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SECTOR | 28 Jul 2025

IIM-Calcutta Innovation Park partners with the UAE-India CEPA Council

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To identify promising Indian start-ups and enabling them to enter the UAE market

Education

SECTOR | 28 Jul 2025

SC flags suicide cases at IIT Kharagpur, Sharda; seeks swift investigation

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The Supreme Court on Monday raised questions over the instances of suicides particularly at IIT Kharagpur besides Sharda University in Greater Noida directing the investigation in both cases to "proceed expeditiously". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan has been hearing a matter over suicide deaths at educational institutions. On the incident over the suicide of a fourth year mechanical engineering student, the bench asked the IIT Kharagpur counsel, "What is wrong with your IIT Kharagpur? Why students are committing suicide? Have you given a thought to this problem? What steps have you taken?" After dealing with a similar incident at Sharda University involving a female student, the bench ordered, "Let the investigation in both the incidents proceed further expeditiously in accordance with law and in the right direction." Senior advocate Aparna Bhat, who is assisting the top court as an amicus curiae, apprised the bench about the status of investigations in both...

Education

SECTOR | 27 Jul 2025

Local businesses feeling the impact of online Delhi University admission

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Since Covid-19, the DU's shift to only online admissions through Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) has severely impacted small businesses

Education

SECTOR | 26 Jul 2025

Mandatory to conduct audit of safety in schools: Govt tells states, UTs

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The Ministry of Education has issued a directive to all states and Union territories mandating them to conduct audits of safety mechanisms and facilities for children in schools, officials said on Saturday. The Education Ministry has also called for schools to ensure structural integrity of buildings. This comes a day after a portion of a government school in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district collapsed on Friday, killing seven children and leaving 28 injured. States and UTs must take urgent steps to ensure student's safety and their well-being. This includes mandatory safety audits of schools and child-related facilities as per national safety codes, training for staff and students in emergency preparedness, and the provision of psychosocial support through counselling and peer networks. Structural integrity, along with fire safety, emergency exits, and electrical wiring, must be thoroughly assessed. It must be ensured that staff and students are trained in emergency preparedness,...

Education

SECTOR | 25 Jul 2025

IIT Guwahati converts local bamboo into high-performance automotive materials

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The research not only addresses the problem of plastic waste but also provides a solution to the growing global demand for greener materials, particularly in the automotive manufacturing industry.

Education

SECTOR | 25 Jul 2025

Marathwada varsity stops PG admissions in 113 colleges over irregularities

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Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has stopped admissions to postgraduate courses in 113 colleges affiliated to it in four districts after deficiencies and irregularities were found in these institutions, an official said on Friday. These colleges include those run by the educational trusts linked to several prominent leaders from the ruling as well as opposition side, including ministers and BJP leaders Chandrakant Patil, Pankaja Munde, and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule and former minister Rajesh Tope, he said. The university has a total of 187 colleges affiliated to it in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jalna, Beed and Dharashiv districts in the Marathwada region. Of them, the university has stopped PG admissions in 113 colleges after it was found that these institutions lack basic amenities. Also irregularities were found in their administration process, he said. "The university stopped admissions to PG courses in these colleges for the first year on

Education

SECTOR | 24 Jul 2025

Tulsi Therapeutics completes pre-clinical trials ofstem cellexosome therapyfor liver failure

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The Start-up has been incubated at ASPIRE-BioNEST at the University of Hyderabad

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Education

SECTOR | 24 Jul 2025

IIT Guwahati converts bamboo into high-performance automotive materials

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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, have developed an eco-friendly composite material made of 'Bambusa tulda', a fast-growing bamboo species in northeast India, combined with biodegradable polymers, officials said on Thursday. Due to its properties, such as high strength, thermal stability, low moisture absorption and cost effectiveness, the developed composite is a suitable replacement of conventional plastics used in automotive interiors. The findings of this research have been published in the prestigious journal, Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer Nature). Led by Poonam Kumari, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the research not only addresses the problem of plastic waste, but also provides a solution to the growing global demand for greener materials, particularly in the automotive manufacturing industry. "The researchers tested four bamboo-based composite formulations consisting of Bambusa tulda fibres reinforced

Education

SECTOR | 23 Jul 2025

Smart irrigation model may help farmers cut water use by 30%: IIT Bombay

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Farmers can potentially save up to 30 per cent of water through a smart irrigation plan, IIT Bombay claimed while citing a joint research with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. Researchers fed weather forecast and soil moisture data into a computer model that checks the possible amount of rain, the soil water capacity, and the water requirements of each crop, IIT Bombay stated. This computer model can predict the amount of irrigation water needed up to three weeks on a district and sub-district scale, which will help farmers determine the amount of water they can expect through rainfall in the coming weeks and plan their irrigation accordingly. This will aid in crop growth and conserve groundwater, it said. During a pilot study in Nashik, researchers found that some grape growers used local soil moisture sensors. They irrigated their grape farms if the sensor detected soil dryness; however, it is also observed that if these irrigated farms received rainfall,

Education

SECTOR | 23 Jul 2025

Inbound Aerospace raises $1 mn to build reusable re-entry spacecraft

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The IIT Madras-incubated startup will use the capital to develop re-entry vehicles for microgravity R&D as the ISS nears retirement and demand grows for orbital manufacturing