A 3500-4500 years old town has been found in the village of Dwarkapur-Agiyabeer near Uttar Pradesh’s Basti in an excavation by Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology Department Team of BHU.
During the excavation, the archaeologists discovered remains of weapons made out of bones, sculptures made of mud, floor tiles and utensils.
The digging of the site, which is now believed to be a settlement of fishermen, started in 1999.
Director Dr Ashok Kumar Singh told that evidence of two cultures has been found- Iron-Stone Age and Copper-Stone Age. Equipment made out of iron, spears, parts of swords, axes were also excavated from the site.
Excavators also found beads which are likely to have been used for beautification.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Lucknow News / by Navbharat Times / April 16th, 2018
Sachin Gupta (right) receives the scholarship from a Shoulder to Shoulder member in the city
Lucknow :
For the past several days, six-year-old Ziqra Aqeel had been missing out on her studies. The reason being her parents’ inability to pay her school fees. But now, the Balaganj resident will not have to worry about a break in her studies till she wants to continue studying in her life, courtesy a scholarship from Praveer Singh.
The assistance was made possible by a unique scholarship launched by citizen-driven initiative Shoulder to Shoulder (S2S) Foundation, as another step towards building bridges between communities.
The facility ‘S2S Shiksha Tehreek’ allows any individual or group to institute a scholarship in the name of a family member or institution and commit the amount for tuition fees and books for at least one year but with a rider, that the scholarship is for a child from another community.
The recent initiative has already received four sponsors.
“I’ve named the scholarship in my father’s name – Raghvendra Singh and will continue to fund Ziqra’s education till the time she wants to study. Once she is done, I will fund another child. This is not just educating a child, but sending a strong message of peace and harmony,” said Singh.
Ziqra’s father is unemployed due to illness and her mother sews clothes from home.
A bright student Sachin Kumar (6) was also on the verge of being a drop out when Mohd Furqan instituted a scholarship in his father Haji Mohd Shafi’s memory.
“Sachin’s father, a rickshaw puller, was going to stop his education. The scholarship is a boon to the child who is good at studies,” said school co-ordinator Nahid Akhtar.
The scholarship comes to the aid of children who have potential to study but have to drop out of school because of lack of financial resources.
It also gives a message of communal harmony in times of strife,” said Furquan.
S2S Foundation has previously organised Shia-Sunni namaz on Eid-ul-Zuha, roza iftars at gurdwaras, participated in langars on Guru Parv, organised khichdi feast on Makar Sakranti among other activities for promoting communal harmony.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Lucknow News / TNN / April 10th, 2018
The Government Railway Police (GRP) at Varanasi railway station has opened a school meant to educate the underprivileged children living in the nearby slum clusters.
The school is attended by at least 40 students who are accused in petty theft cases, are drug addicts or are involved in menial jobs such as picking garbage.
GRP jawans, sub-inspectors, and CO rank officers have volunteered to teach these children.
A vacant room on platform no. 4 is being used to run the classes for the students and has been named “Ghumantu Pathshala” (Nomadic Classroom).
The police department is also tasked with providing study material and stationery for the students.
Normally, the classes are held for two hours every day where the students are taught about the basics of reading and writing.
An NGO, Sathi and Dare, has volunteered to help the children and counsel them about the benefits of attending school.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Varanasi News / TimesofIndia.com / March 14th, 2018
Students of a private institute in the city displayed more than 250 outfits based on different themes in a one-and-a-half-hour fashion show, as part of their annual festival.
The event was inaugurated by Dr Manisha Dwivedi, HOD, Department of Medicine, MLN Medical College, while Dr VK Mishra, Additional CMO, Allahabad, and Dr Ruchi Mittal, principal of the institute, welcomed the guests.
(L) Pushpa and Abhishek (R) Amrita (BCCL/ Pankaj Singh)(L) Atul and Somya (C) Chandni (R) Monika (BCCL
Arshima and Akansha commenced the show with their designs while Amrita and Richa were next with their collection of semi-formal Indo western wear. Pretty shades of peach with elaborate hand embroidery and creative ribbon embellishment made their dresses elegant, pretty and very cosmopolitan. The first year students took a break from heavy designing and walked the ramp in black outfits along with a tie and dye shrug, depicting a casual and sporty look.
(L) Narmata (R) Nitika, Ruchi and Pragya (BCCL/ Pankaj
Neha and Madhu presented a sequence of saris and lehenngas while Shivali, Reena and Nikita gave a mixed presentation of gowns, long skirts, pallazos, salwars in an Indo-western style. The show concluded with a very sleek presentation of Indo western outfits in animal prints presented by Saumya and Sangeeta.
(L) VK Mishra (C) Shivali (R) Preeti (BCCL/
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Allahabad News / TNN / April 07th, 2018
After a wait of 32 years, a meritorious Lucknow University student who is now vice chancellor of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Prof Manoj Dixit, received his two pending gold medals on Sunday.
