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The students pursuing the course will be given two credits for 15 days (100 hours) summer internship under the CBCS. To read more more, visit  https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/270318/swachh-bharat-elective-course-introduced.html Source: Deccan Chronicle dated 27/03/2018

Partaking in Clean India may give students bonus credits Joining the initiative will be a great learning experience for students, says UGC DNA (Daily News & Analysis) Mumbai Edition 27 Mar 2018 The University Grants Commission ( UGC) has asked all universities and colleges to consider offering academic credits to students for participating in the government’s much touted Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The commission in its meeting earlier this month had approved providing two credits like any other ‘Elective’ under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) to students in higher educational institutions undertaking 15 days (100 hours) summer internships under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan activities. “In this summer internship, it is expected that students will not only participate in overall cleanliness in villages or slums but would also help in setting up systems for sustaining cleanliness and sanitation efforts under the campaign . These efforts are expected to provide a great learnin...

More and more Indians can come online if internet content is offered in local languages . In a report titled Internet in Indic, 205 million of 892 million non internet users in India have expressed their interest in getting on to the internet, if it is offered in their language.  Source: The Times of India dated 24/03/2018 Source Link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/how-regional-languages-can-boost-internet-adoption-in-india/articleshow/63432773.cms

Fourth Industrial Revolution: Is India prepared? It’s being called I4.0, short for Industry 4.0, or the fourth Industrial Revolution, and it is transforming factories and production fl oors across the world. Although India lags its global peers in I4.0 adoption, the country is taking baby steps to improve productivity through tech and enable the manufacturing sector to achieve the target set by the government of contributing 25% of GDP by 2022… For more details, visit: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fourth-industrial-revolution-is-india-prepared/articleshow/63439642.cms

India lags in investment in research compared to other industrialised nations, corporate sector must do more: Pranab Mukherjee University administrators must keep in mind that quality is of primary importance in the education sector, former President Pranab Mukherjee said. The former president Pranab Mukherjee was speaking on the sidelines of the launch of the Indian chapter of UK-based nation-wide higher education rating system – QS I-GAUGE. University administrators must keep in mind that quality is of primary importance in the education sector, former President Pranab Mukherjee said, highlighting the issue of brain drain of innovative and creative minds from the country and the need for training and educating the youth of the nation. He further said that the corporate sector should take up the responsibility of nurturing these minds by investing in research. The former president was speaking on the sidelines of the launch of the Indian chapter of UK-based nation-wi...