EDUCATION

Amitabh Kant dwelt on a wide ranging overview outlining India's political and development narratives, key priorities, initiatives to reshape and reconfigure the world and how India is planning to execute the meetings for G20 ahead of the Leaders' Summit in September 2023. "G20 is important because it comprises about 85 per cent of the global GDP and about 78 per cent of the global trade, 90 per cent of the patents in the world and nearly two-thirds of the global population.

In his announcement, Moore cited Rai's 30-plus years of career experience dedicated to higher education and his commitment to innovation, access, and leadership. "This is an historic opportunity to build upon a strong higher education system of community colleges, the University of Maryland System, and private colleges," Rai said in a statement released by Montgomery College.

The new regulations provide for the establishment of Students' Grievances Redressal Committee (SGRC) by all higher educational institutions and for the appointment of Ombudsperson(s) at the university level. The regulations have been revised in the light of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. According to UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar, the new regulations provide an additional forum for redressal of complaints against caste-based discrimination.

"The Department of State has published a final rule regarding the increases to certain non-immigrant visa application (NIV) processing charges and the Border Crossing Card (BCC) for Mexican citizens who are 15 years of age or older. The charges for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1/B2s and BCCs) and other non-petition-based NIVs, such as student and exchange visitor visas, will be raised from USD 160 to USD 180," the notice read.

As this is a key document based on which new curriculum will get re-designed, it would make second hand books market redundant and result in significant volume delta for book publishers, broking firm Prabhudas Lilladher said in a report. Substantial yield advantage would also accrue as repricing at a higher level becomes easier post curriculum revamp.

Viraj Patel, a second-year doctoral student in the University's School of Communication, was recognised for his "exemplary skill and dedication". Patel has always been heavily involved in public speaking and communication, which became his way of defining himself, according to a University statement.

From Classs 12, chapters related to 'Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries)' have been removed from the History book 'Themes of Indian History-Part 2'. Similarly, NCERT will remove some poems and paragraphs from the Hindi textbooks too.

The first is through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2023 scorecard – admission.iimrohtak.ac.in/SignUp/IPL – and the second is through the IIM Rohtak’s Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) Aptitude Test (AT) 2023 – cdn.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/2349/login.html.

"Consequent upon the resignation of Prof Tariq Mansoor, Vice Chancellor, AMU on April 2, 2023, Prof Mohammad Gulrez, Pro-Vice Chancellor shall discharge the duties of the Vice Chancellor until a new Vice-Chancellor assumes office," said an official release by the Registrar, Mohammad Imran.

Schools around the world have already banned ChatGPT, citing concerns that the AI tool which has been helping people write poems, essays and even work papers, can provide inaccurate information and enable cheating. According to Nikita Tomar Mann, Principal at Indraprastha Global School in Noida, as amazing and fascinatingly incredible as it appears, "ChatGPT is still at a nascent stage" for us to fully comprehend its ramifications.