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Holidays in educational institutions are crucial for a balanced learning environment, providing essential breaks for students and staff. This article emphasizes the significance of strategically timed holidays, fostering a healthier academic atmosphere. It highlights the dual role of holidays in offering much-needed rest and enabling students to explore extracurricular activities. The provided school calendar for February 2024 showcases a well-planned approach, ensuring a harmonious blend of academics and personal development for a comprehensive educational experience.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the 2024-25 interim Budget, announced plans to establish more medical colleges using existing hospital infrastructure, emphasizing improved healthcare services. A committee will examine this initiative. Additionally, the government aims to boost vaccination for girls aged 9-14 to prevent cervical cancer. Maternal and child healthcare schemes will be streamlined, and Ayushman Bharat healthcare coverage will extend to ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers, and helpers. The U-WIN platform for immunization management and Mission Indradhanush efforts will be rapidly implemented nationwide.

The UPSSSC has announced the UPSSSC Pharmaceutical Ayurvedic Notification 2024, inviting candidates to apply online for the Pharmaceutical Ayurvedic Main Exam 2023. Those interested can submit their applications through the official website, upsssc.gov.in, starting from February 12, 2024. Check out the article below for more information.

The NTA is opening registration for JEE Main 2024 Session 2 today. Candidates can register on jeemain.nta.ac.in. The session 1 exams concluded, and provisional answer keys will be released soon. Nearly 14 lakh candidates registered for session 1.

The ICAI will begin the registration round for CA Foundation, Intermediate, and Final exams for the May 2024 session. Candidates can register on the official website till February 23, 2024.

Delhi High Court displeased with acrimony between government departments stalling payment of dues for school buildings. Court directs matter to be placed before Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Cabinet decision needed for release of top up fund for payment.

Chhattisgarh's School Education Minister requested the Centre to open Navodaya Vidyalayas and Kendriya Vidyalayas in all districts of the state. He also urged the Centre to increase its share in government-sponsored schemes related to education. The minister emphasized the need for more funding in higher education and the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines for Higher Education Institutions to provide 'Equitable Opportunities to Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in line with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The UGC recommended implementation of bridge courses, earn-while-learn schemes, and outreach programmes to improve educational opportunities.

The Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission has announced the exam date and issued important instructions for the Bihar Police Sub Inspector recruitment 2023 Main Exam. The Phase 2 mains exam is scheduled for February 25, 2024. Admit cards will be available on February 6, 2024, and candidates must bring photo ID proof to the exam venue.

Scientists developed a new method to map exactly how a fungus works with leafcutter ants in a complex microbial community to degrade plant material at the molecular level. The team's insights are important for biofuels development.

Disrupted function of 'cleaning cells' in the body may help to explain why some people with obesity develop type 2 diabetes, while others do not. A study describes this newly discovered mechanism.

New results reveal a new mode of force transmission in which dynamic molecular stretching bridges the extracellular matrix and flowing F-actin moving at different speeds. This discovery underscores the necessity of molecular elasticity and random coupling for sufficiently transmitting force. The findings also call for revising the role of molecular unfolding.

Zebrafish are smaller than your little finger, with a brain no more than half the size of a pinhead. Yet these animals possess an efficient navigation system that enables them to find their way back to spots in the water where the temperature suits them.

Researchers have developed a method to study liver function and disease without requiring invasive procedures. After transplanting liver cells into the eye of mice, the cornea can be used as a window into the body to monitor liver health over time.

It's an achievement with important implications for scientists studying the brain and working on treatments for a broad range of neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

Researchers have been skeptical that recent AI advances can tell us much about human learning and development. To address this, a team training an AI model, not on massive data, but on the input that a single child receives. Their findings showed that the model could learn a substantial number of words and concepts using limited slices of what the child experienced.

We often think of fish as carefree swimmers in the ocean, reacting to the world around them without much forethought. However, new research suggests that our marine cousins may be more cognizant than we credit them for. Fish may be counting vertical bars on intruders to determine their threat level, and to inform the social hierarchy governing their sea anemone colonies.

Many bacteria form an antibiotic-resistant slime. Research detailing that slime's structure could help lead to new treatments.

Researchers have captured the world's first high-resolution images of the earliest moments of microtubules forming inside human cells. The findings lay the foundations for potential breakthroughs in treating many different types of diseases ranging from cancer to neurodevelopmental disorders.

A new study identifies an easily measured biophysical property that can identify Type 2 diabetics at increased risk for liver cancer who don't meet current screening guidelines.