The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s AVSAR Scholarship Programme that serves to address the concern of school dropouts due to financial constraints by bridging the gap between the students and scholarships benefited over 1,547 students across the country in 2019-20 and Rs 2,33,02,871 were distributed under the programme. Akshaya Patra essentially plays the role of the facilitator and sources scholarship opportunities for …
Himanshu Singh, an Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi graduate of this year who has just started working with an IT firm in Bengaluru beat some 2.52lakh+ participants to win TechGig Code Gladiators 2020 edition, the results of which were announced on Aug 19. Himanshu Singh won the 165-day long competition in a nail-biting coding finale. “Everybody has that one …
More effective measures to prevent infection spreading within households are a vital part of preventing a second wave of COVID-19, say researchers. In an article published in The BMJ, experts at the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Applied Health Research and Warwick Medical School argue that robust strategies are needed to prevent in-household transmission, particularly within large, multi-generational households. This …
After more than five years of its announcement on January 26, 2015, the National Education Policy 2020 was approved by the Government on July 29, 2020, which ended not only a long wait for culmination of policy making process, but a lot of speculations as well. From 484-page draft to a 66-page policy document, the expectations from the policy proposals …
In the backdrop of emerging challenges post-COVID 19, the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and Switzerland based HELP Logistics have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to engage in a collaborative partnership and provide consulting services and logistics training for the humanitarian community. The MoU will be in force for a year, and will endeavor to carry out the activities that integrate efforts to …
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF India), in collaboration with Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) launched the 3rd edition of Dragonfly Festival 2020 on Aug 17. The pan-India festival dedicated to dragonflies, aims to create awareness for the conservation of these insects. The Dragonfly festival 2020 was virtually launched by Ravi Singh, SG and CEO, WWF India. Dr. Subramaniam, (Scientist-E and …
