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Dec 22, 2021

Odisha: Naveen Patnaik Launches Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated the Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva scheme and launched air ambulances for residents of four tribal-dominated districts — Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Kalahandi.
The move, a further boost to his health schemes, comes ahead of the rural polls scheduled for February next year.
Under the new scheme, critical patients can be airlifted to hospitals in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, and specialised doctors, neurologists, nephrologists and cardiologists from various medical colleges and private hospitals, would fly to the four districts under per a pre-arranged schedule to treat patients with severe illness. This is a major step towards providing timely treatment and healthcare facilities. The scheme will soon expand to other locations as well. The state government will bear the cost of treatment in all the cases.

Delhi Cabinet Approves Setting up of Delhi Teachers' University

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved setting up of Delhi Teachers' University. The university will offer, among others, four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programmes like BA-BEd, BSc-BEd to help develop a new generation of teachers.
The varsity will prepare highly qualified and well-trained teachers in Delhi itself. 'Delhi Teachers University' Bill 2021 will be placed before the Delhi Vidhan Sabha in the coming session.

Lakshadweep Schools to Adopt Sunday as Weekly Holiday, Friday System to be Discarded

The Union territory of Lakshadweep ended its Friday holiday system. The decision was taken by the Education Department of Lakshadweep and also entails six working days for schools, shifting the weekly holiday to Sunday.
As per the order, the Friday holiday system will be changed to a Sunday system with effect from the 2021-22 Academic year.

Dec 21, 2021

IIM-Ahmedabad's Unique Business Programme for Entrepreneurs

The unique Creative & Cultural Businesses Programme (CCBP) at IIM Ahmedabad is curated for entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural industries. It aims to bridge the skill gap among talented artists and to-be entrepreneurs in multiple sectors including the visual arts, creative services, design, entertainment, new media, performing arts, retail, traditional cultural expressions, and publishing and print media.
The founding co-chair at the CCBP, Anchal Jain, spent over 15 years in Paris developing different brands but he always felt that India's artistic heritage has not found its due recognition. "The programme was initially conceived as Crafting Luxury & Lifestyle Businesses (CLLB) but in early 2019, it was remodelled as Creative & Cultural Businesses Programme (CCBP).

UP Government to Introduce 'Happiness Curriculum' in Primary Schools

On the lines of Chhattisgarh and Delhi, preparations are underway to implement the 'happiness curriculum' in primary schools of Uttar Pradesh under a pilot project to make the students more sensitive towards nature, society and the country.
State in-charge (happiness curriculum) Saurabh Malviya, who participated in a six-day workshop at the State Institute of Educational Management and Training, said that the course is being developed keeping in mind the geographical and cultural conditions of Uttar Pradesh.
The happiness curriculum will be introduced to the students of classes 1 to 8.

AICTE Issues Directive to Colleges to avoid Attending Conferences Organised by Countries not Reco...

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) directed all engineering and technical colleges to ensure their faculty members do not participate in conferences organised by countries that are not recognised by the Indian government. The stern directive by the technical education regulator came following an objection raised by the Cyprus government to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) after some Indian academics participated in a conference organised in the occupied part of the Republic of Cyprus.

Dec 19, 2021

Paytm Launches EdTech Platform 'Paytm Wealth Academy'

Paytm, which got listed in bourses last month, launch Paytm Wealth Academy, a tech-powered educational platform. The launch of the wealth academy is initially on the Paytm Money app, the wealth management app owned by Paytm's wholly-owned subsidiary Paytm Money. Paytm Wealth Academy will initially be available to select users, followed by a complete rollout.
The Paytm Wealth Academy will allow users to learn trading and financial concepts at their own pace at their level of comfort. The platform offers a wide catalogue of courses and webinars along with personalized recommendations for users, curated to complement their existing knowledge.
Paytm Wealth Academy is an educational platform designed to make financial learning intuitive and self-driven. For the first time, highly customizable courses are being offered, allowing users to start their learning journey from any stage. This will allow new traders to establish a ground-up understanding of financial concepts and also encourage experienced traders to stay updated with advanced trading strategies.

Word of the Year 2021 by Cambridge Dictionary

In the year 2021 we saw several words getting added to our vocabulary. However, as per the five leading dictionaries, the five words that stood out the most were; vax, vaccine, perseverance, NFT, and allyship.
'Vax' was chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford due to the sheer amount of times that it was used.
The word 'vaccine' was chosen as the word of the year by Merriam Webster.
The word 'NFT', an abbreviation for 'non-fungible token', was chosen by the Collins dictionary as the word of the year for 2021.
The Cambridge dictionary chose the word 'perseverance' as the word of the year 2021.
The word 'allyship' was chosen as the word of the year for 2021 by Dictionary.com amongst various shortlisted words.

Dec 18, 2021

IIT Roorkee Bags First Position among most Innovative Institutions as Selected by CII

For the second year in a row, IIT Roorkee was selected by the prestigious Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the Industrial Innovation Awards. IIT Roorkee bagged the first position under the Most Innovative Research Institutions category this year.
The second and third positions went to IIT Madras and the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad (INCOIS), respectively.
Last year, IIT Roorkee was adjudged as 'The Most Innovative Institute of the Year' for its innovation quotient.
The awards were announced at the 27th DST-CII Technology Summit in the presence of Dr. Srivari Chandrashekhar, Secretary, DST, Government of India and Kris Gopalakrishnan, Past President, CII and Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards.

Dec 17, 2021

IIM-Kozhikode Launches Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Emerging Tech

A Centre for Digital Innovation and Transformation (CDiT), which promotes and coordinates interdisciplinary research in emerging digital technologies, was opened at the IIM Kozhikode.
Co-founder of Infosys Kris Gopalakrishnan was the chief guest for the virtual inaugural function. In his inaugural address, Gopalakrishnan congratulated IIM Kozhikode for this initiative and expressed hope that the industry becomes an active participant in the activities of this centre because it is at the intersection of academic and industry activity.
IIM-Kozhikode has been a pioneer in digital outreach and was the first Business School in Asia to conduct programmes for working executives through satellite delivery systems (later through dedicated internet), called Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) mode, the first of its kind in Asia back in 2001.

NCERT Reviewing Syllabi, Textbooks to Reduce Load on Students

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) launched a review of syllabus and textbooks for schools to reduce the curriculum load on children from the next academic year to ensure that they make a "speedy recovery" in learning, which has been hit by Covid disruptions.
NCERT director in-charge Sridhar Srivastava wrote to the heads of departments of the Council to carry out the review by involving internal and external experts — and propose the changes by December 28.

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