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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

May 23, 2020

IGNOU Launches Online Master's Programme in Hindi

Union HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched IGNOU's Online Programme, MA (Hindi) through Facebook Live session.
The launch was done keeping in mind the prevailing situation and adherence to the partial-lockdown as per the Government's directives.
The minister said that this would strengthen the "Padhe India Online" initiative. He stressed on the role the Hindi language plays not in India but in other countries including Mauritius, Fiji, Surinam, etc.

May 22, 2020

UGC Directed To Use The 82 Undergraduate And 42 Postgraduate MOOC Available On ''Swayam''

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed universities and colleges to use the 82 undergraduate and 42 postgraduate Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) available on the HRD Ministry''s ''Swayam'' platform for credit transfer.
According to an official statement, Swayam (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is a platform developed by the HRD Ministry to achieve the three cardinal principles of education policy — access, equity and quality.

IIT Guwahati Finds New Ways to Prevent Memory Loss Due to Alzheimer's

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati's (IIT-G) researchers have discovered new ways that can help prevent or reduce short-term memory losses associated with the Alzheimers disease.
The research team explored new ways to prevent the accumulation of neurotoxic molecules in the brain that are associated with short-term memory loss due to Alzheimer's disease.
They reported some methods such as the application of low-voltage electric field and the use of 'trojan peptides' to arrest aggregation of neurotoxic molecules in the brain.
The idea of using 'Trojan peptide' comes from mythological "Trojan Horse" used as subterfuge by the Greeks in the battle of 'Troy'.

SCTIMST Launched Agappe Chitra Magna

The commercial launch of, Agappe Chitra Magna, a magnetic nanoparticle-based RNA extraction kit for use during testing for detection of COVID-19 developed by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) - Trivandrum, an Institute of National Importance of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) along with Agappe Diagnostics Ltd, an in vitro diagnostics manufacturing company based in Cochin was organized.
The launch programme is being organized by SCTIMST in collaboration with Agappe Diagnostics Ltd at the Biomedical Technology Wing of SCTIMST.

May 17, 2020

India to Set Up Research Reactor for Affordable Treatment of Cancer, Other Diseases

India will set up a research reactor in PPP mode for the production of medical isotopes.
This will produce medical isotopes and make available affordable treatment for cancer and other diseases.
The research reactor in public-private partnership (PPP) mode would use irradiation technology for food preservation - to compliment agricultural reforms and assist farmers.

May 16, 2020

Education Minister Launches Titles On Psycho-Social Impact Of Pandemic

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' launched e-editions of titles on "Psycho-Social impact of pandemic & lockdown and how to Cope With".
The titles have been launched under the corona studies series published by National Book Trust (NBT) India.
The e-launch was followed by an interactive session with the researchers and authors of NBT study group.

A Novel Tool to Help Gain Deeper Insight into Parkinson's Disease

The Scientists of IIT Dhanbad and CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) have teamed up together to find a major cause of Parkinson's disease a solution.
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease and so far, no cure has been found to heal the disease. The researchers of these institutes have found a technique to monitor the aggregation of ASyn protein.

NIT Kurukshetra Implements Enterprises Resource Planning (ERP), SAMARTH

Department of Higher Education, M/o Human Resource Development, has mission to provide quality education to students across all Universities & HEIs.
For this, M/o HRD has developed an e-Governance platform, SAMARTH (Enterprises Resource Planning) ERP, under National Mission of Education in Information and Communication Technology Scheme (NMEICT).
ERP, SAMARTH, is an Open Standard Open Source Architecture, Secure, Scalable and Evolutionary Process Automation Engine for Universities and Higher Educational Institutions. It caters to faculty, students and staff at a University/Higher Educational Institutions.
Now, the ERP, SAMARTH, has been implemented at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, a participating unit under the World Bank supported Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP). The objective of this initiative is to automate the processes of the Institute.

May 15, 2020

India Likely to Miss Global Nutrition Targets by 2025: WHO's Global Nutrition Report 2020

According to World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Nutrition Report 2020, India is one among 88 countries to miss global nutrition targets by 2025 & is with highest rates of domestic inequalities in malnutrition.
India along with Nigeria & Indonesia are worst in disparities in stunting & the levels varied four-fold across communities.
The World Health Assembly in 2012 identified 6 nutrition targets for maternal, infant and young child nutrition to be met by 2025 they are:
Reduce stunting by 40% in children under 5; Reduce Anaemia by 50% in women of reproductive age(15-49 years); Reduce 30% in low birth weight; No increase in childhood overweight; Increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months up to at least 50%; Reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5%.

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