Chandigarh education department implements first-ever dress code for government school teachers
Teacher dress code Chandigarh CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Education Department has ordained a dress code for teachers in the government schools of the city – formals, salwar-kameez, for men, women. “The uniform specifications of the dress outlines that female employees will don sarees, salwar kameez, while male employees will wear formal shirts and trousers,” the department said […]
Bone collector: a macabre caterpillar
A newfound species of carnivorous caterpillar, left, uses a protective case made with insect parts, near a spider in Oahi, Hawaii. | Photo Credit: AP A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector”. The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It […]
RRB JE CBT 2 exam on April 22 cancelled: Check official notice and other details here
RRB JE CBT 2 exam cancellation: The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have announced the cancellation of the RRB JE CBT 2 exam conducted on April 22, 2025, during the second shift. Candidates who appeared in this session can view the official notice available on the respective RRB websites. The cancellation follows the discovery that certain […]
No phenotype data details in GenomeIndia’s proposal call
DBT has completed the proposal call without disclosing what phenotype data are available. | Photo Credit: istockphoto On January 9, 2025, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) called for proposals on ‘Translational research using genomeIndia data’ from scientists based in India. On February 20, eight days before the February 28 deadline for submitting proposals, DBT extended […]
BSEB teacher competency test 2025 schedule released for phases 3, 4 and 5, Check important dates here
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has released the detailed schedule for the third, fourth, and fifth phases of the Teacher Competency Test 2025. Addressing a press conference, BSEB Chairman Anand Kishore informed that the third phase examination will be conducted from May 10 to May 15, 2025.A total of 30,221 candidates have registered online […]
Assessing temperature-related deaths in urban heat islands
The urban heat island effect contributes to an increase in human heat exposure and subsequent death globally during hotter seasons. | Photo Credit: AP Cities having higher ambient temperatures than rural surroundings (known as the urban heat island effect) could offset some of the negative effects of increased heat-related mortality by reducing the number of […]
West Bengal school staff ousted by court verdict seek state intervention through protest
KOLKATA: Around 200 non-teaching employees of state schools, demanding reinstatement of their jobs, demonstrated outside West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu’s residence here for a brief period on Saturday. They are among the people who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court order on April 3. The apex court upheld an earlier verdict of the […]
BatEchoMon, India’s first automated bat monitoring, detection system
For her PhD research, bat biologist Kadambari Deshpande made overnight recordings of bat echolocation calls in the Western Ghats. A “good night” would generate about 30 GB of data from 11 hours of recording with a bat detector. To process the data, Deshpande would go through several one-minute recordings, scanning every millisecond for bat calls, […]
RRB JE CBT 2 answer key 2025 released: Direct link to download here
RRB JE CBT 2 answer key 2025: The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have issued the RRB JE CBT 2 answer key. Candidates who took part in the 2nd Stage Computer Based Test (CBT-II) can now access the provisional answer key through the respective regional RRB websites. Along with the answer key, RRBs have also released […]
Greenland’s melting ice, unstable fjords vex extraction of oil and minerals Trump covets
Since Donald Trump regained the U.S. presidency, he has coveted Greenland. Trump has insisted that the U.S. will control the island, currently an autonomous territory of Denmark, and if his overtures are rejected, perhaps seize Greenland by force. During a recent congressional hearing, senators and expert witnesses focused on Greenland’s strategic value and its natural […]