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Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, has been awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize on Thursday.

When asked what her response was to being awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2020, Louise Glück replied that she was “completely flabbergasted.” She said she had thought it “extremely unlikely that I would ever have this particular event to deal with in my life.”

Govt-supported institutes, private universities, and faculty fellowships are key drivers of advanced scientific research and education in India. Fellowships provide salary, research funds, and access to facilities for a fixed period. Institutes benefit from the funds and teaching contributions of fellows. Despite benefits, fellows face challenges in obtaining office/lab space,…

Vinutha J., daughter of a daily wage earner, emerged topper in Bangalore University with eight gold medals and three cash prizes. With her achievement, she has fulfilled her father’s dream, who wanted her to excel in academics and become a teacher

Even when they entered the workforce in droves, overtook men in educational attainment, did not congregate in “female jobs,” and did not drop out from the labour force to have children, women continued to earn less than men.

The public sector in countries like India should build more capacity in research and development as this would help to evolve effective public policies, Charles Edquist of Lund University, Sweden, said on Saturday.

In a rare feat of its kind, seven faculty members and scientists from KLE Technological University (KLETU), Hubballi, have made it to the list of top 2% of most influential scientists in the world released by Stanford University for 2023.

Pulitzer prize winner and former US poet laureate was known for her sharp, austere lyrical work