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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - July 2022

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Oct 26, 2022

BHU Researchers Discover a Micro RNA that can Specifically Kill Cancer Cells

BHU researchers discovered a Micro RNA that can specifically kill cancer cells and this can be developed into a harmless therapy to cure cervical cancer. The breakthrough came from a team led by Dr. Samarendra Kumar Singh, Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science.
The BHU research team was conducting a study which found that the viral E6 gene could be suppressed by a human micro-RNA - miR-34a. This killed off only cervical cancerous cells by switching off an onogenic cell cycle factor.
This finding is important as it paves the way for a therapy that will target only cervical cancerous cells – normal or non-cancerous cells did not deteriorate in any way in the study.

Oct 24, 2022

Tripura CM Inaugurates State's First Government English Medium College

Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Saha along with Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath inaugurated the first English medium general degree college of the state in the city having 100 intake capacity. The first five basic subjects of the arts stream include compulsory Bengali and English. Tripura government has built the general degree college at a budget of Rs 1 crore by renovating an old Teaching College.
The state government aims to make the state an education hub with the inauguration of its first English medium government college.
A large number of schools at each of the revenue blocks have been converted into an English medium government institution with all modern educational tools.
The exact syllabus of CBSE has been introduced in the schools which are followed by recruiting a large number of trained teachers and training up to over 40,000 existing teachers.

Oct 23, 2022

Govt. Launches National Curriculum Framework for Education of Children in 3-8 Years Age Group

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for the foundational stage for children between age three to eight.
This is the first time the NCF has been prepared for the foundational stage and children aged three will be brought into the formal schooling system as proposed in the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP).
Besides the curriculum for early childhood care and education (ECCE), the first of the four NCFs in the making, Pradhan also launched Balvatikas (pre-primary classes) at Kendriya Vidyalayas.
ECCE under the anganwadi system, till now, primarily focused on the nutrition and the health of a child, while in private space, the play school system was unregulated.

Oct 21, 2022

Google Partners with Assam Government to Power Digital Learning

Google partnered with Assam Government, in order to help and expedite the Assam government's objective to foster digital growth and development in the State, Google inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). As part of this new initiative, Google will work with the Assam Government's Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department (SEED) to strengthen school digitization efforts with digital tools and solutions to support teaching and learning, as well as to promote the fundamentals of online safety and digital citizenship to schoolchildren through the "Be Internet Awesome" programme.
Using the collaborative technologies of Google for Education, provide digital education to public schools. With teacher preparation and certification, Google for Education will support digital learning in schools all over Assam and work with the State to digitise education. All teachers and students in the State will have access to Google Workspace for Education – Fundamentals, the company's digital learning platform. Primary school kids can safely and independently acquire and develop their reading abilities with the help of Google's "Read Along" programme.

Oct 19, 2022

IIT Madras Wins National Intellectual Property Awards for 2021, 2022

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) won the 'National Intellectual Property Awards 2021 and 2022' organised by the Government of India. The varsity was identified as the top Indian academic institution for patents filing, grants and commercialisation.
This award is given out by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. The officials decide the winner on the basis of the patent applications, grants and commercialisation.

Centre Okays Lowering Cut-off marks by 25 Percentile for Admission to 2022-23 PG Medical Courses

The Centre approved lowering the cut-off marks for admission to PG medical courses for 2022-23 while taking into consideration that a large number of seats had gone vacant in the PG counselling held for the last academic session.
The reduction in cut-off marks will be by 25 percentile across all categories.
The decision has been taken based on recommendations by the National Medical Commission (NMC).

Hyderabad-based CCMB Part of World's Largest Genomic Study

The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) became part of the world's largest and most diverse genomic study covering 54 lakh individuals. It identified 12 thousand 222 places in the human genome that are associated with human height.
The study by name 'A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height' was published in Nature science journal. Researchers from across the world, including chief scientist Dr. G. R. Chandak from CCMB, came together to form a consortium to study genetic links to human height.
They analysed existing genetic data of over 53 individuals drawn from various parts of the world. In the course of the genomic study, the researchers identified over 1,200 spots in the human genome that literally dictate the height of humans.

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