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Higher education institutions to open in Uttarakhand today; RT-PCR test for students from outside state

ION correspondentDecember 15, 2020

Higher education institutions will open in Uttarakhand today. State government has issued the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in this regard. According to Chief Secretary Om Prakash, the students coming...

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Scottish writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for novel Shuggie Bain

ION correspondentNovember 21, 2020

Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for fiction with his debut novel Shuggie Bain, which described a boy growing up in Glasgow in the 1980s...

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New Education Policy aims at making India a global knowledge superpower: Vice President

ION correspondentNovember 19, 2020

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the New Education Policy (NEP) aims at making India a global knowledge superpower and underlined the need for the country to...

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Union Education Minister to address students from ASEAN nations today

ION correspondentOctober 16, 2020

Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will be addressing the students from various ASEAN nations at the virtual Welcome Meet for the 1st Batch of ASEAN PhD Fellowship Programme...

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NEET re-exam today for students who missed it due to COVID-19 restrictions

ION correspondentOctober 14, 2020

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET re-exam will be held today for candidates who could not take the test last month. The re-examination will be held between 2...

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Education Ministry issues guidelines for reopening of schools in country

ION correspondentOctober 7, 2020

The Education Ministry has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for reopening of schools in the country in the backdrop of Coronavirus pandemic this year and subsequent lockdown in March...

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World celebrates International Literacy Day today

ION correspondentSeptember 8, 2020September 8, 2020

Countries across the world celebrate International Literacy Day today. International Literacy Day-2020 will focus on Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond with a focus on...

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President, PM to address governors’ conference on NEP today

ION correspondentSeptember 7, 2020September 7, 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the Governors’ Conference on National Education Policy (NEP) through video conference today. The Conference...

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Minimum standards of Architectural Education Regulations, 2020 launched

ION correspondentAugust 12, 2020

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday virtually launched the Minimum Standards of Architectural Education Regulations, 2020 in New Delhi. Addressing the participants, Pokhriyal highlighted about unique architectural beauty...

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HRD minister briefs Vice President on New Education Policy (NEP) 2020

ION correspondentJuly 31, 2020

Union HRD Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishak’ called on Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu at Upa-Rashtrapati Niwas on Thursday to brief him on the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 announced...