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New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Expressing pride that several Indian higher education institutes featured in the coveted Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal (Nishank) on Wednesday said the country is emerging as a 'Vishvaguru' or world leader.
IIT-B makes sensor to detect COVID-19 in wastewater
IIT-B makes sensor to detect COVID-19 in wastewater
09 June 2021 | News Scientists from the University of Strathclyde and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay took part in the initiative
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Scientists from the University of Strathclyde, UK and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have demonstrated a low-cost sensor that can detect fragments of the virus responsible for COVID-19 within the wastewater.
The technique, published in the journal
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, could be used to enable widespread monitoring of COVID-19 prevalence in low- and middle-income countries which struggle to conduct mass human testing.
: Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 11:21 PM IST
IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc, Bengaluru, make it to top 200 in QS World University Rankings 2022
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Three educational institutions of higher learning the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay), IIT Delhi and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru have made it to the top 200 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2022. IISc, Bengaluru, which has been ranked the worldâs top research university, achieving a perfect score of 100/100 for this metric.
As per the 18th edition of the QS World University Rankings 2022, IIT Bombay secured the 177th position followed by IIT Delhi at 185 and IISc Bengaluru at 186 in the overall university rankings globally. Though IIT Bombay dipped five places this year to 177 from its 2021 rank of 172, it is India s top-ranked institution for the fourth consecutive year at the QS World University Rankings.