Microsoft India recently launched Azure Blogathon, a year-long technical blogging contest that will let contestant share their experiences with building solutions on Azure. The top three winners from the Blogathon will get a Surface Pro X, while the next 25 blog submissions will each receive an online voucher worth Rs 2000. Additionally, the first 50 bloggers on the platform will […]
Monkeypox, a member of the smallpox family of viruses, has historically been rare outside west and central Africa. However, in May this year, an outbreak was identified in the UK, followed by cases appearing in multiple other countries outside Africa. On 23 July this year, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox to be a Public […]
Healthcare workforces around the world are facing extraordinary pressures on their physical and mental health. A report from MPs suggests that 62,000 vacancies across the NHS need to be filled, and a US survey of nurses suggested that nearly two in three were looking to leave their roles. What is common in many of the […]
The findings, published in Brain, provide hope that the treatment is effectively activating previously dormant communication pathways between the retina and the brain, drawing on the plastic nature of the developing adolescent brain. The academically-led study has been running alongside a phase 1/2 clinical trial in children with achromatopsia, using a new way to test […]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday issued a set of guidelines for students who wish to enrol themselves in programmes offered under Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and online learning mode. The beginning of the academic session has been revised to September. The last date to apply for the ODL or online learning courses will be […]
The Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2022 grand finale will take place today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the students participating in the grand finale via video-conferencing at 8 pm today. Over 15,000 students and mentors are travelling to the 75 nodal centres to take part in the SIH finale. It has received around 29,600 in the ongoing fifth edition. Students from […]
The Assam government has decided to close 34 schools where not even a single student was able to pass in the Class 10 board examination held in March 2022. State education minister Ranoj Pegu said that it is not worth spending money on such institutes. A senior education official told a leading news agency, that keeping in mind […]
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon release the answer key of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET UG 2022. According to several media reports, the answer key is expected to be shared by August 28 (Sunday), however, an official confirmation on this is awaited. Once it is released, candidates will be able to check it […]
