The crime of ragging continues its run on the campuses especially in country’s medical colleges. A latest outrageous case of such crime from Dungarpur Medical College, Rajasthan has come to light, where a first-year MBBS student was made to do more than 300 sit-ups at a place near the college on May 15. According to reports, the push-ups exerted severe …
Esri India, a provider of Geographic Information System (GIS) software and solutions, and IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation (IITTNiF), a not-for-profit organization, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a ‘Center of Competence’ for innovation and advance learning with geospatial technologies at IIT Tirupati. The ‘Center of Competence’ will serve as a hub for learning, research, and development in geospatial …
The student community is happy over the decision to remove the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from student’s Paying Guest (PG) accommodations. Seeing this as a progressive policy change, students feel it will make higher education significantly more affordable and accessible for students across the country. The Government has demonstrated a strong commitment to empowering the youth and investing in …
Facing criticism, student protests and wrath of opposition parties over ‘rigging’ of entrance and other public examinations, the Government has constituted a high-level committee to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through National Testing Agency (NTA). Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts to make recommendations on: Reform in mechanism of examination …
A yoga module has been developed which can be used as a low-cost and low-risk adjunct therapy to reduce substance use among Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) patients. In order to find out an alternative to opioids for pain control, a study to develop a yoga module to reduce opioid use was carried out by Dr Hemant Bhargav from Integrated Centre …
June 21, the International Day of Yoga, like its previous editions, was a big event across campuses in India. It saw enthusiastic participation from the students, faculty, staff, and officials. The event also raised awareness about the importance of yoga in daily life through physical health and mental well-being. This year’s theme for the International Day of Yoga was “Yoga for …
