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IIT Kharagpur to Open Medical School in Partnership with US University

Region: India

India’s oldest IIT is all set to open an in campus Medical School in collaboration with California University, San Diego and would offer Bachelor, Masters, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral degrees along side its Engineering degrees. As per Damodar Acharya, the director of the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur), the project is likely to kick off with the opening of a 350-bed hospital in 2011. A memorandum to this effect was signed between the IIT and California University (CU) on 18th... more

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No Headway in Tripartite ’Gorkhaland’ Meet but Solace for Gurung

Santosh Kumar Agarwal3 months ago

Region: India

As was expected, the tripartite talks on ‘Gorkhaland’ issue in New Delhi on 11th Aug’09 could not produce any tangible results. However Bimal Gurung and Co scored a moral and notional win over their archrival Subash Ghisingh by forging a consensus on abandoning the bill on sixth schedule and scrapping the existing Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC), created in 1988 after an agreement with GNLF supremo Subash Ghisingh. It was learnt that the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) ... more

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