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Kumaon University opens cancer biology department

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To promote research in cancer therapy using medicinal herb, the Kumaon University of Uttarakhand in collaboration with US’ Rosewell Park Cancer Institute will set up a cancer biology department. According to an official, this idea was...

Schools News

28 percent high school dropout rate in Goa

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Goa, being the small state in the country still does not show an impressive growth in the education sector. According to the planning commission’s data, the state ranks seventh among the other states and union territories...

Higher Education

India gives 200 Nepalese students scholarship

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In order to boost the human resource development in Nepal, the Indian government has provided scholarships to 200 Nepalese students on merit basis. In a function orgainsed in Nepal, the Nepal’s Education Minister Chitralekha Yadav and...

Higher Education

Dual accreditation must for tech institutes

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Dual accreditation has become mandatory for institutes in Maharashtra offering courses in engineering, pharmacy, hotel management etc. According to new UGC regulations, such institutes will have to get an approval from the National Assessment and Accreditation...

Higher Education

IIT-Gandhinagar plans a new lab on carbon dating

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IIT Gandhinagar plans to set a new lab for carbon dating. A centre for archeological science has already been set up in the institute and it will see a multi disciplinary approach to archeology, along with...

Policy Matters

Schools with overstaffed teachers to be transferred

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Teachers from overstaffed government schools in Uttarakhand will be transferred to the ones suffering from shortage of teachers, the state government said. Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar has sought a district-wise list of government schools from the...

Higher Education

INA signs MoU with IIT Madras

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The Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) with the aim of collaborating together for academics and research in the areas of...

Higher Education

UGC confers college of excellence award on four colleges

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The University Grants Commission has selected four Jesuit colleges — Loyola – Chennai, St Joseph’s-Bangalore, St Xavier’s-Kolkata and St Xavier’s-Mumbai — for the college of excellence award. The award comes with a grant of Rs two...

Higher Education

Mixed reaction to DU proposals

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Students have given a mixed response to the changes proposed by the Delhi University admission. While some say that students should have the right to apply to as many colleges/ courses they prefer, others say they...