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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Mar 14, 2019

JNU to Conduct Online Entrance Exams

In a first, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will conduct online entrance exams for all graduate, postgraduate, M Phil and PhD courses for the academic session 2019-20.
The JNU Entrance Examination (JNUEE) will be held from May 27 to May 30 and the registration process will start on March 15.
For the first time, entrance exams for all courses will be held in the multiple-choice questions (MCQs) format.
The registration process will close on April 15. Students will have the option of correcting their application forms from April 17 to April 19.
The exams will be conducted in partnership with the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Mar 12, 2019

CA Exams Postponed

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) said that in view of elections to the 17th Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituencies across the country, spanning April-May 2019, the chartered accountants examinations, initially scheduled from May 2-17, stand rescheduled.
The examinations shall now be held from May 27, 2019 to June 12, 2019.

Mar 08, 2019

Nod to 50 New Kendriya Vidyalayas

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved setting up of 50 new Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country. This includes many in areas which are affected by Left-wing extremism.
According to KV officials, Rs. 1,579.9 crores will be spent in next five years on construction and staff salary for the 50 new schools. The schools are proposed to be opened in the civil and defence areas and once they are fully functional, they will provide quality education to approximately 50,000 students.
There are 12,002 KV in the country and three in foreign countries.

Mar 07, 2019

Google Launches App 'Bolo'

Google launched the app 'Bolo' to help primary grade children improve their Hindi and English learning skills. The app is aimed at bridging learning gap in education and is available on Google play store in India.
Bolo is designed as a reading-tutor app that helps students improve their reading -- anytime, anywhere.
The app uses Google's speech recognition and text to speech technology. It comes with a built-in fun and helpful reading buddy, "Diya" that encourages, helps, aids and corrects the child, as he reads aloud.

Girls' Education in India

A charity founded by Britain's Prince Charles announced a new partnership with British Telecom (BT) to launch a three-year programme to use digital technology to help improve education and life skills for adolescent girls in India.
British Asian Trust, founded by the royal in 2007 to fight poverty in South Asia, said the pact with one of the UK's leading telecom companies will explore the different ways technology can be used to break down social barriers and help enhance employability, health choices and autonomy for the target group of largely young girls in India.
The programme will work in and around BT's India operations in Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru, and Kolkata, with the aim to help improve the education opportunities, health and skills of around 500,000 young people.

Mar 06, 2019

Second Person to be Cured of AIDS

An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor.
Almost three years after receiving bone marrow stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection - and more than 18 months after coming off antiretroviral drugs - highly sensitive tests still show no trace of the man's previous HIV infection.
The case is a proof of the concept that scientists will one day be able to end AIDS, the doctors said, but does not mean a cure for HIV has been found.

Women Officers in Indian Army

Women will be eligible for permanent careers in all 10 branches of the army where they have been inducted as short-service commissioned (SSC) officers.
Until now, women officers were allowed permanent commission (PC) only in two branches: Judge Advocate General (JAG) and Army Education Corps.
The eight new branches opened to SSC women officers for permanent commission are Corps of Signals, Engineers, Army Aviation, Army Air Defence, Electronics and Mechanical Engineers, Army Service Corps, Army Ordinance Corps and the Intelligence Corps.

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