The 56-year old who topped his masters in public administration in 1986 won the Raja Raghuvendra Pratap Singh and Suresh Chandra Bhasin gold medals for academics.
He couldn’t receive them then as the university did not hold a convocation that year. After being awarded, the VC took to social media posting old and present photographs.
“I won this medal at a young age and I am receiving it when I have lost all my hair. This shows how long the wait for the two medals was,” said Dixit.
Dixit has held various positions at Lucknow University too.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Lucknow News> Schools & Colleges / TNN / April 02nd, 2018
In 1989, a village pradhan walked into every household in Rampur village of Uttar Pradesh with a single motive. In every conversation with the villagers, he emphasised the need for education. A village that up till then did not have a school nor see the need for one, dismissed his idea. But this lack of interest did not deter Keshav Saran, who went on to make his dream of educating children come true.
Source: Kenfolios and Nek In India
Today, along with his son and daughter-in-law, he runs a school in Rampur with 1,320 students, of which 670 are girls. For someone who held classes in his own house, Keshav had to give up his four-acre agriculture land to build a school in the village. In 1988, when he was elected as the pradhan, he had greater plans for the village, which also included the school.
He started teaching the older community in the evenings, which was a good precedent to inspire the younger lot to follow his footsteps, says Kenfolios. Through the process, he also came to understand the apprehensions the villagers had in sending their children to schools beyond their own village. He says,
I used to earn Rs 200 every month and that was enough to sustain my family. Since we lived a simple lifestyle, I could save up to build the school in 1989.
When the student population increased, his house couldn’t accommodate the crowd, so moving into a nearby chaupal was the only option. Soon, this caught the attention of the government and the school was given the tag of ‘junior high school’ which is today famous as the ‘Keshav Inter College’.
Source: Kenfolios
Inspired by his father’s mission to educate the villagers, Keshav’s son, Krishna, joined him. Today, Krishna and his wife, along with 21 other teachers, manage the school, says a report by Nek in India.
In 2017, 450 students from Class X and Class XII gave their board exams. Most of these students are either pursuing their higher studies or have landed themselves a decent job.
source: http://www.yourstory.com / YourStory / Home> Social Story / Think Change India / March 29th, 2018
A 23-year-old Meerut youth has bagged this year’s prestigious Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award for developing “black box” for vehicles, a low-cost device which will alert emergency services at the time of accident.
On Board Diagnostic Data Analysis System (OBDAS) will not only send the location of the vehicle to the emergency services at the time of accident, but will also help automobile and insurance companies to track “real-time data” of the vehicle which can further be used in knowing the performance evaluation of the car to settle claims.
Archit Agarwal, a fourth year engineering student of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Uttarakhand was given the award on March 19 at Festival of Innovations (FOIN) organised in Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was chosen for this award under the ‘Most Innovative Product’ category.
According to Archit, the device will help in preventing deaths in vehicular accidents.
A resident of Meerut’s Sadar area, Archit is pursuing B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from UPES. He has four patents published in the field of automotive electronics and consumer electronics.
“After carefully examining the data of accidents in India, I found that majority of deaths took place because emergency services could not reach the spot on time. So, I planned to make OBDAS. It has a black box, which will be fitted below the steering wheel and another device that will be fitted on the dash board,” he told TOI.
“In case of an accident, the moment the air bags open, it will send an SMS alert to the emergency services and police with the location of the accident, name of the owner and the car number, thereby reducing the response time for them,” he said.
“The device will also fetch all the performance parameters of the car from over 200 sensors already fitted in the vehicle. It will convert them into information, which can be accessed from the cloud server,” Archit added.
The device will also reduce the number of fake claims that people make, he said.
Archit completed his schooling from Dewan Public School, Meerut and went on to pursue engineering from UPES.
Talking about his experience, Archit said, “To be at the Rashtrapati Bhavan was an overwhelming experience for me.
The competition was extremely tough with close to 13,000 projects from over 500 colleges across India. OBDAS is a low-cost universal solution for vehicles and it has many benefits.”
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Meerut News / by Ishita Bhatia / TNN / March 27th, 2018
The department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the King George’s Medical University has developed cost-effective knee braces for patients suffering from joint problems due to osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis can cause knee joints to become weak and bent, giving one’s leg bow-shaped appearance.(Representative image)
The department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has developed cost-effective knee braces for patients suffering from joint problems due to osteoarthritis.
“These braces correct joint deformity too. We developed these on the basis of patient feedback. One brace costs just about Rs1,000, while those being sold in the market are priced at around Rs20,000,” said Arvind K Nigam, in-charge arthrotec and prosthetics at the department.
Explaining how the braces work, he said, “The key benefit of these braces is their three-point pressure mechanism, which gives immediate relief from pain.”
