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  • DC Reasi meets Board Exam Toppers

    Jul 27, 2021

    REASI, JULY 27: Deputy Commissioner Reasi, Charandeep Singh today felicitated 20 meritorious students hailing from various parts of the district. These students performed exceptionally well in Class XII and Xth board exams. The students were felicitated with appreciation certificates. The DC hailed commended efforts of the Teachers, Parents and students which resulted in getting excellent results.

  • 19th convocation KU: Kavind urges youngsters of Kashmir to learn from their legacy

    Jul 27, 2021

    Srinagar, July 27: President of India, Ram Nath Kovind urged upon the younger generation of Kashmir to learn from their rich legacy. He said that they have every reason to know that Kashmir has always been a beacon of hope for the rest of India. It’s spiritual and cultural influence has its imprint all across India. He was addressing the 19thannual convocation of University of Kashmir in Srinagar today.

  • IIT Madras develops drone algorithms to help study how fire behaves in space stations, satellites

    Jun 27, 2021

    New Delhi, Jun 27: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed algorithms for drones to help study how fire behaves in space stations, shuttles and satellites. According to the team, a multirotor microgravity platform can also simulate reduced-gravity environments similar to Moon and Mars, thereby recreating those conditions on Earth for experiments.

  • PM Modi to interact with participants of Toycathon-2021

    Jun 22, 2021

    New Delhi, Jun 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with participants of Toycathon-2021 on Thursday via video conferencing, his office said. Toycathon-2021 was jointly launched by the Ministry of Education, WCD Ministry, MSME Ministry, DPIIT, Textile Ministry, I&B Ministry and AICTE on January 5, 2021 to crowd-source innovative toys and games ideas, the PMO noted. Around 1.

  • GDC Thanamandi Observes World No Tobacco Day

    May 31, 2021

    Thanamndi, May 31: Government Degree College, Thanamandi under the theme of ‘AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAVA’ observed the world no tobacco day. The event was organized by the Department of Zoology under the patron ship of Dr. Javaid.A.Qazi, Principal of the college. The event was coordinated by prof. Raheela Mushtaq, Head Department of Zoology. Dr. Tahir Hussain Shah, Lecturer, Department of Zoology was the organizing secretary on the occasion.

  • GDC Thanamandi observed Anti-Terrorism day

    May 22, 2021

    Jammu, May 22: In continuation to “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” celebrating 75 years of independence, the college cultural and literary committee observed Anti Terrorism Day. On the occasion, a series of online events including Pledge recitation, Poster making and essay writing competition was organised.

  • Online as effective as offline learning -confirms LEAD data of 20,000 students

    May 20, 2021

    Jammu, May 20: An empirical analysis on academic performance of 20,000 students between Academic Year 2019-20 and post COVID year 2020 has revealed that online learning is as effective as offline learning. The analysis by EdTech player LEAD further indicates that students who had more than 80 percent attendance during online classes scored 45 percent higher than those students who had irregular attendance.

  • Last Harappan site in North-Akhnoor Fort

    May 18, 2021

    SHIV CHNADER SHARMA ON the right bank of river Chenab, 28 km from Jammu, there is a brick Fort in the border town of Akhnoor which is related to the Harappan period and the town was once dominated by the followers of Lord Buddha during Kushana period.

  • GDC Thannamandi organizes poster making competition on Unity in Diversity

    May 15, 2021

    Jammu, May 15: Government Degree College, Thanamandi organized a poster making competition to Celebrate the 75 years of Independence under the theme of ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsava’ at GDC Thannamandi and organized an online poster making competition on the topic “unity in diversity”.

  • Anti Corruption Bureau caught KV principal Doda for bribe

    May 04, 2021

    Jammu: Principal Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jodhpur, Doda Rajeev Kumar Mahajan, who is also Incharge Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bhaderwah. It was alleged that the complainant had applied for the issuance of Transfer Certificate (TC) of his minor daughter who is studying in KV Kishtwar, for her transfer from KV Kishtwar to KV Bhaderwah. The complainant contacted Principal KV Bhaderwah seeking her transfer.

  • Mehbooba criticises sacking of teacher over alleged anti-state activities

    May 03, 2021

    Srinagar, May 3: People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday criticised the sacking of a teacher in Jammu and Kashmir over alleged anti-state activities, saying the government has misplaced priorities during the pandemic. She also posted a three-day-old letter of the General Administration Department of the Jammu and Kashmir government which sacked Idrees Jan, a government teacher from Kupwara district.

