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Nov 07, 2021

IIT-Bombay Best Institute in India, Chinese Universities Dominate QS Asia Rankings 2022

As many as 118 Indian universities figured in the QS World University rankings Asia 2022. Five Indian Institutes of Technology along with IISc and Delhi University entered the prestigious group of the top 100 institutes in Asia. IIT-Bombay grabs the 42nd position followed by IIT Delhi (45) and IIT Madras (54).
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore is placed at the 56th spot followed by IIT Kharagpur (60), IIT Kanpur (64), and University of Delhi (77), as per the data released today by QS.
In the top 10, five universities are from China. The National University of Singapore has secured the first position followed by Peking University at the second place and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) at the third position.
The QS Asia University Rankings highlight the top universities in Asia each year. The rankings are based on 11 indicators which include academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, international research network among others.

Nov 06, 2021

Panjab University Lifts MAKA Trophy for Third Year in a Row

Panjab University will receive Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy for best all-round performance in sports among Indian varsities for third year in a row.
The ministry of youth affairs and sports announced the National Sports Awards 2021. The winners will receive the awards from the President at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 13.
PU has retained the trophy since 2019, when it lifted it after a gap of 13 years. The varsity has held the trophy as many as 15 times already.
The trophy is presented to the overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments.

New NCC Syllabus to be Implemented in Jharkhand Schools and Colleges

New syllabus for National Cadet Corps (NCC) will be implemented in Jharkhand schools and colleges, NCC Additional Director General, Bihar and Jharkhand NCC Directorate, Major General M Indrabalan said.
The new syllabus will be included under choice based credit system and the Jharkhand government has given permission for it.
Major General M Indrabalan, Additional Director General, Bihar-Jharkhand NCC Directorate informed that so far many changes have been made in the training of cadets by NCC, in which the unique step is to implement it as a subject in the university according to the new education system. Under the new scheme, NCC cadets will get the benefit of marks in their performance as well as get academic recognition.

Nov 04, 2021

Education Minister Launches Bhasha Sangam Initiative for Schools

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched Bhasha Sangam initiative for schools, Bhasha Sangam Mobile App and Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Mobile Quiz. Bhasha Sangam is an initiative of the Ministry of Education under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, to teach basic sentences of everyday usage in 22 Indian languages.
The idea is that people should acquire basic conversational skills in an Indian language other than their mother tongue. Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Quiz game is targeted towards children and youngsters for helping them learn more about different regions, states, culture, national Heroes, monuments, traditions, tourist locations, languages, geography, history and topography.
The Quiz is currently available in English and Hindi and in the next 3 months it will be also available in 12 other different regional languages.

Nov 03, 2021

'Vax' Named Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year 2021

'Vax' was chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2021. Vax is derived from the Latin word Vacca, which means cow. Vax is used as a short form for vaccines and means a substance put into a person's body to prevent them from getting a disease. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, words related to vaccines saw a surge in 2021, including terms like double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and anti-vaxxer.

Nov 02, 2021

Indonesia First Nation to Green Light Novavax Covid-19 Vaccine

Biotechnology company Novavax said that Indonesia has given the world's first emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine, which uses a different technology than currently used shots.
The vaccine doesn't require the extremely cold storage temperatures that some other vaccines need, which could allow it to play an important role in boosting supplies in poorer countries around the world.
The two-dose Novavax vaccine is made with lab-grown copies of the spike protein that coats the coronavirus. That's very different from widely used mRNA vaccines such as Pfizer and Moderna that deliver genetic instructions for the body to make its own spike protein.
The emergency authorization of the vaccine is a very important step for Indonesia's COVID-19 vaccination programme.

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