The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is Awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his “discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy” Professor Ohsumi has been recognized for his role in the discovery of autophagy, a cellular self-renewal process. AsianScientist (Oct. 4, 2016) Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology has been awarded the 2016 Nobel …
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World University Rankings 2016-2017 by subject: results announced
Eight subject rankings reveal elite group of 14 US and European universities thriving across disciplines. Expertise across a broad range of disciplines – rather than exceptional performance in just a few – is key to success in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, THE‘s latest subject rankings suggest. Just 14 different universities make the top five of the eight subject …
World Tourism Day 2016 — “Tourism for all”
Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has recognized September 27 as World Tourism Day. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide. This year, the world is celebrating World Tourism …
On the right to photocopy
The DU photocopy judgment is a victory for access to education. But is it successful in balancing the competing interests of the academic community and the copyright holders? On September 16, the Delhi High Court dismissed the copyright infringement petition filed by three international publishers against a photocopy shop located in the Delhi University premises (The Chancellor, …
World University Rankings 2016-2017: results announced
World University Rankings 2016-2017: results announced University of Oxford snatches top spot from Caltech in this year’s World University Rankings as Asia’s rise continues..The University of Oxford has become the first UK university to top the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in the 12-year history of the table. It knocks the five-time leader, the California Institute of Technology, into …
GATE 2017
GATE 2017 — What’s New in Exam? Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national level examination which is conducted jointly every year by the GATE Committee comprising IISc, Bangalore and the seven IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) on behalf of the National Coordinating Board, Department of Education, Ministry of Human …
Renewable energy now cheaper than some fossil fuels
Renewable energy now cheaper than some fossil fuels Assessment suggests renewables costs will plummet by 2020 Renewable energy is now cheaper than some fossil fuels, according to a financial thinktank. The firm also suggests running costs for wind farms may be less than half that of gas or coal-powered plants by 2020. Last year, there …
Microsoft Office 2016
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A blow for the right to knowledge
A blow for the right to knowledgeIn its much awaited judgment in the Delhi University photocopying case (The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services), the Delhi High Court has dismissed the copyright infringement petition initiated in August 2012 by three publishers (Oxford, Cambridge and Taylor & Francis) against a photocopy …
Beijing International Book Fair 2016
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