  • Over 42,000 govt schools lack drinking water supply, 15k have no toilets: Minister

    Mar 18, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 18: Over 42,000 government schools across the country do not have drinking water facilities, while more than 15,000 schools have no toilets, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said on Thursday. The minister quoted the statistics from Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) in response to a written question in the Rajya Sabha.

  • FORENSIC SCIENCE

    Mar 18, 2021

    FORENSIC SCIENCE By Dr. Wahied Khawar Balwan Forensic science is a multidisciplinary science used for the purpose of the law where scientific procedures are applied to solve legal problems of theft, assault, rape, accident, poisoning, medical/surgical negligence, suicide attempt, suicide or murder, animal abuse, and cruelty, etc. Many potential applications of forensic science exist.

  • COVID-19: HC refuses to postpone Mar 13-14 judicial exam

    Mar 12, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 12: The Delhi High Court Friday refused to postpone Delhi Higher Judicial Service Main Examination-2019, scheduled on March 13-14, till the COVID-19 vaccination drive is complete for lawyers. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and A J Bhambhani said the exam cannot be postponed at the eleventh hour as other candidates who have already arrived for writing the exam would be prejudiced. We are not going to postpone the exam.

  • Schools in Kashmir reopen for classes 9 to 12 after a year

    Mar 01, 2021

    Srinagar, Mar 1: Thousands of students returned to classrooms on Monday as schools in Kashmir reopened for classes 9 to 12 after remaining closed for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The students attended school for the first time since March 9 last year.

  • I was lucky enough to get best mentors: AR Rahman

    Dec 01, 2020

    Mumbai, Dec 1 (PTI) Music maestro A R Rahman says he was lucky enough to have some of the best mentors in his career and now he wants to extend the same help to budding talent from India as the ambassador of BAFTA's Breakthrough Initiative'.

  • Rasika Dugal opens up about receiving 'misogynistic' comments for 'Mirzapur'

    Oct 23, 2020

    Dugal received acclaim for her portrayal of the wild and deviant Beena in the popular Amazon Prime Video crime drama. The 35-year-old actor said though she anticipates receiving sexual comments from a section of viewers, sometimes those remarks get to her. "I've got a myriad of comments for 'Mirzapur'. They're extremely sexual, it's not fun. Sometimes it does make me conscious. I tell myself 'Of course, what was I thinking.

  • Shahid Kapoor wraps Uttarakhand schedule of Jersey

    Oct 18, 2020

    Mumbai, Oct 18: Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor on Sunday said he has finished the Uttarakhand shooting schedule for his sports drama Jersey , a Hindi remake of 2019 Telugu blockbuster of the same name. Shahid took Twitter to announce the schedule wrap and expressed his gratitude towards the state government for their efficient policies that enabled the team to shoot with proper safety measures amid the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Nizamia Education Group (NEG) starts counselling for eligible students in Jammu and Kashmir

    Oct 15, 2020

    Jammu, October 15: Nizamia Education Group (NEG) formally started counselling process for students eligible for free education under Nizamia Scholarship in Jammu. Addressing a press conference, Founder, Maqsood Ahmed said that education is passport to the future and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today, so Group wants to give opportunity to students from Jammu & Kashmir.

  • Jamia entrance exam date announced

    Sep 27, 2020

    New Delhi, September 27: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) announced on Sunday that entrance tests for admission to 126 undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma programmes will commence from October 10. In normal situation, around 12,000 students could be accommodated for entrance tests, but due to the coronavirus pandemic not more than 4,000 candidates can sit at a time, the university said.

  • DSEJ organises webinar on 'School Reopening Program'

    Sep 21, 2020

    Jammu, September 21: To sensitize Principals/ Headmasters and staff members about the various guidelines and processes related to reopening of schools, the Directorate of School Education Jammu in collaboration with Bharti Foundation organized a webinar, here today.

  • Partial reopening of schools in Jammu region from today, attendance to be voluntary

    Sep 20, 2020

    Jammu, Sep 20: All government-run and private schools across Jammu region will reopen partially for higher classes on Monday after six months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, a senior government official said, assuring that all necessary arrangements are in place for the safety of students. However, she said the attendance of the students would be voluntary and based on the consent of their parents.

  • Make JK hub of knowledge, innovation by implementing NEP in letter and spirit: Prez

    Sep 20, 2020

    New Delhi, Sep 20 Determined efforts should be made to make Jammu and Kashmir a hub of knowledge, innovation and learning by implementing the new National Education Policy (NEP) in letter and spirit, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday. He said Jammu and Kashmir is a reservoir of extremely intelligent, talented and innovative children and the implementation of the new education policy will produce students with ignited minds.

