New Delhi | Union Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Minister for Railways, Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw successfully tested the ‘BharOS’, a ‘Made in India’ mobile operating system developed by IIT Madras, on Tuesday. Pradhan said that the poor people of the country will be the main beneficiaries of […]
New Delhi | Amid the ongoing tussle between the Delhi government and Lt Governor V.K. Saxena over sending teachers to Finland for training, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday interacted with foreign-trained teachers and underlined their role in Delhi’s education system. The interaction was held at the Thyagraj Stadium and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who […]
Kanpur | IIT Kanpur is ready with an artificial heart that would be of great help to people with acute cardiac problems. IIT Kanpur Director, Abhay Karandikar, said that the trial on animals would begin next year. He said, “Now heart transplant will be easy. Artificial hearts can be implanted in serious patients. IIT Kanpur and […]
Kanpur | A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, has developed a novel technology that turns ACs into affordable air purifiers. Researchers from the IIT Kanpur and IISc Bengaluru developed an anti-microbial air purification technology which was used by air filters, according to an official report. “The novel air purification technology […]
Bengaluru | After actress Sunny Leone’s picture on a candidate’s hall ticket for the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) went viral, the Karnataka Education Department clarified that it could not be held responsible as the pictures were uploaded by the candidates themselves in accordance with the rules, and subsequently ordered probe into the incident. A woman candidate […]
New Delhi | The 53rd Annual Convocation Ceremony of IIT Delhi was held on Saturday. Professor Abhijeet Banerjee, Nobel Laureate (Economic Sciences, 2019) and Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was the Chief Guest for the occasion. A toal of 2,100 graduating students were awarded degrees and diplomas […]
Hyderabad | Uzbekistan is providing 2,000 seats in its medical colleges for Indian students who had to discontinue their medical education in war-hit Ukraine, its envoy to India said on Thursday. Uzbekistan’s Ambassador, Dilshod Akhatov said here that at the request of the Indian government, Uzbekistan’s Medical Higher Educational Institutes (MHEIs) of Ministry of Health is […]
New Delhi | The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested a Russian national for allegedly hacking the iLeon software — the platform on which the JEE (Mains) 2021 examination was conducted. Mikhail Shargin will be later presented at the Rouse Avenue Court. The CBI is likely to seek his two-week custody. “He was […]
Sambhal | In a shocking incident, a seven-year-old girl was locked up in a school in Uttar Pradesh Sambhal district for more than 18 hours after the staff went home without checking if any child was left behind. The incident came to light only when the school opened on Wednesday. Block Education Officer (BEO) Pope Singh […]
Mumbai | A canteen worker at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT Bombay) was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly recording a video of the girls’ hostel bathroom. The incident occurred late on Sunday when a female student noticed a mobile phone on a window outside the bathroom of Hostel 10 on the IIT Bombay campus, and […]
