Education
Science quiz to ignite young minds for safer India
Bengaluru: A national science quiz will be organised in August-October for high school students across India to create awareness about safety in daily life, it was announced on Friday.
The quiz titled ‘Safety in Everyday Life’ will be organised by the National Council of Science Museums in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories.
“The first round will be held at seven centres — Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata and Mumbai on August 23 and further rounds at Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum in Bengaluru in October last week,” the organisers said in a statement here.
Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.