Osteoarthritis can cause knee joints to become weak and bent, giving one’s leg bow-shaped appearance. Injuries can also impact the performance of the knee joint. Experts say when the gap between the femur and the tibia gets disturbed at the joint, it causes pain and discomfort while walking.
A common solution suggested by orthopedic surgeons is knee replacement that can sustain for up to 20 years. However, not all patients can afford the procedure, which costs around Rs2.5 lakh per knee.
On the other hand, knee braces can help patients recover faster from their injuries or function better in their everyday lives despite osteoarthritis.
“The load of the body gets shared at different points in the limb. So, the deformity is corrected, bringing relief to the patient,” said Nigam.
“I am not comparing knee braces with knee replacement surgery. But what I can say is that our knee braces are custom made, cost-effective and bring quick relief to patients. They can also support quality life for years,” he said, adding, “Moreover, if the patient is aged over 80 and a major surgery is considered risky, knee braces are the best solution.”
Story behind the Innovation
Nigam said he had been working on a knee brace model for some time when one of his acquaintances called on him last week. “He had come to seek consultation regarding his knee pain. I improvised the model I was working on and created a customised knee brace for him in just a day,” he said.
“With the help of this brace, the patient could walk for over 2.5 hours in our department. Before that, he was hardly able to walk for any appreciable length of time,” he added.
Nigam said that looking at his acquaintance’s improved condition, he thought of making customised knee braces for others too. “At present, 45 patients are registered with our department for these braces,” he said, adding that he would now start compiling patient data for research and development purposes.
source: http://www.hindustantimes.com / Hindustan Times / Home> Cities> Lucknow / by Gaurav Saigal,Hindustan Times, Lucknow / March 26th, 2018
The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) celebrated its first ever Researcher’s Day at its Jhalwa campus here on Saturday.
Eminent academicians and former director of the institute Prof Somenath Biswas from IIT-Kanpur along with Prof BN Chatterjee from IIT-Khargpur and Prof P Nagabushanam, director, IIIT-A jointly inaugurated the event by lighting the ceremonial lamp in a ceremony held in the main auditorium.
On this occasion, director of the institute Prof P Nagabhushan announced that from next year onward, ‘Researcher’s Day’ would be celebrated at IIIT-A on the first Saturday of the month of March which would follow the celebrations of the National Science Day, which is on February 28.
Addressing the students of the institute, the director asked the students to develop their scientific attitude to promote science in India. He asked the students to learn ‘how to answer?’ rather than ‘what to answer?’. He further said that researches should be for scientific purposes, but not for positions or to make money. Everyone should feel free to ask questions and have passion on researches. One should respect their own feelings and work according to them.
In his address, Prof Somenath Biswas presented his research work namely Computational Lens and Natural Algorithm. He stated that computational lens is used to model a phenomenon. He explained about natural algorithm that the myriad of algorithmic processes evolved by nature. He gave a short note on virus evolution.
Prof B N Chatterjee gave a power point presentation on planning and implementation of researches. He gave a short note on types of researches and stressed on academic researches. He said that one should select their research area according to their interest, passion and experience. He also explained importance of planning in research field.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Allahabad News / by Rajiv Mani / TNN / March 24th, 2018
Shikanto Mandal, 15, from Mathura, who had developed a unique machine to collect garbage, was invited by the President for dinner on Tuesday. However, it was cancelled at the last moment and the dinner was hosted by science and technology minister Dr Harsh Vardhan at the CSIR centre at Lodhi Gardens in New Delhi.
Mandal, who hails from West Bengal, had showcased his innovative machine at the Festival of Innovation being held in Delhi from March 19 to 23. Earlier speaking with TOI while on his way to New Delhi, Mandal said he had dined with then President Pranab Mukherjee during the Festival of Innovation.
The young inventor said hopes to become a successful engineer one day and fulfil all wishes of his parents and give them every comfort of life. Mandal’s parents are daily wagers. Talking with TOI, Mandal’s teacher Manoj Kumar, who helped him in his project and under whose guidance he built the machine, said he had developed the manual waste lifting and dumping machine when he was in Class IX at Jai Gurudev Balya Balak Vidyadan Higher Secondary School in 2016. He is presently studying in Class XI at KR Inter College, Mathura.
Mandal’s invention, inspired by Swacch Bharat Mission, was chosen for display at the district-level exhibition organized by the department of science and technology in 2016. His machine’s model was then showcased at a state-level exhibition held in Lucknow and later, at the national level.
His model has been patented by a Gujarat-based company, where he holds a 50% stake of the market share.
In January, Mandal was invited by film star Akshay Kumar his movie, “Padman”, screened at the Innovation conclave in which 16 innovators from across the country participated and received Rs 5 lakh each for their innovation.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Agra News / TNN / March 21st, 2018
