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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - August 2021

Aug 2021

Nov 02, 2022

Maharashtra to Introduce Medical Textbooks for First Two Degree Years in Marathi

In Maharashtra, medical education will soon be imparted in Marathi. The Maharashtra Medical Education Department has decided to make textbooks for the first two years of medical degree courses available in Marathi.
As per reports, at this stage, the plan is to offer optional reference textbooks, aiming at a smooth transition for students of Marathi medium schooling background. Decisions on whether Marathi can be used as a medium of instruction in medical courses will be taken in due course of time.
Confirming the decision, Dr. Ashwini Joshi, Secretary, Medical Education Department, said that the first phase of this plan will be to prepare Marathi textbooks for the first and second year of medical degree courses. These will be optional, reference textbooks, a facility for students coming from vernacular (Marathi) medium for better understanding of the texts. Experts from specific fields will work for perfect translations from English to Marathi textbooks.

UGC Urges Institutes Offering Online, ODL Degrees to Register Students at ABC Portal

The University Grants Commission (UGC) asked all higher education institutes (HEIs) offering online and ODL programmes to mandatorily register their students at the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) portal — abc.gov.in.
ABC portal is a national-level facility to promote flexibility of curriculum framework and interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary academic mobility of students across the higher educational institutions (HEls) in the country with appropriate "credit transfer" mechanism.
The major functions of ABC are registration of HEIs under the ABC scheme and, opening, closure and validation of academic accounts of students, credit verification, credit accumulation, credit transfer/redemption of students and also promotion of the ABC among the stake holders.

Nov 01, 2022

Govt Signs MoU with FIFA, AIFF for Implementation of 'Football4Schools' Initiative in India

Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, on behalf of the Ministry of Education signed an MoU with FIFA and All India Football Federation (AIFF) for the 'Football4Schools' initiative in India at Mumbai.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino; Minister of State, Minister of State for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs & Sports Nisith Pramanik; Minister for School Education and Marathi Language of Maharashtra Deepak Kesarkar; President, All India Football Federation, Kalyan Chaubey; Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Vinayak Garg & officials of All India Football Federation were also present on the occasion.
Pradhan said, "Sports has been given a place of pride in NEP 2020 and the Football4Schools program espouses the spirit of NEP2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid emphasis on mainstreaming of sports with education and the Football4Schools program is a step towards translating PM Modi's vision of making sports as a way of life as well as creating well-rounded citizens.

Oct 30, 2022

First Inhalable Vaccine against Covid-19

Authorities in Shanghai started administering an inhalable vaccine against Covid-19, apparently a world first. The vaccine is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people.
The vaccine is a mist that is sucked in through the mouth.
The inhalable vaccine has been developed by the Chinese biopharmaceutical company CanSino Biologics Inc. as an aerosol version of its one-shot adenovirus vaccine, which uses a relatively harmless cold virus.

Oct 29, 2022

Centre Restricts Use of Herbicide Glyphosate over Health Hazards

The Centre officially restricted the use of the widely used herbicide, glyphosate, fearing risk to human and animal health. From now, glyphosate will be applied only through pest control operators (PCOs).
PCOs are licensed to use deadly chemicals for treating pests such as rodents. A formal gazette notification on the restriction was issued last night, more than two years after a draft on the same was circulated for comments and views.
Glyphosate has been majorly used in tea plantations in India where it is applied to control herbicides. The chemical is also used on non-crop areas to control unwanted growth.

Oct 28, 2022

Jadavpur University Only State-run Institute in QS Sustainability World Ranking

Jadavpur University earned the distinction of being the only state-run varsity from India to feature in the QS Sustainability World Ranking 2023.
A total of 700 institutes featured in the list, of which 15 were from India.
A JU spokesperson said that the ranking is based on sustainability performance focusing on environmental and social impacts of the higher education institutes and has considered metrics like sustainable education, sustainable research, equality, knowledge exchange and impact of education.
Jadavpur University was at overall eighth position from India.
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world.

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