CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN LEH
Amid NEET, NET exam mess, UPSC moots AI-based CCTV surveillance to prevent cheating
Amid controversies over NEET and NET exam irregularities, UPSC plans to implement facial recognition and AI-based CCTV systems to prevent cheating. The initiative aims to ensure fair exams for about 26 lakh candidates annually. A tender seeks solutions for biometric authentication and real-time surveillance to enhance the examination process.
PM Modi to launch multiple development projects worth over Rs 32,000 cr in Jammu today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu to launch multiple development projects worth over Rs 32,000 crore, including projects in education, railway, aviation, road, health, petroleum, civic infrastructure sectors. He will also interact with beneficiaries of government schemes and inaugurate various educational institutes, rail, road, and airport projects.
Why is North India experiencing intense cold while Kashmir and Ladakh remain surprisingly warm
The western Himalayan region faced an 80% precipitation deficit in December, impacting freshwater availability and agriculture. Lack of active western disturbances and El-Nino conditions contribute to the dry spell, causing warm temperatures, blooming crops, and reduced water levels in rivers and streams. The region has experienced very little precipitation and dense fog since December 25.
Travel planning 101: 52 places you must visit in 2024
Planning your next holiday? Consider adding these destinations to your itinerary for the perfect vacation.
Sunil Kumar Jha appointed as the General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction)
He was a graduate in Civil Engineering from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University/Varanasi (Now IIT/Varanasi). As General Manager/Construction he will be the overall in charge of all railway construction activities within the jurisdiction of N. F. Railway i.e. all north-eastern states including Sikkim and parts of West Bengal and Bihar.
Rajya Sabha nod to retro tax, Leh varsity bills
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2021, for consideration and passage in the second half of the session. No substantial business was conducted in the pre-lunch session as the opposition protests over Pegasus ‘phone hacking’ and farm laws led to two adjournments.
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Lok Sabha passes bill for setting up central university in Ladakh
According to the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the bill, at present there is no central university in Ladakh and therefore, the government has decided to establish a new central university there to ensure increase in accessibility and quality of higher education, and to facilitate and promote avenues of higher education and research for the people of the Union territory.
What’s behind the insurtech boom?
In today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: Acko raises $200 million to become India's latest startup unicorn, Govt-Twitter spat set up escalate over distorted India map, Shuttl likely to shut down, and Quadria plans to invest $400-500 million in India.
View: India pivots to top ESG nation of the world through Budget 21-22
The V shaped recovery is fed by an initial severe lockdown, in kind relief, financial and legal forbearance and some cash in the hands of the poorest. This was followed by calibrated opening up. These actions extended the fisc, caused a current account surplus, led to FDI and FPI flows and an unprecedented Foreign currency reserve of US$ 586billion.
Budget 2021: 6% cut in allocation for education sector
The Centre has slashed allocation for education by about 6%, even as it announced development of 15,000 ‘Adarsh Vidyalayas’ (model schools), a new central university in Leh, a 'glue grant' for better synergy among institutions and a single higher education regulator in the budget for 2021-22 presented on Monday.
Education Budget 2021-22: Education gets Rs 93,224 cr, Rs 8100 cr more than revised estimates
The allocation for the education ministry has been cut to Rs 93,223 crore from Rs 99,311 crore for the current financial year, as per the budgetary proposals.
HM Amit Shah terms budget all-inclusive, a guide to self-reliant India
The government is ensuring to fix the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at one and half times more than the cost. The budget has also made a provision of Rs 16.5 lakh crore in this year's budget to provide easy loan to the farmers of the country.
Social security benefit to be extended to platform, gig workers: FM Sitharaman
A portal will be set up to collect info on gig & platform workers, building & construction workers, among others to provide them benefits like health, credit (easy financing), food and others, Sitharaman said in her budget speech in Lok Sabha.
I challenge Congress to find one 'anti-farmer' word in agri laws: Anurag Thakur
The Hamirpur Lok Sabha member said the agricultural laws are beneficial for farmers and will give more opportunities for farmers to sell their produce. He added that the Congress is trying to "mislead" the farmers but the truth is that the farmer can now sell his crop to any person or firm.
Elections in Jammu and Kashmir after delimitation exercise is completed: PM Modi
In his Independence Day address to the nation, the prime minister, who spoke on development in various parts of the country, noted that it has been a year since Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh got independence from Article 370.
Xi's obsession to look strong amid discontent likely reasons for rogue behaviour
"There are certainly economic costs China will bear," said Paul Staniland, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago."The question that we can't answer yet is how severe the economic cost actually will be, and, above all, how much pain the Chinese leadership is willing to accept relative to the gains it sees from advancing a more assertive posture in the region."
India, China cultural events in uncertain terrain
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Mamallapuram in October last year, both countries had announced plans to host 70 events to mark 2020 as “the year of India-China cultural and people-to-people exchanges”.
People sitting in air-conditioned rooms do not know what Rs 6000 means for poor farmer: PM Narendra Modi
Modi said during his days as a BJP worker in the region he used to get demands from people in Delhi to bring vegetables from Leh because of their quality.
Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017
Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
A monolith opens up: A never-before look inside the secretive world of the Tata Trusts
Tata Trusts managing trustee R Venkataramanan speaks out for the first time to defend the trusts, its practices and its right to intervene in Tata Sons.
Central Institute of Buddhist Studies given deemed university status
He also instructed to release funds upto Rs 5 crore for implementation of infrastructure development works for the 'Kumbh Mela of Himalayas' at Hemis.
Central Institute of Buddhist Studies gets deemed university status
Centre declared the Leh based ‘Central Institute of Buddhist Studies as a deemed to be University in the de novo category on the advice of the UGC.
PM Narendra Modi to dedicate hydropower projects in HP next year: Prem Kumar Dhumal
PM Modi will visit Himachal Pradesh next year to dedicate three hydropower projects and lay foundation of some other important projects in the state.
2014: A politically eventful year for India
The states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elections.
Ladakh demands opening of new Kailash Mansarovar Yatra route
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Chairman Rigzin Spalbar met Modi and presented a memorandum listing out demands of the Ladakh region.
Suspended Sanaullah jailor Rajni Sehgal booked forcing an undertrial to sit for IGNOU jail paper
She is accused of colluding with a jail superintendent in forcing an under trial convict to sit for an Indira Gandhi National Open University jail paper on her behalf.
IITian Amit Bhatnagar quits Hollywood to design lab in suitcase
The portable lab, which could prove a boon to people staying in remote areas was launched by Minister S Jaipal Reddy yesterday.
Railway Budget 2013: Full text of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's speech
Bansal, on Tuesday, presented his maiden Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha announcing a slew of measures to improve passenger experience and railways' fiscal health.
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