  • LG Manoj Sinha congratulates students scoring high marks in JEE

    Sep 14, 2020

    Srinagar, Sep 14: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday congratulated two residents of the union territory for scoring high percentiles in the prestigious JEE Mains examination. With 99.77 percentile, Aryan Gupta of Jammu has topped the union territory, while Naveed-ul-Amin scored 99.23 percentile, an official spokesperson said.

  • HC refuses to stay JEE-Main examination

    Sep 01, 2020

    Nagpur, Sep 1: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the JEE-Main examination, but said any student residing in flood-hit parts of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region who cannot reach the exam centre or reaches late can apply to the National Testing Agency to seek a re- examination.

  • Further delay in conducting JEE, NEET can have serious repercussions: IIT Delhi director

    Aug 26, 2020

    New Delhi, August 26: Any further delay in conducting entrance exams JEE and NEET will have "serious repercussions" on not only the academic calendar but also career of bright students, IIT Delhi Director V Ramgopal Rao said. Rao's comments come in the wake of growing clamour for postponing the two crucial exams in the wake of rise in COVID-19 cases.

  • Teachers, students of universities concerned over online classes, fee hike

    Aug 25, 2020

    New Delhi, August 25: A section of students and teachers of various universities in the national capital on Tuesday voiced their concern over holding online classes, fee hike and lack of infrastructural support in the varsities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Delhi University is conducting online open book exams for final semester students of postgraduate and undergraduate courses.

  • Karnataka to be the first state to implement NEP:DCM Ashwath Narayan

    Aug 24, 2020

    Bengaluru, August 24: Karnataka would become the first state in the country to implement the new National Education Policy, Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said on Monday. "The state government is making all preparations to bring in administrative reforms and amendments to the laws which are essential to implement the national education policy.

  • Online essay competition: Entry date extended to August 23

    Aug 14, 2020

    Jammu, August 14: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has extended the last date for online entry invited by it for essay competition for students of classes IX to XII. As per a communiqué received from Samagra Shiksha, Department of School Education, J&K, the last date for submission of online entry has been extended from 14th August to 23rd August, 2020.

  • Queries on equivalence of engineering degree nomenclatures be resolved at state level: AICTE

    Aug 14, 2020

    New Delhi, August 14: Queries on equivalence or relevance of nomenclatures for different engineering and technology branches for recruiting faculty should be resolved at the state or the university level, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has said. The directive by the technical education regulator comes after it received multiple representations and queries on equivalence or relevace of different nomenclatures.

  • Directorate of School Education Jammu takes lead in implementing Manodarpan

    Aug 12, 2020

    Jammu, August 12: Directorate of School Education Jammu, through its Counselling Cell, has taken a lead in the implementation of Manodarpan, an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to provide psychological support and counselling to students, teachers and families for mental health and emotional well-being in Jammu Division.

  • Gadget engaged for kids online classes: HC asks trial court to adjust case timing

    Aug 12, 2020

    New Delhi, August 12: A woman's request to adjust the timings of virtual proceedings in the marital dispute and guardianship cases before a trial court has been accepted by the Delhi High Court which took note that the electronic gadget used for the purpose is also required for online school classes of her children. The high court asked the trial court to try and adjust the timing of the video conferencing hearing accordingly.

  • Ampersand Group completes Online Teacher Training in Jammu & Kashmir

    Aug 07, 2020

    Jammu, August 07: Ampersand Group’s Eduspark, an end to end school management services provider completed the second edition of the five-day online teachers training project in Jammu. Ampersand Group’s partnered with Samagra Shiksha, Department of School Education, Government of Jammu & Kashmir for conducting this program.

  • UGC ask varsities to create awareness about new education policy among students, teachers

    Aug 06, 2020

    New Delhi, August 06: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed universities and colleges across the country to create awareness about the new National Education Policy (NEP) amongst teachers, students, officials and other stakeholders in the higher education system. The universities and colleges have been asked to share the activities in this regard on the university activity monitoring portal maintained by UGC.

  • 37 new colleges in Rajasthan to start from upcoming academic session

    Aug 01, 2020

    Jaipur, Auguat 01: Thirty-seven new colleges announced in the Rajasthan budget will start functioning from the 2020-21 academic session, according to a statement. The colleges will be opened in Banswara, Alwar, Bikaner, Bundi, Ajmer, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Sawai Madhopur, Bhilwara, Dholpur, Bharatpur, Chittorgarh, Dausa, Jodhpur, Sikar, Churu and Nagaur. The chief minister also gave approval for the proposal to upgrade 10 undergraduate colleges to the post-graduate level, it said.

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