MUMBAI: Actor Sonu Sood has started a new mission to ensure that students who are unable to attend online classes due to inaccessibility to smartphones, get education without roadblocks.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab School Education Department has taken important steps for the health care of the girls studying in the schools and released a grant of Rs. 8.6 crore for 2521 high and senior secondary government schools across the state after the approval of the Education Minister Mr. Vijay Indira Singla.

THIRUVANTHANAPURAM: K.M. Sreekumar, a professor at the Kerala Agriculture University (KAU), has alleged in a Facebook post that he was intimidated by CPM MLA from Uduma in Kasargod district, K. Kunhiraman, while he was performing his duty as a presiding officer at a booth during the recent local body polls.

PATNA: A government high school in Bihar's Gaya district has suspended all its classes for an indefinite period as a precautionary measure after the headmaster of the institution tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Thursday.

BATHINDA: Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) organised its 6th Convocation Ceremony on .5th January (Tuesday) at CUPB Ghudda Campus. Hon’ble Chancellor of the University Padma Bhushan Prof. S.S. Johl presided over the ceremony. The Chief Guest of this program was Padma Vibhushan Dr. K. Kasturiranjan, Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore.

THIRUVANANTHAPUARAM: After a gap of nearly nine months, colleges and universities in Kerala reopened for students on Monday with strict Covid safety norms.

NEW DELHI: The dates of the the CBSE Board examinations for Class X and XII in 2021 have been announced. The examinations will kick off in May this time round. The board examinations will commence from May 4 and end on June 10. The results of the class 10 and 12 Board examinations will be announced by July 15.

PHAGWARA:GNA University organized a 2 day “Photography Workshop” by Sony Alpha. Nearly 50 students of Journalism and Animation participated to learn technical aspects of photography and new dimensions in Photography.

PATIYALA:PWD and school education minister Punjab Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Wednesday, said that the state government has decided to name the Patiala-Dakala road after ex-MLA Brij Lal Goyal, who tirelessly worked for the overall development of the district. The cabinet minister informed that local leaders led by Patiala MP Preneet Kaur had sent a representation to name the road after Mr. Goyal who recently breathed his last after brief illness.

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CHANDIGARH:School education minister Punjab Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Thursday, informed that Punjab government has declared winter vacation from December 25 to December 31 in all government and government-aided and private schools. The cabinet minister said that the schools will re-open on January 1.

AMRITSIR:Khalsa College International Public School student Kushagar Kalia has won the PTC Voice of Punjab (Season-11) music contest. The budding singer has already held the Runner Up title of `Little Champ’ by the same channel and had been making his mark in the fold and popular Punjabi singing. KCIPS Principal Nirmaljit Kaur Gill and the whole management has wished kalia good luck in his career as he apart from the cash prize would also contract for five year musical programs with the PTC. She also extended congratulations to head of the music department of the School Mandeep Kaur, proud parents of Kalia and said he is role model for the erst of the students for achieving big in life.

PATIYALA:Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister O P Soni, while reviewing the development works and arrangements for care of COVID-19 patients at Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital here today, took serious note of the slow performance in the construction work and directed to complete all the ongoing development works by March 31.

GANDHI:The Gujarat High Court has issued a notice to the Gujarat Legislative Secretariat on a PIL demanding that the Assembly proceedings and functioning be proactively disclosed and its details be posted on the Assembly's website under the RTI Act.

NEW DELHI: Delay in restarting of medical education, suspended during the pandemic at Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), even after the clear directions from Centre and National Medical Commission (NMC), has prompted doctors of the top medical college under the Delhi government, to take out a "request march" on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday sought a list of MBBS students, nursing students and fellows, from its various departments, who will be administered the Covid vaccines on priority basis in the first phase of the vaccination drive.

NEW DELHI: The National Students Union of India (NSUI) on Friday tendered full-fledged support to students demanding for postponement of the second cycle of Company Secretary (CS) examinations, which are scheduled to begin from December 21.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has released more than Rs. 2 crore 64 lakh to improve the sports infrastructure of 45 schools in the state so that the budding players in the schools could continue their practice in a better way.

NEW DELHI: There is a never-ending struggle of the parents to get the right school for their child. In the last few years, there has been a tremendous spike in the number of admissions in the schools of the NCR region and parents are going an extra mile to get admissions in schools in Noida, Gurugram, and Ghaziabad. Some are even buying properties in these areas so that their kids can easily travel a few kilometres and get the best education.

HYDERABAD:IBM and the Telangana government on Tuesday announced collaboration to provide curated online courses for the state's students that will enhance their technical and professional skills.

CHENNAI: The State Bank of India (SBI) in Tamil Nadu is at it again in naming and shaming of students who have taken education loans.

PHAGWARA:GNA University organised a Webinar on “Building Brands in the Automobile Segment” for the students of GNA Business School. The resource person for the webinar was  Vishwas Kapoor, Lead – Sales Planning at Renault India Pvt. Ltd. The webinar started with the Welcome Address of Dr. Jagdeep Singh, Deputy Dean GNA Business School.

MOHALI:To celebrate Human Rights Day, Aryans College of Law, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh organized a webinar on Recover better:- Stand Up for Human Rights. Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, Former Chief Justice Patna High Court, Chairperson, Punjab State Human Rights Commission was the keynote speaker. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the Webinar.

BATHINDA: To pay homage to Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr. .B.R. Ambedkar on his 64th Mahaparinivaran Diwas, the IQAC Cell of the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) organized a Webinar on “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s role in making Constitution of India” on Tuesday under the patronage of Vice Chancellor Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari. The keynote speaker of this programme is known social thinker Shri Ramesh Patange.

KANPUR: Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur will set up the department of sustainable energy engineering to contribute to the nation's growing clean and renewable energy sector.

MOHALI: Federation of Self Financing Technical Institution of India (FSFTI) & Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) have urged Government to implement the AICTE recent notification including Punjab & other states.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved the establishment of a world-class university campus by the Amity Education Group in Mohali’s IT city, thus paving the way for the development of the area as a major educational hub.

MUMBAI: In a significant move, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday ordered all schools to remain shut till December 31 as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19, an official said.

PATNA: Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary, allegedly facing corruption charges in the recruitment of assistant professors and scientists, has resigned. He was sworn in as a cabinet minister just a few days ago along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

HYDERABAD:Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has joined hands with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to empower madrasa students in Bihar.

BHATINDA:The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda has started materializing the idea of setting up an integrated platform for the researchers of the top institutions of the country like; Atomic Mineral Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMDER), Hydrabad and Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. The core objective of setting up this integrated platform is to provide the solution of contamination of heavy metals and uranium in the groundwater of Malwa Region of Punjab.

AMRITSAR:With a view to share expertise in the field of technical education, Khalsa College of Engineering and Technology (KCET) today signed an MOU with Dr. BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (BR-NIT), Jalandhar. The MOU was signed by the Directors of both the institutes including, Dr. Lalit Kumar Awasthi, Director, BR-NIT and Dr. Manju Bala, Director, KCET.

AGARTLA: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that the new National Education Policy (NEP) aimed to make India a global knowledge superpower and underlined the need for the country to again become a 'Vishwa Guru' in education.