ISSN: 2456-7264 | Issue – 26 | Published On 12/09/2023 |
The process of implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 has already been set off in most of the states. Although the underlying objectives and the proposed structure of the 4-year graduation programme as one of the major shifts in education have been applauded widely, it would be a great
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The biodiversity significance of the north-eastern region of India is well known. The World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF) has identified the Entire Eastern Himalaya as a priority Global 200 Ecoregion. The Eastern Himalaya ‘hotspot’ has been upscaled to the Indo Burma Hotspot by Conservation International. This now includes all the
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The COVID-19 pandemic may be one of the deadliest viral outbreaks experienced by mankind in more than a century. It has caused great devastation across the globe affecting millions of individuals even in the most advanced countries with the best healthcare infrastructure and services proving the inadequacies of these facilities
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Latest advancements in science and technology have inevitably impacted our private as well as collective social life. Not only for scientific discovery and invention but also in every walk of our daily life, we need a scientific temperament to deal with any situation in an effective way. Principally, there are
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Basic Science is also called fundamental science or pure science. Research in basic science is the foundation for applied and translational research. It provides us the fundamental knowledge and understanding of the natural phenomena and the needed knowhow to have advances in development of newer approaches, tools, and techniques for
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Research is the systematic and objective process of collecting, documenting, analyzing and interpreting data for decision making. Ethics can be defined as ‘the norms for conduct that distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.’ Ethical standards govern conduct in medicine, law, engineering and business. Similarly, ethical norms must be followed in
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NEP 2020: Challenges before the Institutions of Higher Learning With the approval of the New Education Policy 2020 by the Union Cabinet in July 2021, the process of its implementation got started in most of the states of the country. While the policy document has spelt out a number of changes
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Dr. Binay Saikia, the Bhatnagar Awardee – a role model for the young researchers of NER The ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology’ named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India, Dr. (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar for this year has recently been
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The current pandemic COVID 19 has undoubtedly shown immense negative impact on diverse sectors affecting all countries of the world, irrespective of whether rich or poor. Its direct impact on people’s health and economy, social relationship, sustenance of livelihood and employment, business and education has been felt most, and has
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Indian Science: Need for a Change It’s a matter of great satisfaction that in terms of total spending on research and development, India stands among the top 10 countries of the world with an annual spending of 66.5 billion USD as in 2010. Although this amount is measurably lesser than
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