Tragic Collision Claims Lives of Three Students in Nayagarh

Nayagarh: A devastating road accident occurred in the Daspalla area of Odisha’s Nayagarh district late on Friday night, resulting in the loss of three girl students’ lives and leaving 11 others critically injured. The unfortunate incident unfolded when a bus carrying more than 50 students from a Daspalla-based coaching centre collided head-on with a truck….

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UGC Directs Higher Education Institutions to Display Sexual Harassment Consequences on Billboard

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a communication to all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) regarding compliance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013. The advisory follows previous communications from the UGC on June 5, 2023, June 20, 2023, and January 11, 2023. The recent communication…

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UGC and Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti Jointly Launch Training Program on Content Creation and Teaching in Bharatiya Languages

New Delhi: In alignment with the National Education Policy-2020’s emphasis on promoting teaching and learning through local languages in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti (BBS) have announced a joint initiative. The initiative aims to capacitate faculties across disciplines in HEIs for content creation and teaching through Bharatiya…

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78-Year-Old Environmentalist Dukhu Majhi to Receive Padma Shri for Green Crusade

Purulia: Dukhu Majhi, a 78-year-old environmentalist from Sindri village, Purulia, is set to be honored with the prestigious Padma Shri award in recognition of his remarkable dedication to environmental conservation and tree planting, spanning over five decades. Despite facing financial constraints that impeded his formal education, Majhi has become a beacon of inspiration, having planted…

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