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'Tradition' or coercion? Junior doctors allege forced payments, humiliation at MAMCJunior doctors at Maulana Azad Medical College reportedly still fund senior doctors' meals. This alleged tradition persists despite college...
IITs, IIMs, AMU among 89 institutions pulled up by UGC over anti-ragging norm violationsThe University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued show-cause notices to several prominent Indian institutions, including IITs and IIMs, for...
UGC issues showcause notices to 18 medical colleges for non-compliance with anti-ragging normsThe UGC issued show-cause notices to 18 medical colleges across various states for not adhering to anti-ragging regulations from 2009. The ...
Ghosts in the machine: Peril of hallucinations in GenAI chatbotsHallucinations are a big issue while deploying GenAI-based chatbots. Hallucination is a phenomenon where an AI chatbot offers factually inc...
ISRO team visits Jadavpur University, takes stock of campus security after student's deathThe two members of the team visited different parts of the campus and the buildings, and discussed the security-related issues with varsity...
ISRO team to visit Jadavpur University campus in Kolkata, may implement surveillance systemWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose approached ISRO for technology to address the issue of ragging in universities. The governor has also d...
West Bengal Guv approaches ISRO to identify technology to curb ragging in universitiesThe Governor of West Bengal, CV Ananda Bose, has reached out to ISRO for assistance in curbing ragging in Jadavpur University and other col...
View: The state of university unions must be addressedLast week Kolkata was rocked by the death of a 17-year-old first year student of Jadavpur University, ranked fourth among the top 100 natio...
24 cases of suicides by students of central universities in 5 years: Govt tells Lok SabhaAs many as 24 cases of suicides by students of central universities were reported since 2017, Union Minister of State for Education Rajkuma...
Medical body frames tougher anti-ragging rulesEvery medical institution will appoint anti-ragging squads and committees. Every medical student and her guardian will give separate undert...
How companies are gearing up for less plastic in their bizParle Agro, maker of soft drink Frooti, said it will spend over Rs 50 crore in the next three years to implement an end-to-end PET plastic ...
Virat Kohli one season away from becoming India's best captainsIn assessing Kohli's latest achievement, it is worth remembering that this Sri Lankan team is among the weakest to take on India
Indians’ lack of toilet hygiene delays long-haul flights, makes airlines bleedIn case of long-haul flights, one would assume that passengers would know how to use a toilet properly. But the reality in India is quite d...
24x7 control room, vigilant squads at AIIMS hostel to curb raggingAIIMS has decided to set up a 24x7 control room at students hostel to help them report incidents of ragging and deploy anti-ragging squads ...
Anti-ragging committees must for colleges in Goa: CM Laxmikant Parsekar"The instructions to curb ragging in educational institutes are already laid down. As far as my knowledge goes anti-ragging committees are ...
- Illegal mining creates millionaires in Orissa
Orissa's Keonjhar district, long considered endemically poor, has undergone a transformation: it has turned daily wage labourers into crore...
- Nuclear waste not an immediate problem for India: Ramesh
Amid concerns over waste management at the proposed nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Maharashtra, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said...
- MCA student ends life, parents allege ragging
Second-year MCA student committed suicide after he was allegedly ragged by his seniors in college. The body of D Devender Kumar was found o...
- Wall Street woes put India outsourcing on edge
Dubbed as the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore and its environs account for a third of India's software services exports. Indian cities i...
- Delhi govt to force plastic makers to recycle
But, last week it got a shot in the arm to rein in units violating plastic recycling and manufacturing rules after the Delhi High Court ord...