Current Affairs

Education Minister To Launch AICTE’s Lilavati Award

The Lilavati Award is an initiative of the technical education regulator,AICTE, it aims to recognise efforts by AICTE-approved institutions to treat women with ‘equality and fairness’. This will have 7 categories: women health, self defence, sanitation and hygiene, literacy, women entrepreneurship, and legal awareness.

Wednesday November 18, 2020

ICAR Looks At Bringing Agri-Education In Sync With National Education Policy

Courses offered by agriculture varsities will have a more flexible structure and these institutions will be encouraged to become inter-disciplinary as ICAR is working to bring farm education in line with the vision of the NEP unveiled by the Centre.

Tuesday November 17, 2020

MBBS Fees In Medical Colleges Raised In Haryana From ₹50,000 To ₹10 Lakh Per Year

The fees in public medical colleges has been raised to ₹10 lakh per year from around ₹50,000 per year. With this a student seeking admission in an MBBS course will have to pay ₹40 lakh for the four-year course.

Friday November 13, 2020

Schools In Kerala Shine In Education World India School Rankings 2020-21

The sample respondents were asked to rate India's 2,000 most well-known primary and secondary schools on 14 parameters of education excellence. The EWISR survey 2021 was conducted by education magazine Education World in association with Delhi-based market research and opinion polls company C fore

Thursday November 12, 2020

India's Ahmed Kamal Named among Top 2% Scientists in World by Stanford

Jamia Hamdard Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Ahmed Kamal has been named among top 2% scientists globally in the subject-wise analysis conducted by a team of scientists at Stanford University USA which was led by Dr. John PA Ioannidis.

Tuesday November 3, 2020

IIM Alumnus Srikant Datar Appointed as the Dean of Harvard Business School

Indian-origin academician and economist Srikant Datar, who is an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, has now been appointed the new Dean of the Harvard Business School.

Thursday October 15, 2020

NEP 2020: Education Minister to Address Students’ Queries on October 1

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will address students’ queries on NEP 2020 on October 1.The live session will be held on education minister's official social media handle- Twitter and Facebook. The candidates can ask question with hashtag #NEPTransformingIndia on Twitter

Wednesday September 30, 2020

Udemy Launches Global Skills Gap Report; Indian Employees Highest After Brazil

Udemy released the “2019/2020 Global Skills Gap Report”, a special data survey report that provides a comprehensive look at the divide between job-seekers’ skills and the qualifications demanded by employers.

Friday September 25, 2020

Tamil Nadu Govt Partners with Coursera to Upskill Unemployed Youth Amid Covid-19

TN govt has partnered with Coursera to upskill 50,000 unemployed youth during Covid-19.It is part of Coursera’s global roll-out of the Workforce Recovery Initiative, where any state and country can provide unemployed workers with free access to online learning.

Wednesday September 23, 2020

IIT-G Convocation Goes Virtual, Student Avatars Get Medals

The 22nd convocation of IIT Guwahati created history by opting for a virtual medal distribution ceremony. Avatars of students received their degree certificates from the avatar of the institute director virtually.

Wednesday September 23, 2020