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Bangladesh opens Bangabandhu-Bapu Digital Exhibition.

September 27, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Bangabandhu-Bapu Digital Exhibition, honouring the lives and legacies of the two nations’ founding fathers, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Mahatma Gandhi, commenced in Dhaka on Saturday last. The event also marked the commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhiji and the Mujib Borsho celebrations of bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh […]

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September 14 – ‘Hindi Divas’: Kerala Government launches new edition of ‘Surili Hindi’ to ease Hindi learning

September 14, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Kochi: To attract more students to learn the Hindi language in easy ways – The Kerala government launched the new edition of ‘Surili Hindi’. Hindi was adopted as the official language of India by the Constituent Assembly on 14 September 1949. The first Hindi Day or Hindi Diwas was observed on 14 September 1953. V […]

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Education: MP colleges to teach Hindu scriptures from academic year 2021-22

September 13, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh government’s education department has decided to incorporate the teachings of Hindu scriptures and epics Shri Ramcharitmanas and Mahabharata in colleges in accordance with the New Education Policy 2020. This inclusion will be in effect from the academic year 2021-22. Interestingly, Saudi Arabia had also included Hindu scriptures in its school […]

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Education: Revived Vikramshila Central University to come up in Bihar

September 13, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Centre has selected a 200-acre plot of land in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar for the re-establishment of Vikramshila University, destroyed by the invaders in the medieval era. The selected land in the Parshuram Chak area of Bhagalpur is near the railway station and the excavation site, media reports said. “The Vice-Chancellor […]

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Education: Gujarat school teachers not to work 8 hours a day

September 9, 2021 virendra pandit

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has decided to rescind its earlier decision to make primary school teachers work eight hours a day. During its Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the Vijay Rupani government decided to withdraw its August 27 notification that made an 8-hour working day mandatory for primary school teachers. The government had issued this notification […]

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Covid-19: New Delhi to reopen educational institutions from September 1

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The national capital is all set to reopen schools, colleges, and coaching institutes from September 1 with 50 percent capacity, provided these institutions adhere to the Covid-19 appropriate norms. Since the government has allowed educational institutions to function with 50 percent student capacity per class, they will have to prepare multiple timetables to […]

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NIMCJ Received Quality Excellence Award In Higher Education Given By IQAC & ISTD

August 20, 2021 sanket

Only Media Education Institute to Receive This Award Ahmedabad, August 20, 2021: National Institute of Mas Communication and Journalism (NIMCJ) has received a Quality Assurance Award for higher education by Indian Quality Assurance Council and Indian Society for Training and Development i Vadodara Chapter. Many University, colleges, schools and corporate sector companies across the country […]

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Jamnagar: Read the history of 450 plus years old city

August 16, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Jamnagar was founded in 1540 AD (Anno Domini) as the capital of the Princely State of Nawanagar. Jamnagar, historically known as Nawanagar (the new town), was one of the most important princely states of the Jadeja’s in the region of Saurashtra. According to Pauranik literature, Lord Krishna established his kingdom at Dwarka town in Jamnagar […]

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Business: Blessings in disguise, Covid-19 makes edtechs flush with funds!

August 12, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: One ‘side-effect’ of Covid-19 has been a sudden surge in remote learning due to the pandemic-induced prolonged lockdowns and other restrictions in India and other countries, forcing the education sector to adopt online classes in a big way. The result: education technology (edtechs) startups have received huge funding across the […]

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Boom-to-bust: With crackdown on edu sector, Chinese billionaires lose billions

July 26, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With China cracking down on its own billionaires, Larry Chen, who spectacularly metamorphosed from being a school teacher to become an education sector tycoon in seven years, has lost USD 15 billion. By scaling up his private education business, Chen had become one of the planet’s richest people, but his […]