dissemination of Science through online courses and interaction from the next academic year.

Nov 18, 2020

Srinagar Administration to Upgrade Govt-run Schools into Smart Schools

The Srinagar district administration has decided on an ambitious project of turning 180 government-run schools into smart schools by equipping them with modern technology and learning tools. The main objective of the project is to improve the quality and learning outcome of public schools and bring them to par with private schools.
A dedicated team has been constituted for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the project, to be completed within six months for Rs. 6 crore, they added.
The administration will upgrade the infrastructure of the schools and will improve the learning outcome through a range of interventions.
Under the project, the administration will make interventions including the refurbishing of buildings, upgrading of furniture and equipment, round-the-clock power and water supplies, and establishment of libraries, science laboratories, IT labs, and smart classes.

WHO Launches Strategy to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer, aiming to reduce more than 40% of new cases and 5 million related deaths by 2050 with vaccination, screening and treatment.
For the first time, 194 countries, including India, have committed to eliminating the cancer following adoption of a resolution at this year's World Health Assembly. The WHO said that by 2030 the countries should achieve a target of 90% of girls fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by 15 years of age, 70% of women screened using a high-performance test by age 35 and again by 45 and 90% of women identified with cervical disease receive treatment (90% of women with pre-cancer treated and 90% of women with invasive cancer managed).
The strategy also stresses that investing in the interventions to meet these targets can generate substantial economic and societal returns.

Nov 17, 2020

Germany Climbs up Preference List for International Education

The pecking order of international education providers is changing. The United States continues to be the largest host country for students wanting to pursue a foreign degree, followed by the UK and China. But with students broadening their options, Germany has gained popularity and has climbed up one notch to occupy the fourth spot, upstaging France.
Fresh data released from the German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, shows that China and India are the most popular source countries for international students coming to Germany, making up around 13% and 7% of the international pool respectively. With that, Germany has gone ahead of France.
The most significant countries of origin for international students coming to Germany in 2019 were China, with around 40,000 students, followed by India (20,600), Syria (13,000), Austria (11,500) and Russia (10,500).

Nov 16, 2020

Arunachal Records Best Sex Ratio, Manipur the Worst

Arunachal Pradesh recorded the best sex ratio in the country while Manipur recorded the worst sex ratio, according to the 2018 report on "vital statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System".
Arunachal Pradesh recorded 1,084 females born per thousand males, followed by Nagaland (965) Mizoram (964), Kerala (963) and Karnataka (957). The worst was reported in Manipur (757), Lakshadweep (839) and Daman & Diu (877), Punjab (896) and Gujarat (896).
Delhi recorded a sex ratio of 929, Haryana 914 and Jammu and Kashmir 952.
The ratio was determined on the basis of data provided by 30 States and Union Territories as the "requisite information from six States namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal is not available," said the report published by the Registrar General of India.

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