Gujarat Governor gives assent to stringent bill to tackle exam paper leaks

Gujarat Governor gives assent to stringent bill to tackle exam paper leaks

Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat has given his assent to a Bill brought by the State’s BJP government in the ongoing Budget session. | Photo Credit: PTI Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat has given his assent to a Bill brought by the State’s BJP government in the ongoing Budget session to curb recruitment exam paper leaks which … Read more

Bengal orders CID probe into DElEd paper ‘leak’

Bengal orders CID probe into DElEd paper ‘leak’

The West Bengal government on Tuesday ordered a probe by the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into the alleged Diploma in Elementary Education (DElEd) paper leak, a senior official said. “The CID has been asked to probe the DElEd paper leak and file the report quickly,” the official told PTI. Allegations were levelled that the … Read more

Panic-Buying Toilet Paper Is a Bad Habit We Can Break

Panic-Buying Toilet Paper Is a Bad Habit We Can Break

Oct. 12, 2021 — How did toilet paper become the unofficial symbol of anxiety during the pandemic? Empty store shelves are a stark reminder of how COVID-19 has taken a toll on people. At the beginning of the pandemic, stay-at-home orders drove people to buy large amounts of household goods, especially toilet paper. Demand grew … Read more

From ‘Holi Ka Dabba’ to Diwali ‘Beej Patakha’: Reinventing Indian festivals with sustainable practices like seed embedded paper

From ‘Holi Ka Dabba’ to Diwali ‘Beej Patakha’: Reinventing Indian festivals with sustainable practices like seed embedded paper

A cooler way to explain this is that you can grow plants from seed embedded paper! (Image: 21Fools) Sustainability is a buzzword in 2021. But how do you reconcile it with the celebration of much loved and popular festive occasions? This is where the impactful reach of seed embedded paper paves the way for expanding … Read more

The A4 advantage: A change in paper size should help environment

The A4 advantage: A change in paper size should help environment

Among the many changes last year brought to our lives, a change in paper size and printing formats will hardly seem important. And yet, for the many involved in filing cases in the Supreme Court of India, from plaintiffs to lawyers and, above all, the clerks who handle the paperwork, the decision to allow documents … Read more

Individual health e-records to aid in disease surveillance: Niti paper – ET HealthWorld

Individual health e-records to aid in disease surveillance: Niti paper – ET HealthWorld

Sushmi.Dey New Delhi: The government may consider making individual digital health records the basis for surveillance of various communicable as well as non-communicable diseases over the next 15 years, says a vision document prepared by Niti Aayog on ‘Public Health Surveillance in India by 2035’. Taking a cue from the Covid-19 pandemic when India had … Read more

How Much Does Wearing a Mask Protect You?

How Much Does Wearing a Mask Protect You?

Henning Bundgaard, PhD, cardiologist, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. F. Perry Wilson, MD, associate professor, Yale University; director, Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, New Haven, CT. Linsey Marr, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. Christine Laine, MD, editor-in-chief, Annals of Internal Medicine; clinical associate professor, internal … Read more

Magnetic field found in black holes can be recreated on Earth, says research paper

Magnetic field found in black holes can be recreated on Earth, says research paper

The paper published by engineer Masakatsu Murakami and his team cites supercomputer simulations to suggest that a laser with a pulse energy of up to 1 kilojoule and total power of up to 100 petawatts will be required to create a magnetic field like the one found in black holes and neutron stars. An artist’s … Read more