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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - July 2019

Jul 2019

Aug 24, 2022

Centre Issues Advisory To States On Tomato Flu

The Centre on Tuesday issued an advisory to states on Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), commonly known as Tomato Flu. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Tomato Flu was first identified in the Kollam district of Kerala on May 6 and as of July 26, more than 82 children younger than 5 years with the infection have been reported by the local government hospitals. The other affected areas of Kerala are Anchal, Aryankavu, and Neduvathur.

Aug 23, 2022

Rajasthan: Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Advanced Technologies

With an aim to make tech graduates more employable Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot recently inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Center for Advanced Technologies (R-CAT) in Jaipur. The center will organize modern technologies related training programs of one week to six months duration for graduates from BE, B.Tech, BCA, MCA, MBA, and MSc (IT) in collaboration with tech giants of global scale and World class certificates will also be issued to successful candidates.

Aug 21, 2022

Rajasthan Government Inaugurates Tech Centre for Graduates

With an aim to make tech graduates more employable, Rajasthan government inaugurated a "one of its kind" finishing school.
Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advance Technology or R-CAT was inaugurated by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during a two-day DigiFest-2022.
R-CAT will conduct training programs on advanced and emerging information technologies with a duration ranging from one week to six months for professional graduates like BE/BTech, BCA, MCA, MBA, MSc (IT) and so on.
The school will issue industry standard certificates for the courses to the successful candidates.

National Anthem must in Schools during Morning Assembly, Orders Karnataka Education Department

Following complaints that some primary and high schools in Bengaluru were avoiding singing the national anthem during the morning assembly, Karnataka's Department of School Education and Literacy issued an order, making Jana, Gana, Mana compulsory.
As per reports, complaints were made to Education Minister B. C. Nagesh that certain private schools in Bengaluru were not complying with the standard protocol of singing the national anthem during morning assembly.

Aug 20, 2022

Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi Appoints VC to State-run Universities

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, who is also the Chancellor of state-run universities, appointed Vice-Chancellors to three government universities.
The Tamil Nadu Governor appointed T. Arumugam as Vice-Chancellor of Vellore-based Thiruvalluvar University. Mr. Ravi and N. Chandrasekar were appointed as Vice-Chancellors of Alagappa and Manonmaniam Sundaranar Universities respectively. Alagappa University and Mananmaniam Sundaranar University are in Karaikudi and Tirunelveli respectively.
The appointments are for a period of three years with effect from the date of assumption of office by the appointees.

IIT Jodhpur Collaboratively Develops Novel Framework to Enhance the Performance of Internet of Th...

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati and Technology Kharagpur performed cutting edge research in the area of Internet of Things (IoT). The team has developed architectures and algorithms to enhance the efficiencies of data collection and transmission associated with IoT devices and applications.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is considered the next Industrial Revolution because it is slowly changing our lives.

Aug 19, 2022

University of Birmingham Dubai Announces Scholarships for Indian Students

The University of Birmingham Dubai announced scholarships for Indian students, domiciled and living in India. Interested students can apply for the scholarship at the official website.
Once the student has submitted their application, and if they receive an offer from the university, the value of the scholarship will be advised based on predicted grades or on meeting the offer conditions. Candidates can be awarded up to 40 per cent of their tuition fees.
The candidates should have cleared English language tests such as IELTS, TOEFL or PTE. The candidates will have to submit their previous academic qualifications as proof. There is a relaxation in board exam marks pass percentage. If a candidate from ICSE, CBSE, West Bengal State Board, has scored at least 65 per cent marks, will be considered for entry to Birmingham Foundation Academy while this criteria for other boards are 70 per cent.

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