CHENNAI:  The Tamil Nadu government will train about 18,000 youths from the rural areas with skills to become welders, plumbers, electricians, pottery makers, tailors, and such life-sustaining skills.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Centre's plea to defer the first National Defence Academy (NDA) exam for women candidates, and directed that women should be allowed to sit for the upcoming exam on November 14.

CHANDIGARH: Enactus team, Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology (SSBUICET), Panjab University in collaboration with Developing Indigenous Resources-India (DIR) and Versatile Group, Ludhiana launched reusable, cost-effective and eco-friendly cloth-based sanitary napkins under its Project Uday, at an event held today at Janata Colony, Nayagaon.

PHAGWARA:International peace day was celebrated at MLU DAV College Phagwara with great zeal and enthusiasm under the guidance of Dr. Kiranjeet Randhawa Principal of the college. Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world today .

CHANDIGARH: Nitasha Vig, Ph.D. Research Scholar of Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, won First prize for her research paper in Virtual National Conference on Emerging Trends to Heal the Earth and Environment (ETHEE), held on 18th September 2021.

AMRITSAR:To commemorate the Birth anniversary of Er. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, the Engineer’s Day was celebrated at Khalsa College of Engineering and Technology (KCET). An E-Conclave 'Advancement in Engineering Career Post “Covid-19” was organized KCET–IIC under MHRD and Institution Innovation Council and AICTE during which distinguished speakers including Rajiv Sajdeh, CII Chairman, Dr. Shweta, an expert on Intellectual Property Rights, Dipanshu Parashar , young Cyber Security Author, Er. Harmandeep Kaur from Capegemini) and Sajan Aneja, an Entrepreneur gave their views., said Dr. Manju Bala, Director, who congratulated all faculty members, students and staff on Engineer’s Day.

SHIMLA: The placement-linked skill training programme -- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana -- is proving to be a boon for the poor rural youth in Himachal Pradesh as it enabled to train 5,320 people and provide employment to 3,021 in various sectors, officials said on Monday.

A budget of INR 1,126 crore is approved by the Union Ministry of Education for both the school education and teacher training for the 2021-22 financial year under the Samagra Shiksha Programme. Currently, the funds allocated for the program includes both recurring and non-recurring expenditure. In addition to that, in comparison to the INR 906 crore fund allocation by the central ministry, the fund provided to the Samagra Shiksha program is 25% higher. 

MOHALI: The Rayat Bahra University and Bahra University have made it to the list of the top-ranking universities of the country. In a survey conducted by Outlook, a weekly newsmagazine, the RBU has been ranked 35th among the top universities of the country.

CHANDIGARH: University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences successfully marked the beginning of virtual weeklong celebrations on the occasion of National Pharmacovigilance Week from 17th September to 23rd September.

AMARITSAR:Teachers are the backbone of any civilized society and they need due respect”. This was stated by Khalsa College Governing Council honourary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina during the award giving ceremony during the state level Best Teachers Award at Khalsa College of Education (KCE), GT Road, here today.

AMRITSAR:The NCC Naval Wing of Khalsa College Amritsar today completed the naval enrollment for the current session in which 100 students were shortlisted. The procedure of the enrollment procedure was conducted by Indian Navy officials with the help of the Colleges authorities as the students of first year from various streams of the graduate classes participated in the selection process, said Principal Dr. Mehal Singh.

MOHALI: Two students of the University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Rayat Bahra University have won laurels for the university by bagging two coveted awards in the International Conference cum Researcher’s Summit-2021 on ‘Research and Development in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Updates and Perspectives’ organized by University School of Pharmacy, IEC University Baddi.

JAIPUR:  Rajasthan has produced six toppers who ranked all India first in the coveted JEE Main exams after taking coaching from Kota.

DINA NAGAR, (GURDASPUR): The Punjab Government has organized 'Mega Employment Fairs' across the state with the objective of providing ''Ghar-Ghar Rozgar' to the unemployed youth and the promise made by the government to the people has been fulfilled. .This was stated by Mrs. Aruna Chaudhary Cabnit Minister Punjab, while interacting with the media after attending the 3rd State Level Employment Fair organized at SMM College Dinanagar.

MOHALI: Under the flagship programme of the Punjab government's 'Ghar Ghar Rozgar Mission', 7th Mega Job Fairs progress started with the third Job Fair organised at the Rayat Bahra University. Vice-Chancellor Dr Parvinder Singh was the Chief Guest at the fair. Prof BS Satyal, Registrar, also attended the fair. More than 750 candidates attended the Job Fair.

