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Feb 02, 2022

With 19.6k Participants, ClassAct 2022 Sets New Quizzing Records

ClassAct 2022, the Republic Day quiz organised by Hindustan Times, entered the record books for the most participants in an online school quiz. The quiz, which tested the students' knowledge on a host of topics, ranging from science and pop culture to sport and general information, has been officially declared by the Asia Book of Records and the India Book of Records as the record holder for the "Maximum Participation in an Online School Quiz", after over 19,600 people took part in its first round.
The quiz saw students from 32 countries across five continents participate in its preliminary round, and concluded with a resounding success in the grand finale.
The participants were shortlisted from a preliminary round where over 19,625 students from across 32 countries took part. Over 50,000 students initially registered for the quiz.
Besides the record-breaking turnout, the quiz also saw more female participants than male. Close to 60% of registrations were from girl students.
The quiz concluded with the announcement of 80 champions: 40 overall winners and 40 winners from the "Junior Category" (classes 1 to 5).

Feb 01, 2022

British Council Announces STEM Scholarships for Women

British Council, the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations announced the second cohort of British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM.
Over 100 scholarships are available to women STEM scholars from Asia and the Americas, out of which 65 scholarships are reserved for women STEM scholars from India and other South Asian countries, awarded on merit basis with no country-specific cap.
Selected scholars will be able to obtain a master's degree or an Early Academic Fellowship at a UK university, and the scholarship will cover tuition fees, monthly stipend, travel costs, visa and health coverage fees, as well as funding for dependents if any scholar wishes to travel with their children.
As part of the programme, Indian women STEM scholars can apply for master's courses and Early Academic Fellowships across 13 UK universities in courses like Data Science, Environmental Science, Engineering, Public Health systems, Information Technology, Renewable Energy and Energy Management, and Project Management.

Jan 31, 2022

India Accounts for over Half of World's New Leprosy Patients

Despite India being declared "leprosy-free" in 2005, the country still accounts for over half (almost 60 per cent) of the world's new leprosy patients.
Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jharkhand contributed 76 per cent of the new leprosy cases, data by National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) shows.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), 114,451 new leprosy cases were detected in the country in 2019-20 which accounted for 80 per cent of the cases of southeast Asian countries.

Jan 29, 2022

IGNOU Launches BA Courses in Urdu and Sanskrit

The School of Humanities, IGNOU, launched Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Sanskrit (BASKH) and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Urdu (BAUDH), which will be offered from the January 2022 admission session.
Nageshwar Rao, vice chancellor, IGNOU, in his presidential address at the launch of programmes said that many Urdu words are used by all of us in our daily lives and the amalgamation of the languages makes our culture unique.

DU Issues Notification to Discontinue M.Phil from Next Academic Session

The Delhi University issued a notification stating that M.Phil will be discontinued from the next academic session in line with the National Education Policy-2020.
The university will be implementing the policy from 2022-23.
However, a section of teachers criticised the move to discontinue the degree, saying it will be disadvantageous for students who are not economically strong and even for women.

Jan 25, 2022

IGNOU Signs MoU with Skill Development ministry to Integrate Skill Training with Higher Education

GNOU signed an MoU with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to help integrate skill training with higher education.
With this MoU, the trainees affiliated to National Skill Training Institutes, Industrial Training Institutes, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras and Jan Shikshan Sansthans will get a chance to join IGNOU's 3-year degree programme for higher education.
The aim of this MoU between Indira Gandhi National Open University and the skill development ministry is to make higher education, better livelihood opportunities available to these students which will lead to an upward mobility for them.

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