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CUET creates confusion, not uniformity in colleges, say critics

CUET creates confusion, not uniformity in colleges...

March 9, 2023

On February 20, the University Grants Commission (UGC) wrote to two leading central universities, Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia on the controversial issue of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) saying that all central universities have to use CUET for admi...

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AI and big data may bring cryogenics & superconducting revolution, says Glasgow University report

AI and big data may bring cryogenics & superc...

February 28, 2023

A new roadmap which lays out how AI and big data techniques could drive advances in superconductivity research and development is aiming to help to spark a tech revolution. According to a press statement, an international team of leading engineers, physicists and computing scient...

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SC refusal to hear menstrual leave petition draws criticism

SC refusal to hear menstrual leave petition draws ...

February 26, 2023

The refusal by Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday to hear a plea seeking directions to all states of India to make provisions for menstrual leaves for women across the country, has drawn sharp criticism from many, who accuse the top court of not add...

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Education hampered by lack of investment in health & nutrition, warns UNESCO

Education hampered by lack of investment in health...

February 8, 2023

A new report by various arms of the United Nations – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme has called for higher investments to be made in taking care of health a...

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Bundelkhand milk cooperative Balinee empowers women

Bundelkhand milk cooperative Balinee empowers wome...

January 28, 2023

On a cloudy morning, a group of women farmers, carrying milk cans on their heads, are walking on a rural road, that has been their pathway to empowerment and independence, in the dusty villages of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. All the women have many things in common. They...

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Mixed results for India in 2023 SDG4 Scorecard by UNESCO

Mixed results for India in 2023 SDG4 Scorecard by ...

January 27, 2023

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has released its first scorecard to measure the progress made by countries in meeting their targets for education, as under the Sustainable Development Goal 4 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ...

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Boson peak analysis to clarify glass-making processes, says new research

Boson peak analysis to clarify glass-making proces...

January 26, 2023

An international group of scientists which conducted new research on glass formation process has come up with findings that shed new light on the physics of vitrification, the process by which glass forms. According to a press statement by Oxford University, which was part of the...

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Botraj: Over a century in exile Kashmir

Botraj: Over a century in exile Kashmir

January 23, 2023

On an upheaved plain of Rainawari’s Kathi Darwaza in Srinagar is located the Mohalla Raja Azur Khan which has a backdrop view of Hari Parbat Fort and the area largely comprises Burusho people who are locally known as Botraj. The community is from Hunza and Yasin, in northern pa...

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5 beginner yoga poses for a healthy body, mind & spirit

5 beginner yoga poses for a healthy body, mind &am...

January 22, 2023

A recent report of World Health Organisation (WHO) says that 60-85 pc of people in the world, from both developed and developing countries, lead sedentary lifestyles, making it one of the more serious yet insufficiently addressed public health problems of our time. This could be ...

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UNESCO dedicates 2023 International Day of Education to Afghan girls & women

UNESCO dedicates 2023 International Day of Educati...

January 22, 2023

Each year, January 24 is observed as the International Day of Education, as mandated by United Nations to highlight the importance of equal access to good quality education to every human being anywhere in the world. In order to highlight the plight of the women and girl children...

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