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Super-fast Solar Strom will hit Earth disrupting cellphone and GPS signals

According to a report by space weather.com, a supersonic solar storm is coming to Earth at a very high speed of 1.6 million kilometers which will hit the earth on Sunday or Monday as claimed by NASA. The storm has emerged from the sun and thus it is very powerful. It is suspected that the solar storm will have a significant impact on the whole region of space that is under Earth’s magnetic field. Along with this, a high-speed stream of solar wind is too expected to hit the Earth’s magnetic…

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New IRS child tax credit portal is now open: Learn what it does

The latest tools from the IRS will help families find out if they’re eligible for the child tax credit payments and opt out if they’d like. We’ll tell you how to use them. Both IRS child tax credit portals are officially available for use, the agency said Tuesday, as well as a new eligibility tool. One portal — called the Child Tax Credit Update Portal — will let you verify if your family qualifies for the tax credit and unenroll from getting monthly payments this year. A Spanish version will be available soon, the…

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The Last Supermoon of 2021: How to see the super strawberry moon

A super strawberry moon will grace the sky on Thursday, June 24. What a year it’s been for moon viewing. After May’s “super flower blood moon” eclipse, we’re returning to a straight-up full moon on Thursday. It will be the last supermoon of 2021. The June full moon is sometimes called the “strawberry moon,” according to the Farmer’s Almanac, which says the nickname is connected to strawberries ripening in certain parts of North America. It’s not a reference to the color of the moon. “Supermoon” is a loose term. It’s used…

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Google Leads US Business Push to Preserve Work Permits for H-1B Spouses

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it was leading about 30 companies and trade groups in opposing a lawsuit that seeks to stop over 90,000 spouses of highly skilled U.S. visa workers from having jobs in the country. The organizations contend undoing employment authorization for spouses would cause financial havoc for families, because most made life choices such as having children or buying homes based on the expectation of two incomes. A federal judge in Washington is expected to decide in the coming months on the lawsuit challenging the work permits tied…

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How to Use Tech to Capture Your Family History

Our elders have rich stories to share. There’s no better time than now to sit down and hit Record IN LESS THAN 10 years, one in five Americans will be over 65 years old. As our parents and grandparents age, we grow one day closer to losing the opportunity to learn their life stories. The good news is that with the various recording options available, you don’t have to be an award-winning filmmaker or videographer to preserve your loved one’s history. Throughout our Midwest childhood, my siblings and I wanted…

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AICTE releases academic calendar 2021-22. Check Details Here

New Delhi: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on Thursday released the tentative academic calendar for the year 2021-22. It stated that the process of the grant of approval for the institutions, other than the standalone PGDM and PGCM colleges, will be completed by June 30. Further, the affiliation process by the respective universities and boards have to be completed by July 15. For PGDM/PGCM institutions, the last date for admission is July 10, while for the open and distance learning/online learning mode the last date for admission…

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IIIT-Delhi introduce part-time PG diploma in Data Science and AI

The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi, in collaboration with IBM has launched a nine-month-long PG Diploma in Data Science and AI (PGDDS&AI). The entire programme will be conducted online mode on the weekends. The courses will be taught by IIIT-D faculty members, as well as IBM leaders in Analytics. The 9-month long diploma course will have 450 hours of learning including online interactive sessions of 310 hours and required self-study and project work of 140 hours. The course will have 30 credits and a term project. The process…

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IITs, NITs to postpone offline exams, Education Ministry directs

In a letter addressed to heads of all centrally-funded institutions, Higher Education secretary Amit Khare said the decision on examinations will be reviewed again in the first week of June, 2021. The Education Ministry has directed IITs, NITs, all centrally-funded educational institutions (CFTIs) to defer their offline examinations scheduled this month. The ministry, however, said that online exams can continue. The ministry’s request comes in the midst of worsening Covid-19 pandemic situation. Amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Education on May 3 asked all the centrally-funded…

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New Education Policy: Five big changes in school, higher education explained….

The Indian government on Wednesday replaced a 34-year-old National Policy on Education, framed in 1986, with the New Education Policy of 2020. The NEP, approved by the union cabinet, makes sweeping reforms in school and higher education including teaching. Some of the biggest highlights of the NEP 2020 are, 1) a single regulator for higher education institutions, 2) multiple entry and exit options in degree courses, 3) discontinuation of MPhil programmes, 4) low stakes board exams, 5) common entrance exams for universities. New Education Policy 2020: Important highlights: Schooling starts…

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New Education Policy 2020 Highlights: School and higher education to see major changes !!

New Education Policy was launched on Wednesday, July 29. Earlier, in the afternoon the Union cabinet approved the policy that aims to overhaul the country’s education system. Union Ministers for Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Prakash Javadekar and Human Resource Development (HRD) and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, made the announcement on the NEP- 2020. Earlier on May 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reviewed the NEP- 2020, for which draft was prepared by a panel of experts led by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Kasturirangan. The NEP 2020 aims at making “India…

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