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News from the world of education March 03, 2021 00:06 IST Updated: March 03, 2021 00:06 IST Updated: Share Article Key to growth and innovation IT consultancy and service organisation Xebia recently hosted the XGRAD 2021 Higher Education Summit online on the theme Industry and Academic Partnerships: A key to innovation and Growth. Dr Anil Sahsrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, spoke about the importance of multidisciplinary education and lifelong learning. The colloquium discussed how industry and acad...

NEC approves Tk 1,97,643cr RADP for FY21 607 DHAKA, March 2, 2021 (BSS) – The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved a Taka 1,97,643 crore Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY21) keeping highest priority to the transport sector. The approval came from a meeting of the NEC held at its conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The Prime Minister chaired the meeting through video conferencing...

NEC approves Tk 197,643-cr revised ADP UNB 2nd March, 2021 07:21:04 The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday approved Tk 197,643-crore revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year, downsizing the original ADP size of Tk 2,05,145 crore. The approval came at a meeting of the NEC held at its conference room. NEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban. NEC approved the revised ADP of 197,643 ...

Share The Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM), which was almost moribund and had nearly disappeared from the consciousness of many Nigerians and businesses, has resurged from the crypt, roaring to live up to its billing as the nation’s export development bank. SULAIMON OLANREWAJU reports. FROM a financial institution enmeshed in insolvency and battling with irrelevance, the Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) Bank has become a profitable enterprise, posting impressive returns. As an export cr...

PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar here Saturday said that access to information is key to bringing about socio-economic development and transparency in the governance system. They spoke at the launching ceremony of the Radio Live Shows project in the newly merged tribal districts. Addressing the event, Secretary Local Governments and Rural Development Shakeel Ahmad Mian said sharing of information was vital for socioeconomic uplift of a society. He said development cannot be ensured without acces...

Agriculture recovery in motion Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling divergence between increasing food requirements as a result of population growth and observed inadequate food production and insufficient productivity. This is posing a significant threat on national food security an...

Vijayapura-Solapur stretch of the national highway VIJAYAPURA: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) completed construction of a single lane of the four-lane, 25.5km Vijayapura-Solapur stretch of the national highway in a record 18 hours on Friday. Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted this would soon figure in the Limca Book of Records. “I congratulate workers and NHAI project director, other officials, representatives of the company," he said. राष्ट्री�...

A team of consultants, Just Solutions, has been brought in to undertake a far-reaching feasibility study on the town’s popular leisure facility to help determine a future for Cardigan Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre. Just Solutions – which has been involved with many sports and leisure projects across the UK – has been appointed by the Swimming Pool Trust, with funding from Cynnal y Cardi. The team will spend the next three months reviewing the evidence of needs, opportunities and ...

Trialling a new approach to beach replenishment in Poole Bay February 25, 2021, by Zlatan Hrvacevic The Environment Agency has presented a report of the trial tests of a new approach to beach replenishment at Poole Bay. The report revealed results of a year-long programme of fieldwork to monitor the behaviour of sand deposited in the nearshore zone off Canford Cliffs in Poole Bay. The technique of replenishing beaches by deposition sand in the nearshore ...

Increasing Road Construction Speed To 40 Km Per Day; Reducing Construction And Logistics Costs By Adopting New Technologies: Nitin Gadkari by Swarajya Staff - Feb 25, 2021 04:03 PM Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari addresses a press conference in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)  Snapshot Gadkari says he wants to increase the pace of road construction to 40 km per day and reduc...