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Jan 2019

Feb 22, 2020

IIT Ropar launches New-Age Multidimensional Certificate Programme in Data Sciene

IIT Ropar with the Canada-India Centre for Excellence (CICE), Canada at Carleton University and International School of Engineering (INSOFE) has launched Post Graduate Program (PGP ) in Data Science for Senior and Middle Management roles and for top executives in-charge of Profit & Loss or innovation with a focus on teaching frameworks that help the senior leaders define the AI blueprint, people strategy, infrastructure strategy, data strategy etc. The launch of these executive training programs took place in the august presence of H. E. Mia Yen, Consul-General of Canada to Chandigarh among other dignitaries.

From April 1, Classes 5 and 8 Students can be Detained

Delhi government's amended no-detention policy — according to which students of government and private schools can be detained in classes 5 and 8 in certain circumstances — will come into effect from April 1.
The committee was set up to advise the government after Parliament amended the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, in January 2019 and did away with the no-detention policy, under which no student could be failed till class 8. The states were given the option of deciding if they wanted to continue with the policy or not.
According to officials, the government will issue a notification announcing the implementation of the amended policy in March first week.

Feb 21, 2020

SBI Life Teams up for Pre-school Education in Meghalaya Anganwadis

SBI Life Insurance and SBI Foundation along with Sesame Workshop India is set to launch 'Learn, Play, Grow', an initiative to strengthen the quality of early education in 3,000 Anganwadis in Meghalaya benefiting over 60,000 children.
The Anganwadis network, under the aegis of Integrated Child Development Services is the primary provider of pre-school services to children. It has made strides in contributing to child and maternal health, early nutrition and awareness on immunisation.
The network is now looking to strengthen its ability to deliver quality early education by focusing on infrastructure and staff training.

Feb 20, 2020

Pune Institute Begins Animal Trials for Vaccine

Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) joined the race to develop a vaccine against novel coronavirus and announced that they have a candidate, for which animals trials have begun.
The vaccine may be tested on humans as early as six months, pending approval from regulatory agencies. The project is likely cost Rs. 300 crore.
The SII vaccine candidate was developed in collaboration with a US biotechnology company, Codagenix, which uses viral sequencing data to develop a weakened virus to develop immunity against a disease, according to its website.

Feb 19, 2020

Eleven Indian Universities in Top 100 for Emerging Economies

Indian universities had a good performance year within the emerging economies of the world as a record 11 made it to the top 100 Times Higher Education's (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020.
Only China has more universities than India in the top 100 at 30 from a total of 47 countries and territories included in the analysis released in London.
A total of 56 Indian universities appear in the full ranking of a total of 533 universities across emerging economies of the world.
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), ranked 16th, is India's top-ranked institution followed by the Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs).

Stand-alone Institutes can Run PGDM: AICTE

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) said that Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) courses can be run by stand-alone institutions, which are neither universities nor affiliated to any university, similar to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Over a period of time, deemed to be universities have added PGDM course under the banner of 'Management Programme' in contravention of norms. According to the AICTE Regulations, 2020, conducting PGDM and MBA courses in the same institution is not permissible.

Feb 18, 2020

Coronavirus: Largest Study Suggests Elderly and Sick are most at Risk

Health officials in China have published the first details of more than 70,000 cases of Covid-19, in the biggest study since the outbreak began.
Data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) found that more than 80% of the cases have been mild with the sick and elderly most at risk.
The research also points to the high risk for medical staff.
The findings put the overall death rate of the Covid-19 virus at 2.3%.
In Hubei, the worst affected province, the death rate is 2.9% compared with only 0.4% in the rest of the country.
China's latest official figures released on Tuesday put the overall death toll at 1,868 and 72,436 infections.

Chinese Doctors Using Plasma Therapy on Coronavirus

Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat those still battling the infection, reporting some encouraging preliminary results.
A top emergency expert at the World Health Organization (WHO) said that using convalescent plasma was a "very valid" approach to test, but that it was important to get the timing right to maximize the boost to a patient's immunity.
The coronavirus epidemic is believed to have originated in a seafood market in the central city of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, and has so far killed 1,770 people and infected more than 70,000 in mainland China.
Lu Hongzhou, professor and co-director of the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre said that the hospital had set up a special clinic to administer plasma therapy and was selecting patients who were willing to donate. The blood would be screened to check if he or she had other diseases like hepatitis B or C, he added.

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