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Vedas are source of Indian under the HRD ministry sent its action the Ganga water, conduct research on
heritage: President taken report (ATR) to the committee cost-effective solutions for Ganga pollu-
in July 2015. tion, ensure real-time monitoring of
President Pranab Mukherjee said that pollution levels in the holy waters and
Vedas are a source of India's heritage, "The reply is further lacking on steps draw up stretch specific project reports.
culture and constitute the foundation taken to safeguard the interest of gull-
of our value system. The ideas en- ible students at hands of such fake in- Apollo Hospitals and UK
shrined in the Vedas are essentially the stitutions as suggested by the commit- health education body
benevolent messages limited not only tee. The committee deprecates such inks a MoU
to the welfare of the individual, soci- indifferent attitude of the government
ety and the nation, but manifest a and reiterate their earlier recommen- Apollo Hospitals Group and Health
spirit of universal brotherhood, he said dation," the report said. Education England (HEE) have signed
after inaugurating a Vedic school at Ai- a memorandum of understanding
Bhimavaram in East Godavari district The government has told the commit- (MoU) to promote co-operation and
of Andhra Pradesh. tee that the UGC has identified 21 fake interaction in healthcare education
universities. Whereas, the AICTE has between India and England.
Fake Institutions on a rise: put up a list of about 312 unapproved
Former HRD minister private institutions that fleece gullible Health Education England (HEE) is an
students. executive non-departmental public
A parliamentary panel headed by body of the Department of Health.
former HRD minister Murli Manohar 10 IITs asked to work on
Joshi has "deprecated" the "indifferent Ganga River Basin Plan The collaboration, as part of a MoU
attitude" of the government in safe- signed by both, intends to facilitate
guarding the interests of students at Months after a consortium of seven exchange of medical professionals and
the hands of fake institutions. IITs submitted the Ganga River Basin students, explore the possibility of set-
Management Plan; the Centre has ting up a global healthcare school to
The committee on estimates, in its asked them to walk the talk. Ten IITs enhance learning and healthcare
report on higher education tabled in have been asked to pitch in by adopt- workforce of both countries, among
the Lok Sabha, expressed displeasure ing various stretches of the river and others.
that the UGC and the All India Council effect 'implementable action plans'
of Technical Education (AICTE) were therefor cleaning up the holy river. Commenting on the development,
not going beyond uploading the names Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo
of fake institutions on their websites. Each IIT will also handhold five villages Hospitals Group, said, "With this col-
along the river and help them treat laboration, we will be establishing one
The department of higher education pollutants before releasing them into
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