International Earth Science Olympiad: Indian Team Wins 4 Gold, 4 Silver, 6 Bronze
At the International Earth Science Olympiad- 2022 a team of Indian school students won four gold, four silver and six bronze medals. The olympiad was held in Aosta Valley in Italy. Two hundred students from 38 countries attended the competition virtually.
The medal winning Indian students were Kyishong Bharali Das (Tamil Nadu), Bhanav Namboodri (Kerala), Sonit Sisolekar (Maharashtra), Abhijay Singh Khehra (Punjab), Avishi Agrawal (Rajasthan), Jaagrit Gaur (Chandigarh), Siddhangana Sahoo (Odisha), and Arush Chaudhary (Rajasthan).
This programme was funded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences and organised by the Geological Society of India (GSI), Bengaluru, as an outreach initiative for school students.
Sep 04, 2022
Three States to Set up Bulk Drug Parks to Boost Pharma Production
The Department of Pharmaceuticals has given 'in-principle' approval to the proposals of the three states —Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh—under the Scheme for 'Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks', an initiative to support drugs manufacturing in the country.
The scheme, notified in 2020 has a financial outlay of Rs. 3,000 crore. It aims to provide financial assistance to three states for establishing Bulk Drug Parks and aims to bring down the cost of manufacturing bulk drugs by creating world-class common infrastructure facilities.
The financial assistance to the proposed Bulk Drug Park in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh would be 70% of the project cost of common infrastructure facilities. In case of Himachal Pradesh, being categorised as a 'hilly state', the financial assistance would be 90% of the project cost.
Sep 03, 2022
NSE Academy, HDFC AMC Launch Financial Literacy Programme for College Students
NSE Academy Limited (NAL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and HDFC Asset Management Company Limited (HDFC AMC) collaborated and launched a programme named 'Invest-Verse' for college students.
The course will also be made available on HDFC Mutual Fund's MFBytes application. The programmes will be delivered through online and application-based training and will be co-certified by both institutions.
The aim of the programme is to reach the next wave of first-time investors by educating and empowering them to be earners while promoting financial literacy. The programme attendees will be co-certified by both institutions.
Sep 02, 2022
Indira Gandhi Centre to Teach Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas from this Year
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) started three new post-graduate courses that focus on Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas and puranas. The organisation, which functions under the Ministry of Culture, is offering 11 courses, out of which four new courses – Hindu Studies, Bharatiya Jnana Parampara, Indian Literature and Museology – have been launched this year.
The session for this year starts on September 1 and concludes in May, 2023.
Few universities in the country offer any course on Hindu Studies, besides the Banaras Hindu University and IIT-Kharagpur.
Sep 01, 2022
UGC Chairperson Jagadesh Kumar Given Additional Charge of AICTE
University Grants Commission (UGC) chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar was given additional change as the head of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
Jagadesh Kumar replaced Anil D. Saharabudhe.
The appointment of the regular chairman, AICTE, is under process.
Kumar was serving as the Vice Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University before taking charge as the UGC chairperson in February this year. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. He is a professor of electrical engineering at IIT Delhi and still takes classes at the institute.
Delhi CM Kejriwal Launches Virtual School for Students across the Country
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a virtual school and said that students from across the country would be eligible for admission.
The school is for classes 9-12.
The admission to the schooling platform would be open for students across India and they would also be prepared by experts for entrance exams like NEET, CUET and JEE along with skill-based training.
The Chief Minister said that the first virtual school in the country would prove to be a milestone in the education sector.
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