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Even though the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 is no longer a global emergency, India needs to continue wastewater surveillance along with monitoring hospitalised cases of acute severe respiratory infections as the virus is still around, posing a threat, experts said.
The Archaeological Survey of India (Jabalpur Circle) has misidentified two temples near the Matsya Avatara temple as "enormous Buddhist stupas" due to their cylindrical crowning portions. However, Amarendra Kumar Singh correctly identified them as Kalachuri temples over 20 years ago, dividing them into three circular tiers with niches on the exterior. Stupas are generally solid, whereas these temples are hollow and one even has an intact image area. The tendency to describe a particular architectural shape as embedded in a particular religion, as colonial historians did, should not be perpetuated by ASI, nor should it take credit for the discovery or disregard past researchers. Nayanjot Lahiri writes on the issue.
As cut-offs for Humanities courses soar each year, students of this stream are not short of choices, whether they want to join a traditional Arts course or a new-age Liberal Arts one, writes Somak Raychaudhury.
India's assumption of the presidency of the G20 in 2023, forming the G20 troika with Indonesia and Brazil, marks the first time that the troika has been constituted solely by members from LMICs. Gautam Menon writes on the G20 health agenda.
âMachine Learning will always need to be backed up by human involvement and intervention,â says Somak Raychaudhury, vice-chancellor, Ashoka University, who was previously the director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune, Maharashtra.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India has given a grant of Rs 9.50 crore to Ashoka University under its âPromotion of University Research and Scientific Excellenceâ (PURSE) programme to accelerate research on the âHolistic View of Disease Dynamics in Indian Contextâ. The utilisation period of the grant is 4 years.
Ashoka University has been granted Rs 9.50 crore by the Indian Governmentâs Department of Science and Technology (DST) as part of its âPromotion of University Research and Scientific Excellenceâ (PURSE) programme. The grant is intended to accelerate research on the âHolistic View of Disease Dynamics in Indian Contextâ and will be valid for a 4-year period, according to an official release.
Ashoka Universityâs Mohit Kumar has become the first and only Indian to win the McCall MacBain Global Scholarship provided by McGill University in MontrĂ©al, Canada this year. He is one of the 10 global recipients of the scholarship.
It can be creatively used as a pedagogical tool, but provides another means for the powerful to manipulate the gullible.
Ashoka University has recently signed an articulation agreement with Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, which allows Ashoka students to apply for graduate programs at Clark University with certain benefits, including a streamlined admission process and financial advantages.
Dr Anurag Agrawal speaks on the rising cases of COVID in the country.
As the eighth round of India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) discussions approaches, the question on everyoneâs mind is how close are we to the endgame. The recent incident of pro-Khalistan protests at the Indian embassy in the UK has raised tensions in bilateral relations between the two countries. Even in the best of times, India is known to be a cautious trading partner. Not only do we have vested interests in protecting key domestic sectors, we are also cognizant of our growing geopolitical stature. The proposed trade deal with the UK presents an exciting opportunity on both these fronts, but bargaining on political ideologies must not get in the way.
The three new species were found in two study locations â a forested area around and inside the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) campus of Shillong, Meghalaya, and in the forested area around Ashoka University Campus, Sonipat, Haryana.
Down To Earth speaks to Mahesh Rangarajan, professor of history and environmental studies at Ashoka University in Haryana, for an appraisal of the programme aimed at conserving the Bengal tiger.
The article has been authored by Bhaskar Dutta, Distinguished University Professor of Economics, Ashoka University.
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