High Education

"Attention students! In mid-May, the US Mission to India will open the first batch of appointments for the upcoming student visa season," the US Consulate General in Hyderabad announced via a tweet. "Additional appointments will be released later in the season. Prepare for your appointments and stay tuned for more student visa related announcements," it said.The US consulates processed nearly 1.25 lakh visa applications of students in India last year.

Earlier, the NTA had released the examination city information slips for the entrance test. The examination will be held on May 4th in two shifts. The first shift will start from 9 am to 12 pm, and the second shift will be from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. The time duration for CMAT 2023 is three hours, and the instructions will be given in English.

Eligible candidates can now register online for COMEDK UGET 2023 until 11 am on April 27. The examination will be held on May 28 for seats in different engineering institutes, and it will also have online counselling. The admit card will be released on May 18.

"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.

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.

According to the University Grants Commission (UGC), along with Indian Vedic Mathematics, Indian Philosophy, Indian Sanskrit and Science and Indian Aesthetics will also be taught in the higher educational institutions. The UGC has in this regard sought for an expression of interest from the institutions across the country.

The Lord Karan Bilimoria (Chancellor's) Scholarship will include a full tuition fee waiver and accommodation costs up to the duration of the programme for the winner, as well as four runner-up awards of 5,000 pounds tuition fee waiver. It is open only to Indian students applying for postgraduate study programmes at the University's campuses in Birmingham and Dubai.

An internal arrangement office order issued by the principal of the college has discovered a novel method to address teaching staff shortage at the institution. The order issued by the college principal assigns the duties of teaching economics to teachers of the college's botany department. Similarly, public administration will be taught by chemistry teachers, political science by education and sports teachers and social work by zoology teachers.

The chief proctor of BHU said, "Regarding gathering at public place to celebrate Holi, the order issued on February 28, 2023, is being withdrawn in the light of the response received through social media and other means of communication. Everyone is expected to celebrate the festival of colours with due dignity.