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GUJARAT selection,” said Saurabh a high-class research and by the government’s
Stringent punishment Swami, the state’s director academic ecosystem with education adviser Prof.
(secondary education) ad- smart human resource Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri,
VADODARA, JULY 26. Service dressing a media confer- strategies to attract tal- members of the committee
contracts of two junior ence. ent from different parts are B. Kalyan Chakravar-
resident doctors of the of the world, especially thy, principal secretary,
Gujarat Medical Educa- MAHARASHTRA Odia emigrants who have higher education and Dr.
tion & Research Society’s BMC’s upscale plans achieved acclaim in the Bimal Barah, principal,
Gotri Medical College were fields of mining, engineer- Jagannath Barooh College,
terminated, and five third- MUMBAI, JULY 2. Tourism ing and geophysics in for- Jorhat.
year medical students and environment min- eign countries,” said chief The committee, which
expelled from the hostel ister Aditya Thackeray secretary S.C. Mohapatra will submit its report
for allegedly ragging 60 announced plans of the addressing the media. within 30 days from the
second-year students who Brihanmumbai Municipal date of notification, has
were forced to do 100 sit- Corporation (BMC) — UTTARAKHAND been constituted to draw
up exercises. India’s wealthiest local Excess admissions up a blueprint to empower
“We have taken a seri- government with an an- autonomous colleges in
ous view of the matter and nual budget of Rs.39,000 enquiry Assam as per provisions
ordered an investigation. crore — to establish DEHRADUN, JULY 24. The of the National Education
Strict action will be taken free-of-charge municipal state government has Policy (NEP) 2020. The
against those involved in schools affiliated with the ordered an inquiry into panel will also assess the
this ragging incident,” said International Baccalaure- allegations that 14 private monetary, manpower,
the state’s additional chief ate (Geneva) in the near colleges in Haridwar and material and academic
secretary (health) Manoj future. BMC will also es- Dehradun affiliated with resources required for the
Aggarwal, addressing a tablish one CBSE and one the Sridev Suman Univer- purpose.
press conference. CISCE-affiliated school sity admitted 700 students
in all 24 administrative in excess of licensed PUNJAB
RAJASTHAN wards under it, said the capacity. “The default- Reopen schools order
English medium surge minister. ing colleges have been CHANDIGARH, JULY 31. Fol-
served show-cause notices
Thackeray made the an-
JAIPUR, JULY 27. The sec- nouncement at a function and the admission of all lowing chief minister Am-
ondary education depart- to mark the inauguration unqualified students has arinder Singh’s approval,
ment of the education of a new CBSE school been cancelled,” said the all schools statewide
ministry has received with capacity to admit varsity’s vice chancellor will reopen from August
60,000 applications for 400 students, in eastern P.P. Dhyani. 2 to provide in-person
admission into the state’s Mumbai. “Over 2,000 Added state higher classes for pre-primary
newly established English- applications were received education minister Dhan to class XII students, said
medium Mahatma Gandhi for the school’s 400 seats,” Singh Rawat: “An inquiry the state’s school educa-
Government Schools he said. into the allegations has tion minister Vijay Inder
(MGGS) across Rajasthan. been ordered and the Singla.
Against this, the available ODISHA committee looking into the “While traditional
capacity is 18,093 seats. Ambitious initiative matter has been asked to school timings will remain
“In 2019, there were submit its report within the same (8 a.m-2 p.m),
only 33 MGGS schools BHUBANESWAR, JULY 2. two weeks.” parents are requested to
in the districts. Since The Odisha government write consent letters per-
then, the number has has given the green light ASSAM mitting their children to
increased to over 200 cur- to upgrade the state Empowerment attend in-school classes,”
rently. About 330 existing government-run College said Singh. Early reopen-
government schools are of Engineering, Keonjhar Committee ing of schools will enable
also being considered for into a research centre of GUWAHATI, JULY 2. A three- teachers to assess the
upgradation into MGGS. excellence for earth sci- member committee has learning loss of students
Wherever the number of ences and technology at an been constituted to recom- during the pandemic lock-
applicants is higher than estimated cost of Rs.42.50 mend ways and means to down, he added.
available seats, the lottery crore. empower autonomous col- Paromita Sengupta with bureau
system is adopted for “We intend to develop leges in the state. Chaired inputs

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