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AICTE in Association With Various Organisations Carries out an Employability Skill Test : Nishank

AICTE in Association With Various Organisations Carries out an Employability Skill Test : Nishank

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New Delhi : AICTE in association with various organisations carries out an employability Skill Test of pre-final and final year graduate students of AICTE approved institutions annually. The results have indicated that there has been a constant rise in employability of engineering graduates in India over the last 5-years.To increase the employability of graduates in the country, Ministry of Human Resource Development is working along with Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) under National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to undertake Apprenticeship/Internship embedded degree programmes with core focus on development of knowledge, skills, aptitude and on-job training. The information was given by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in a writte
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Feb112020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
Navy Children School, Mumbai student Becomes the Youngest Girl to Summit Mount Aconcagua in South America

Navy Children School, Mumbai student Becomes the Youngest Girl to Summit Mount Aconcagua in South America

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New Delhi :. Kaamya Karthikeyan, a class VII student of Navy Children School (NCS), Mumbai, became the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt. Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America and outside of Asia.  She summited the mountain peak of 6962 m height on 01 Feb 2020 and unfurled the Indian tricolour. Years of physical and mental preparation alongwith regular participation in adventure sports combined with strong character, helped the young girl in overcoming many administrative hurdles and extreme climbing conditions to achieve this rare feat.
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Feb112020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
Centre’s Efforts for High Performance in International Games

Centre’s Efforts for High Performance in International Games

Latest News, NATIONAL NEWS, Sports
New Delhi : Preparation of Indian sportspersons/teams for international events is an ongoing process. In order to improve India’s performance in international sports events including Olympics, Asian Games and world Championships, a number of schemes are being implemented by the Government which aim at talent search and development, competitive exposure, coaching/training. This Information was given by the Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. The Central Government is playing a pivotal role for promoting high performance in sports. Under the Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) financial assistance is provided for conduct of National Championships, conduct of international tourna
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Jan202020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
P M Modi Interacts with Students from India and Abroad in” Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020″

P M Modi Interacts with Students from India and Abroad in” Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020″

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NEW DELHI : Prime Minister, Narendra Modi interacted with Students from India and abroad in this year’s edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020 held at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi today. Students were thrilled after receiving valuable tips from the Prime Minister regarding beating stress in every walk of life. 50 Divyang students also took part in the interaction programme. The interaction, which lasted for over ninety minutes, saw students seeking guidance on various issues of importance to them from the Prime Minister. The Ministry of Human Resource Development of Government of India organized the Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020 programme. Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Minister of State for HRD Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Smt. Amit Khare, Secretary, MH
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Jan202020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
Atal Innovation Mission & UNDP hosts 3day Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge

Atal Innovation Mission & UNDP hosts 3day Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge

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NEW DELHI :. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) NITI Aayog and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sunday hosted a three day long Youth Co:Lab -national innovation challenge here in Delhi after a series of successful challenges held in past two phases across the country. With efforts of AIM and UNDPto support young people by catalysing youth-led innovation, empowering them through Youth Co:Lab, four winning teams made it the list to represent India at the Youth Co:Lab Regional Innovation Challenge in Malaysia slated to be held in April this year. Youth Co: Lab launched in collaboration by AIM and UNDP earlier, aims at fostering technology, promoting youth leadership and social entrepreneurship in India. As a part of the first phase of Youth Co: Lab’s national inno
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Jan172020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
Mega-science Exhibition Vigyan Samagam in New Delhi from 21st January

Mega-science Exhibition Vigyan Samagam in New Delhi from 21st January

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New Delhi : In order to highlight the value and impact of fundamental research to a broad cross-section of audience including students, academician and industry, and to further strengthen India’s participationin mega-science Projects, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) have jointly organised a multi-venue mega-science exhibition, Vigyan Samagam. The exhibition will be held in New Delhi from 21stJanuary to 20thMarch, 2020 at the National Science Centre (NSC), PragatiMaidan.The inaugural function will be attended by Shri KN Vyas, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, DAE; Prof.Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST; and Shri YogendraTripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Culture. Dr Paul Ho, Director General, East Asian Observatory, Hawaii,
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Jan122020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
30 Lakhs Applicants Appeared in Admission Test for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

30 Lakhs Applicants Appeared in Admission Test for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

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NEW DELHI :  Admission test for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas for the session 2020-21 was held smoothly in 8252 centres covering 561 districts today. Admission in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) is done at Class VI through Selection Test every year. This is one of the biggest examinations conducted for the selection of students, predominantly from rural areas. Applicant seat ratio for the session 2020-21 is 63:1. According to the Navoday vidyalay Samiti for admission to 48000 seats in Class VI for the session 2020-21, 3046506 candidates, including 46.19% Girls, 19.05% SC, 29.23% ST and 83.91% rural candidates, registered through online mode. In the same test, last year 3010710 candidates had registered out of which 45.2% Girls, 18.13% SC, 27.42% ST and 81.26% were rural candidates.
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Jan122020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
CSIR Partners to launch the Nature India Essay Competition 2020 for Young Scientists

CSIR Partners to launch the Nature India Essay Competition 2020 for Young Scientists

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NEW DELHI : The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Nature India launched the Nature India essay competition 2020 today to provide young and experienced scientists, researchers and authors in India, a platform to share ideas on how societally-impactful science can advance and strengthen the country. The Nature India essay competition is open for readers aged 25 to 50. The essayists will have an opportunity to draft a compelling narrative with personal anecdotes, emotion and a science-backed story that may become potentially historic in helping shape the roadmap for India’s scientific future. The essays should convey thoughts on the societal impact of science in India in not more than 1000 words. The tone of the essays must be aspirational, with emotions and story-t
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Jan112020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
National Youth Festival-2020 to be Organized from 12th to 16th January in Lucknow

National Youth Festival-2020 to be Organized from 12th to 16th January in Lucknow

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NEW DELHI :. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and State Government of Uttar Pradesh are jointly organizing 23rd National Youth Festival (NYF) 2020 at Indira Pratishthan, Lucknow from 12th to 16th January, 2020. Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju will inaugurate the NYF 2020 on 12th January on the occasion of birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the great Youth icon. The inauguration will be followed by cultural/musical performance by local and renowned artists. The closing ceremony of the festival on 16th January will be graced by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Shri Kiren Rijiju. The Government has been organizing National Youth Festival (NYF) since 1995. The objective of NYF is to prov...
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Jan102020 by schooltimesindiaNo Comments
The City of Destiny Gearing Up to Host MILAN 2020, 41 Countries to Participate

The City of Destiny Gearing Up to Host MILAN 2020, 41 Countries to Participate

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NEW DELHI : After successfully hosting the International Fleet Review (IFR) in Feb 2016, the City of Destiny Visakhapatnam is gearing up to host another International Naval event ‘MILAN’ in March 2020. With about two months to the mega event, the preparations were reviewed at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) by Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, Chief of Staff ENC on 07 January 2020. The review meeting saw an overwhelming and positive response from the civil administrators and stakeholder organisations, with participation by Dr G. Srijana Commissioner GVMC, Shri Rajiv Kumar Meena, City Police Commissioner, Shri A Srinivas Secretary VMRDA, Shri RN Hari Krishna, Chief Mechanical Engineer VPT, representatives from HSL, HPCL, IOCL, EPCL, Coromandel Fertilizers Ltd and Senior Police Officers from S
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