BHUBANESWAR: Heavy rainfall continued in many parts of Odisha for the past 24 hours, breaking old records in capital city Bhubaneswar and pilgrim city Puri, the IMD said on Monday. The government closed schools in 12 districts for two days.

MOHALI: In "FAP State Awards", organised by Federation of Private School Association of Punjab (FAP), Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh; President, Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA); President, Federation of Self Financing Technical Institutions (FSFTI) & Co- Chairman, Joint Association of Colleges (JAC) was honoured by Sh. Bandaru Dattatreya, Governor of Haryana for excellence in the field of education.

CHENNAI:Even after the stiff opposition from the DMK government and the slugfest with the AIADMK-BJP combine in Tamil Nadu against conducting NEET exams, a total of 1,10,971 students from the state will take the exam scheduled from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

AMRITSAR: Guru Nanak Dev University has once again emerged as a top higher education institution in Punjab and its neighboring states in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021. It has up-scaled its ranking to 13th position in 2021 compared to 14th position in 2020 among the multi-speciality state universities of India.

AMRITSAR:A fruits-tree plantation drive was held at Khalsa College of Engineering and Technology (KCET), here today in which 100 plants of various varieties were planted. KCET Director-Principal Dr. Manju Bala said the College in collaboration with the Income Tax Department made efforts to make the campus eco-friendly and greener. Chief Guest on the occasion Rohit Mehra, Additional Income Tax Commissioner who is popularly known as “Green Man”, famous for establishing more than 1000 micro forests and planting more than 9 Lac trees, appreciated the efforts of the College.

ALIGARH(UP):The portrait of Jinnah has returned to haunt Aligarh Muslim University once again.
The BJP unit in Aligarh has now written a letter with their blood to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to ensure the removal of the portrait of Jinnah from the campus.

PHAGWARA:GNA University organised National Nutrition Week with an objective to make students aware of the role of nutrition to maintain good health in present scenario of global health crisis. Faculty of Hospitality organised various activities under national nutrition week
celebrations 2021under the theme‘Feeding smart right from the start’.

GUWAHATI:Expressing profound grief over the demise of a college
teacher (Parimita Das, a resident of Kahilipara in the city), who
drowned following the boat accident on mighty river Brahmaputra near
Nimatighat in Jorhat on Wednesday, All Assam Engineer’s Association
(AAEA) bats for a complete revamping of the State’s water transport
services.

LUCKNOW: Around 250 unaided private schools in Uttar Pradesh have decided not to admit students from the economically weaker sections (EWS) until the state government reimbursed the last three years' fees payable to private schools for admitting students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

MOHALI: The Rayat Bahra University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Eminent Physicians, USA, under which the latter would give valuable inputs to the university in teaching, training methodology and suitably customize the curriculum so that the students fit into the industrial scenario of the pharma sector meaningfully.

NEW DELHI: Addressing the growing need for quality education which meets global expectations, the Khaitan Family continues with its legacy of commitment and excellence and launched another school -- The Khaitan World School in Rajnagar, Ghaziabad promoting global best practices and international mindedness under one roof.

LUCKNOW:The King George's Medical University (KGMU) has launched a first-of-its kind clinic for preventive haematology.The clinic will operate every Saturday at the department's outpatient door (OPD) chamber and people having predisposition to blood-related disorders can get themselves checked for preventive treatment and consultation.

AMRITSAR:The 417th `Parkash Purab’, the first installation of Guru Granth Sahib at Golden Temple, was today celebrated with religious fervor and devotion at historic Khalsa College campus. During the occasion the message of humanity, peace and universal brotherhood as enshrined in the holy scripture, was highlighted.

NEW DELHI:  Private universities and higher education institutions in Afghanistan that are following the new gender format under which male and female students will be taught in separate classrooms, have reopened.

NEW DELHI:  After the court refused to interfere on dates of the NEET examination, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi came out openly in support of the aspirants.

 LUDHIANA: Department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana organized a two-week training course on poultry farming. Eleven budding farmers from different parts of Punjab participated in this training programme. It was organized under BHARAT KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV- 75 Years of India’s Independence.

PRAYAGAJ: The Allahabad University (AU) has decided to not only stop using single-use plastics on the campus but also spread awareness on the issue outside the campus.