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Osmania University professor appointed member of BIS Water Quality Committee 

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Osmania University professor appointed member of BIS Water Quality Committee 

Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at Osmania University, Syeda Azeem Unnisa has been appointed member of Water Quality Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). BIS, the national standards body, is responsible for developing and publishing Indian Standards, implementing conformity assessment schemes, accrediting and operating laboratories for quality evaluation, among others. In her … Read more

Three directors, 2 guards arrested after protests over Nepal student suicide at Bhubaneswar’s KIIT University

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Three directors, 2 guards arrested after protests over Nepal student suicide at Bhubaneswar’s KIIT University

Download App NewsIndiaThree directors, 2 guards arrested after protests over Nepal student suicide at Bhubaneswar’s KIIT University Three directors, 2 guards arrested after protests over Nepal student suicide at Bhubaneswar’s KIIT University Advertisement UPDATED: Feb 18, 2025 18:52 IST Three directors, 2 guards arrested after protests over Nepal student suicide at Bhubaneswar’s KIIT University This … Read more

Cardiff University 400 job cuts ‘threaten supply of nurses’

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Cardiff University 400 job cuts ‘threaten supply of nurses’

Bethan Lewis Education and Family Correspondent, BBC Wales News PA Media Helen Whyley of the Royal College of Nursing says Cardiff University has a “significant pipeline” in supplying nurses to health boards in south Wales Job cuts at Cardiff University threaten the supply of nurses in Welsh health boards, a union leader has warned. The … Read more

Embrace education as a lifelong journey, Gov. tells graduates of Kuvempu University

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Embrace education as a lifelong journey, Gov. tells graduates of Kuvempu University

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot appealed to students to embrace education as a lifelong journey and use knowledge acquired for the betterment of society. He addressed students at the 34th annual convocation of Kuvempu University at Shankarghatta in Bhadravati taluk on Wednesday, January 22, 2021. Extending wishes to fresh graduates and recipients of honorary doctorates, the … Read more

Smoking one cigarette could reduce 20 mins of life: University College London study

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Smoking one cigarette could reduce 20 mins of life: University College London study

Smoking is killing humans each day. A study at University College London has revealed that 20 cigarettes can take up to seven hours of an individual’s life, while the number is 18 minutes for men and 22 minutes for women. Each cigarette can take up to 20 minutes of an individual’s life. The shortening of … Read more

3,879 students of Presidency University conferred with degrees

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3,879 students of Presidency University conferred with degrees

The 7th annual convocation of the Presidency University of Bengaluru saw degrees being conferred to 3,879 students, including 75 Ph. Ds and 19 gold medallists. Chief Guest of the convocation, Rakesh Singh, Chairman of Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority, highlighted the profound transformation India has undergone over the last few decades, particularly in technology, education … Read more

Minority status: Aligarh Muslim University celebrates ‘historic’ Supreme Court verdict

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Minority status: Aligarh Muslim University celebrates ‘historic’ Supreme Court verdict

Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor Naima Khatoon arrives at the Supreme Court on November 8, 2024 ahead of the top court’s verdict in the case related to granting minority status to the university. | Photo Credit: PTI A wave of celebration pervaded Aligarh Muslim University after the Supreme Court judgment on Friday (November 8, 2024) affirmed … Read more

Since AMU is central university, it cannot be considered minority institution: Supreme Court

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Since AMU is central university, it cannot be considered minority institution: Supreme Court

Aligarh Muslim University Campus. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Supreme Court overrules 1967 verdict holding that since AMU was central university it cannot be considered minority institution. A seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday (November 8, 2024) delivered four separate judgements in the Aligarh Muslim University minority status case. There are three … Read more

Remove Divya from Kannur University senate, says fellow member

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Remove Divya from Kannur University senate, says fellow member

Kannur University senate member Shino P. Jose has formally requested the removal of P.P. Divya, a senate member and former district panchayat president, following allegations linking her to the death of former Kannur Additional District Magistrate (ADM) K. Naveen Babu. In a letter addressed to the university’s Vice-Chancellor K.K. Saju and Chancellor Arif Mohammed Khan, … Read more