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Sep 09, 2020

NSDC Partners with LinkedIn to Offer Free Future-ready Online Courses to Indians

Indians will be able to access free resources on LinkedIn to learn future-ready skills under the new collaboration between the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and LinkedIn. Under the partnership, 10 free LinkedIn Learning paths which consist of 140 courses will be available for free at eSkill India digital platform until March 31, 2021. eSkill India is NSDC's digital skilling initiative which has digital learning resources in regional languages.
Each learning path includes a series of video content designed to help job-seekers develop core digital skills needed for an in-demand tech role. These courses will cover a broad range of skills from entry-level digital literacy to advanced product-based skills. LinkedIn will also offer three soft skills via the eSkill India portal.

School Reopening: Normal Classes to Resume

Schools in the country were closed since March 2020 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, but steps are now being taken by a few states to reopen the schools in the wake of 'Unlock 4' guidelines announced by the Centre. Notably, some states have decided to open schools from September 21, but only for classes 9 to 12.
Last month, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had issued guidelines stating that schools and colleges will remain shut till September end, but they can call in 50% of their teachers for facilitating online teaching. Accordingly, students of classes 9 to 12 were allowed to visit schools on a 'voluntary basis' to clear their doubts.
In Haryana, the Manohar Lal Khattar government decided to start classes for students of Classes 10 to 12 in two state-run schools. In Bihar, an order was issued by Patna's District Magistrate Kumar Ravi allowing educational institutions to resume classes. Schools in Andhra Pradesh are set to resume normal classes. The above mentioned will reopen schools for classes 9 to 12.

Don't Make NLSIU 'Island of Exclusion': Ex-VC to SC

Former Vice-Chancellor of National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore Prof. R. Venkat moved the Supreme Court against the university's decision to walk out of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) and to go for a separate entrance test for admission to law courses.
In his petition, Prof Rao said that the decision to go for a separate National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) will make NLSIU an "island of exclusion" from an "island of excellence".
Terming the decision to conduct a separate test as "whimsical and baseless", the petition contended that the present NLSIU Vice-Chancellor did not have the requisite consent from the academic council for it.
Unlike general universities that admit only those having already completed a three-year BA, BSc. or BCom Course, admission to NLUs is open to candidates passing their Class 12 examination, provided they clear CLAT, which has a success rate of less than 5 per cent.

Sep 08, 2020

Eurasian Foundation Organises Indo-Russian Young Scholars International E-Conference 2020

Indo-Russian Young Scholars International E-Conference 2020 on "India-Russia domestic and bilateral developments" organized by Eurasian Foundation: India, Institute of Oriental Studies: Moscow, Russia and Russian Centre for Science and Culture: New Delhi, India on 3-5 September at 4.30 PM to 8.00 PM (IST) on the eve of celebration of 20th year of strategic partnership.
In the Welcome and valedictory address, Dr. Sumant Swain, Deputy Director Eurasian Foundation mentioned that this year is marked as a great year for both India and Russia to celebrate 20 years of strategic partnership and 75 years of the victory day. India and Russia relationship have based on mutual trust, friendship and cooperation over the years and common aspiration to promote multipolar world order, then welcome to the guest and panelist in both the session.
This three day long Indo-Russian young scholars International Conference 2020 was organized by Eurasian Foundation: India, Indian Centre under Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences: Moscow, Russia and Russian Centre for Science and Culture: New Delhi, India.

Sep 04, 2020

SPPU Maintains its Spot in Times World Rankings

The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) maintained its ranking in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2021, which was announced. Last year, SPPU was ranked between 601 and 800.
The rankings declared the list of top 1,000 universities. It mainly covers criteria such as teaching, research, dissemination of knowledge, international students, and global exposure.
The SPPU was ranked between 651 and 700 in the QS World University Ranking 2021. In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), SPPU was ranked ninth in the list of universities.
The university has maintained its ranking from last year, this is the result of the hard work of a large number of researchers, professors and colleagues in the university. The university's current ranking is between 600 and 800. We will try to improve and come up with a ranking within 600 by the next survey.

Sep 03, 2020

Sixty-three Indian Universities Qualify for 2021's Times Higher Education World University Rankings

A record number of 63 Indian universities, up from 56 last year, have qualified for the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, with an additional 14 universities qualifying since last year, more than in any other country or region. However, like last year, not a single Indian institute has made it to the top 300 list.
The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has ranked first among the Indian institutes (301-350 band overall), followed by IIT Ropar (351-400) and IIT Indore (401-500) in second and third spots respectively. The latter two institutes have slipped in the rankings since last year.
Of the Indian institutions making their debut in this year's rankings, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, King George's Medical University, and Mahatma Gandhi University rank highest (601-800 band).
India's improved overall representation comes despite the fact that in April, seven first-generation IITs including Delhi, Bombay, Kharagpur and Madras took a decision not to participate in the rankings this year, citing lack of transparency. They said that they would reconsider next year if Times Higher Education was able to convince them about the parameters and transparency in the ranking process.

Honeybee Venom 'Kills Some Breast Cancer Cells

Australian scientists say the venom from honeybees has been found to destroy aggressive breast cancer cells in a lab setting.
The venom - and a compound in it called melittin - were used against two cancer types which are hard to treat: triple-negative and HER2-enriched.
The discovery has been described as "exciting", but scientists caution that further testing is needed.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women around the world.
While there are thousands of chemical compounds which can fight cancer cells in a lab setting, scientists say there are few which can be produced as treatment for humans.
Bee venom has previously been found to have anti-cancer properties for other types of cancer such as melanoma.

Sep 02, 2020

IIT Guwahati Collaborates with University in Czech Republic for Data Protection Project

A team of researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, is working towards developing indigenous algorithms that can protect the Nation's digital data from cyber-attacks by advanced computers. The team has also designed encryption architectures that can be used to protect sensitive health data that is transmitted through the internet.
The team led by Dr. Gaurav Trivedi, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, includes Prof. Srinivasan Krishnaswamy, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Prof. Zdenek Nemec and Prof. Jan Pidanic from the University of Pardubice. The team also consists of research scholars Bikram Paul, Uddipana Dowerah, Tarun Kumar Yadav, Balbir Singh, Abhishek Agrawal, Meenali Janveja, and Souradip Pal from IIT Guwahati.

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