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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Mar 04, 2020

Jump in UK Study Visas for Indians

The UK Immigration Statistics data showed that over 37,500 Indian students joined UK universities in 2019, a 93% jump in the number of study visas granted by Britain.
The data comes months after the UK announced the introduction of post-study work permit of two years for international students called the Graduate Immigration Route (GIR).
A total of 37,540 Indian students received a Tier 4 (study) visa in 2019, as against 19,479 in 2018. Data showed Indians also received 57,199 Tier 2 skilled work visas in 2019 clocking 3% growth from the year-ago.
This represents the largest number of visas issued to Indian students over the last eight years and continues the strong upward trend in student visa numbers since 2016. Indians are currently the fastest growing nationality for student visas.

Fresh Cases of Coronavirus in India

The global outbreak of coronavirus has affected India too, as three fresh cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the country in the last two days. The first two cases were reported from Telangana and Delhi on Monday (March 2) while the third case was reported from Jaipur on Tuesday (March 3).
Among the affected patents two had a travel history of Italy while the patient who was tested positive in Telangana had a travel history of Dubai. All the patients are kept under observation.
On Tuesday (March 3, 2020) a private school in Uttar Pradesh's Noida was shut down after it was reported that one of the parents of the student studying in the school tested Covid19 positive. The Uttar Pradesh Health Authorities conducted necessary medical checks at the school and sent the sample of the student for testing.
In another incident, six cases of coronavirus were also detected during sample testing in Uttar Pradesh's Agra. The samples of the patients have been sent to NIV, Pune for confirmation.

Mar 03, 2020

Arunachal Govt. to Close Down Zero Enrolment Schools

According to state Education Minister Taba Tedir, the Arunachal Pradesh government approved closing down of zero enrolment schools and a notification with guidelines has been issued in this regard.
Responding to a question by BJP MLA Nyato Rigia during the Question Hour in the Assembly, Tedir informed the House that the decision was taken after the education department conducted a survey of the schools that are non-functional due to no enrolment of students.
A total of 311 schools in the state are defunct due to zero enrolment, as per 2018-19 data of the Unified District Information on School Education Plus (UDISE+).
The teachers of the zero enrolment schools will be posted in other educational institutions where there is a shortage of educators.
The infrastructure of the closed down schools will be handed over to the deputy commissioners who will decide how to utilise them.
As per reports, Arunachal Pradesh has 1,300 primary, 300 middle and 103 high schools that are functional.

Over 80% of Deceased are Aged over 60 Years

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the novel coronavirus appears to severely affect people over the age of 60, who account for 81% of all infection-related deaths.
The first large analysis of more than 44,000 cases from China found the death rate was 10 times higher in very old people compared to young people, unlike H1N1, which hit young adults the hardest in the outbreak years of 2009-10.
The data from China showed that only a handful of the children and teenagers (0-19 years) affected were hospitalised with fever, cough or other mild respiratory symptoms. They account for 0.1% of the total Covid-19-related deaths. Young adults (20-39 years) account for 2.5% of the total deaths.

Mar 02, 2020

INSOFE Ties Up with CASE University

The departments of biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering and civil engineering from CASE Western Reserve University, Cleveland, have tied up with International School of Engineering (INSOFE) in Hyderabad to offer a master's degree with dual specialisation in Core and Data Science/AI.
The programme starts with 15 credits of data science education at INSOFE. The remaining credits will be at Case Western. Upon successful completion, the student gets a fully accredited Master's degree from Case Western. Students, selected through an interview process, become eligible for GRE/TOEFL waiver and $15,000 tuition fee waiver.

WHO Raises Novel Coronavirus Threat Assessment to Highest Level

The World Health Organization (WHO) raised its global risk assessment of the novel coronavirus to its highest level at global level after the epidemic spread to sub-Saharan Africa and caused financial markets to plunge.
WHO Director General Dr. Tedros said that most cases can still be traced to known contacts or clusters of cases adding that there is no evidence as yet that the virus is spreading freely in communities.
He also informed that work is also progressing on vaccines and therapeutics. More than 20 vaccines are in development globally, and several therapeutics are in clinical trials. He expected the first results of these trials in a few weeks.
Menawhile, South Korea has reported on Saturday its biggest surge in new COVID-19 cases with 594 new cases confirmed on Friday. The increase brings the total number of infections in South Korea to 2,931, according to the Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
The virus has rapidly spread across the world over the past week, causing stock markets to sink to their lowest levels since the 2008 global financial crisis over fears that the disease could wreak havoc on the world economy. More than 2,900 people have died and over 85,000 have been infected in more than 45 countries since it emergence in December last year.

Feb 29, 2020

Air India Flight Brings Back 119 Indians, 5 Foreigners from Coronavirus-hit Cruise Ship in Japan

A special Air India flight brought back 119 Indians, including 113 crew members and six passengers, who were on board coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked off Yokohama, Japan.
The Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement, said that the flight which arrived in New Delhi from Tokyo, also evacuated five foreign nationals — two Sri Lankans and one each from Nepal, South Africa and Peru.
All evacuees will undergo a 14-day quarantine at a facility set up by the Indian Army in Manesar, Haryana.
Originally, there were 138 Indians on board the Diamond Princess. Of these, 16 Indian crew members have tested positive for coronavirus. They are receiving medical care and treatment at onshore facilities in Japan.
According to the ministry, three Indian crew members did not board the special flight and conveyed their wish to continue their stay on board the cruise ship — to complete the extended quarantine period put in place by the Government of Japan. The Indian Embassy in Tokyo has established contact with those individuals and is following-up on their recovery, the ministry said.

Feb 28, 2020

Atal Innovation Mission, NASSCOM launches AI Based Learning Courses for Students

NITI Aayog supported Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NASSCOM have joined hands to impart Artificial Intelligence-based learning at Atal Tinkering Labs aimed at empowering students to innovate and create valuable solutions to problems.
With an imperative to empower the youngest minds of the country with the latest technologies, NITI Aayog, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in collaboration with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) launched an AI-based Module rolled out for students in Indian schools.
The objective of the AI-based module is to leverage the full potential of AIM's ATL and empower students to innovate and create valuable solutions benefiting society at large.
The module contains activities, videos and experiments for students to work through and learn various concepts of AI.

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