The first State-level accreditation agency in the country, the State Assessment and Accreditation Centre (SAAC), has been operationalised for higher education institutions in Kerala.
3 State-specific parameters are included for accreditation - social inclusiveness, equity and excellence, and steps to foster scientific temper and secular outlook.
Scientists in Japan will begin trying to grow human organs in animals after receiving government permission for the first study of its kind in the country.
They will employ xenotransplantation technique. Xenotransplantation or heterologous transplant is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another.
Girraj Prasad Gupta has been appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) with effect from August 1, 2019.
Bhasha Mukherjee, a 23-year-old Indian origin doctor was crowned Miss England 2019.
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated exhibitions on Mahatma Gandhi and Khadi at the “Ebunjan Theatre” in the Gambia to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi.