EDUCATION
Delayed boards may hamper students' admission plans abroad
The academic calendar in America, Canada New Zealand and the UK begins in September. If the board exams are held and if the results are declared in time, it would allow students to apply to most foreign universities. However, the time usually afforded for the application process would obviously be curtailed.
IIT-Madras studying Coronavirus' high transmission potential
Using computational tools, the IITM team studied its two close variants -- SARS-CoV and NL63. 'SARS-CoV' can be considered a asibling' of the subfamily beta coronavirus aSARS-CoV-2', while the aNL63' belongs to sub-family alpha coronavirus and can be considered as a acousin' of SARS-CoV-2.
IIT-K to prepare audit software for O2 use
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Kumar Awasthi said that according to the instructions issued by the government, the responsibility of developing the oxygen audit system has been entrusted to IIT-Kanpur which will prepare the software and provide it to the government along with technical details.
Lucknow varsity to promote 1 lakh students without exams
The university authorities have decided to seek permission from the state government for promoting the students and a request letter will be sent to the government in this regard shortly.
$14,000 prize for idea on ocean sustainability
The virtual ideas competition will advance outstanding home-grown solutions from across 54 Commonwealth countries, targeting some of the world's most pressing ocean-related challenges, such as eliminating plastic pollution, accelerating sustainable energy uptake, climate change, developing sustainable 'blue' approaches for the ocean economy and protecting nature in marine areas.
Andhra Pradesh promotes all students from classes 1 to 9
"All students of classes I to IX in all schools under all managements shall be treated as pass and promoted to their next class, duly cancelling summative assessment - II examinations for the academic year 2020-21," ordered principal secretary B. Rajsekhar on Monday.
184 patents filed by IIT Madras in 2020
According to IITM, the filings in 2020 include nine patents related to Covid-19 inventions ranging from 'Systems and methods for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2' and 'A standalone, portable single-use and wireless ventilator system' besides 'A system for non-invasive calibration-free blood pressure measurement' and 'Smart and Sustainable devices for infectious Mask and PPE waste treatment'.
Tamil Nadu postpones Class 12 board exams
More than 8 lakh students were to appear for the examinations scheduled to be held between May 5 to 31. However, the practical examinations, which are being currently underway, will continue as planned till April 23.
University exams in Kerala postponed
Calicut University, MG University, Kannur University, Health University and Malayalam University have announced that all exams scheduled for Monday have been postponed.
After CBSE, now JEE exams postponed due to Covid surge
According to the Education Ministry, the students will be informed about the next date of examinations 15 days in advance. On the entrance test, Nishank said, "JEE (Main) 2021 April session date will be announced later. It will be announced at least 15 days before the exam and all students will be informed about it."
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