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Sep 26, 2022

Govt. Launches Indian Sign Language Mobile App 'Sign Learn' with 1,000 Words

The Centre launched an Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary mobile application called 'Sign Learn' containing 10,000 words.
The app was launched by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik.
Sign Learn is based on the Indian sign language dictionary of the Indian Sign Language Research And Training Centre (ISLRTC) which contains 10,000 words.
The app is available in Android as well as iOS versions, and all the words in the ISL dictionary can be searched through Hindi or English medium.

Nirmala Sitharaman Launch e-learning Platform Bharat Vidya

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman launched the Bharat Vidya, which is an online learning platform for Oriental and South Asian Studies. The Bharat Vidya is designed and developed by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI).
Bharat Vidya is a first-of-its-kind online platform, which will offer both free and paid courses covering various aspects of Indology about art, architecture, philosophy, language, and science. The Bharat Vidya will have six courses at the beginning including Veda Vidya, Bharatiya Darshanshastra, Sanskrit learning, 18 Parvas of Mahabharata, Fundamentals of Archaeology, and Kalidasa and Bhasha. BORI will collaborate with Indian and Foreign universities for awarding credits for its courses. During the inaugural event, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced that the courses offered complied with the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

M. Srinivas Appointed Director of AIIMS-Delhi

The dean of Employees' State Insurance Company (ESIC) Hospital and Medical College, Hyderabad, M. Srinivas was appointed the director of New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), nearly six months after the tenure of the previous director, Randeep Guleria, formally ended. The appointment is for a period of five years.
Srinivas was on deputation at the ESIC Hospital and continues to be a professor of pediatric surgery at AIIMS. Including Guleria, AIIMS has had 15 directors so far since its foundation in 1956. All former directors have been employees at the institute at the time of their appointment.
Srinivas has been a faculty at AIIMS-Delhi in the past. He was a professor in the department of paediatric surgery at the premier institute before joining ESIC Hospital and Medical College in Hyderabad in 2016.

Rajiv Bahl Appointed New Director General of ICMR

Rajiv Bahl was appointed as the new Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-cum-secretary of the department of health Research for a period of three years.
Bahl currently heads the research on maternal, newborn child and adolescent health cum-newborn unit on maternal, Department of Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva.
His predecessor, Balram Bhargava's extended tenure as Director General of ICMR and secretary of the Department of Health Research ended in July. Bhargava was appointed to the post in April 2018 for four years.

Sep 25, 2022

Maharashtra Village School Becomes a Finalist at World's Best School Prizes

A village school in Maharashtra was unveiled as one of the three finalists for the inaugural USD 250,000 World's Best School Prizes, launched in the UK to celebrate schools worldwide for their contribution to society's progress. The school created a cultural dynamic centred on close ties within the community.
PCMC English Medium School, Bopkhel, in Pune, would now progress to the public advisory vote round of the prize in the Community Collaboration category, with the winner to be awarded during World Education Week in October.
The school, in a remote village in Pune district, is run as a public private partnership between NGO Akanksha Foundation and local government, with most of its students from low-income families.

MICA Appoints Dr. Githa Heggde its New Dean

Ahmedabad-based institute of strategic marketing and communication, MICA, appointed Dr. Githa Heggde as its new Dean from October 17.
The appointment came after Dr Preeti Shroff stepped down from the post. Dr Shroff, however, would continue to serve as the senior adviser to the President and the Director of MICA.
Dr. Heggde has more than 30 years of experience in academic, consulting and industry. Prior to the new role, she was the Dean of School of Business at UPES and also held additional interim charges as the Dean of School of Modern Media and School of Law, Head of the Innovation Centre and its MDP initiatives. She was also part of the task force of start-up initiatives of the Uttarakhand government.

Sep 24, 2022

Panel Formed for UGC, AICTE to Work Together on Higher Education Policies

In a development that sets the stage for establishment of the proposed Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), a committee was set up to prepare a roadmap for University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to work together as a single regulatory entity.
The committee, set up by UGC chairperson Prof M. Jagadesh Kumar, would initially identify areas where the two regulators can work with a common approach towards drawing up policies and regulations.
The development came at a time when the government is planning to introduce the Bill to set up HECI in the winter session of Parliament.
Members of the committee include vice-chairpersons of UGC and AICTE, as well as the UGC secretary and AICTE member-secretary.

Sep 23, 2022

IIT Jodhpur Launches Two New 4-year BS Programmes

To cater for the growing need and demand for modern technologies, the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur would launch a new engineering-linked four-year BS programme in Chemistry and Physics with specialisation.
The Institute has designed the new programs aligned with global needs. The programs will impart fundamental knowledge in basic science and engineering in the first year. In the second and third years, the students will undergo comprehensive theoretical and experimental courses in advanced concepts of Chemistry and Physics in the respective programmes, and in the final year, these programmes will enable the students to specialise in a focused area in the forefront of science.

Sep 22, 2022

India among Top 10 Countries with Highest Type 1 Diabetes: Lancet

According to a modelling study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, an estimated 8.4 million people were living with Type 1 Diabetes across the globe in 2021, and India was among the top ten countries with highest prevalence of the disease.
This number is predicted to increase to 13.5-17.4 million people living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) by 2040.
The top 10 countries with the highest estimated T1D prevalence are US, India, Brazil, China, Germany, UK, Russia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Spain which account for 5.08 million (60 per cent) of global cases of T1D.

PM Narendra Modi Receives Copy of Braille Version of Assamese Dictionary Hemkosh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a copy of the Braille version of the Assamese Dictionary 'Hemkosh' from Jayanta Baruah.
Hemkosh was among the earliest Assamese dictionaries dating back to the 19th century.
PM Modi complimented Jayanta Baruah and his team for his efforts leading to the publication of the Braille version.

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