Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has chalked out his plans to what he claims to be “revolutionizing” the Indian education system. On the second day of taking charge, the minister said that implementing National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 was the top-most agenda of the ministry. The minister has said to have identified about 181 key […]
Two doses of China’s CoronaVac vaccine offer 83.5 per cent protection against symptomatic Covid-19 disease, but antibodies generated by the jab work less well against the Gamma (P1) variant, according to two separate studies published in the science journal the Lancet. The first study, led by researchers from the University of Campinas in Brazil and […]
Admissions to the country’s first digital university, Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology has begun with an overwhelming response despite the COVID-19 situation. Amidst a raging pandemic which disrupted the higher education scenario, the call for admissions to the PhD programmes offered by the Digital University Kerala (DUK) received nearly 500 applications for […]
The University of Hull, UK has announced its scholarship scheme for undergraduate courses. The scholarship is for the academic year 2021-22. All European Union and international students are eligible for the scholarship. The scheme gives a total fee cut of 1,500 pounds per year for the sciences programmes and 1,000 pounds for the arts programmes off the […]
The UK has recorded more than 30,000 daily coronavirus infections for the first time since January, just as the British government prepares to lift all remaining lockdown restrictions in England. Government figures showed another 32,548 confirmed cases on Wednesday, the highest level since Jan. 23. For much of the spring, infections were below the 5,000 mark. But […]
Scientists have identified a novel target for a drug that can treat the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and also help tackle a future coronavirus pandemic. The researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US noted that scientists should prepare for a possible next coronavirus pandemic. “God forbid we need this, but we will […]
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the state government and the University Grants Commission (UGC) to explain the various shortcomings in providing online education to higher education students. The court direction came when the first bench of Justice Sanjib Kumar Banerjee and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a PIL seeking a direction to the authorities […]
COVID-19 Cases: CDC The highly contagious Delta variant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, accounting for more than 51 per cent of Covid infections in the country, according to new data released by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The variant, also known as B.1.617.2, was first detected in India in […]
