April 9, 2021
The union health ministry has declined a request from the department of higher education, under the union ministry of education, to vaccinate the faculty, students, and staff members at Centrally Funded Technical Institutions, according to a letter dated April 5.
The department of higher education had written to the health ministry requesting a special provision to vaccinate faculty, staff members and students of Centrally Funded Technical Institutions, according to an office memorandum dated March 25.
The health ministry’s response, though, came after more than 900 students were vaccinated at Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, all below the age of 45. According to the ministry’s guidelines, vaccinations are now only open for frontline workers, health care workers, and those above the age of 45.
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CFAL students Rakshitha, Druhan, Hayyan, Pannaga among Mangaluru toppers in JEE Main
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March 12, 2021
Mangaluru, Mar 12: With the results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main, February 2021) out, it is celebration time at Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL) - Mangalore’s top training institute as their student Rakshitha is the topper in Mangalore with 99.86 percentile in the prestigious JEE Main, February 2021 examination.
This is the first time a girl student has topped JEE Main exam not only at CFAL, but in Mangalore which doubles the celebrations for the team. It is a general belief that girls cannot top competitive, national level exams, however, with Rakshitha topping the said exam, the notion is sure to change.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released today i.e. Tuesday March 02 on JEE Main official website jeemain.nta.nic.in the Answer Keys and Question Papers of the JEE Main February 2021.