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SOURCE: Journal of Virology, April 1994;68(4):2632 -2648. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the Journal of Virology, "Analysis of the chromatin organization of the integrated human [...]

The article reports on the revelation of a large idol of Lord Hanuman at the Todds Road Hindu Temple in Trnidad and Tobago.

Gujarat coastline, with big industrial establishments along, may have been a major pillar to the country's economy, but it also faces a constant threat of natural calamities such as tsunami and cyclone. Prof TS Murty, renowned meteorologist and oceanographer and a member of Expert Advisory Group for Kalpsar project, has studied a lot about the impact of natural forces on the state's coastline. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the announcement of Hardik Trivedi, president of Jamnagar unit of National Students Union of India (NSUI), as the Gujarat state president of the student body, on August 3, the suspense hanging over the coveted post has come to a close. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Studying at country's premier technology institutes has just got costlier. The tuition fee for the B-Tech course at all the 20 National Institutes of Technology (NIT) has been increased three folds starting this academic year. Students enrolled for the course will have to shell out Rs17,500 just for the tuition fee which was Rs6,000 last year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Students of 15 engineering colleges affiliated with Gujarat University (GU) staged a protest on Monday against the decision of the varsity to remove full-time project in the 8th semester and introduction of three advanced subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A month before the courses offered by the Gujarat Forensic Science University commence, corporate firms have expressed an interest in engaging the services of its students once they graduate from the university. The forensic science university will begin functioning by the middle of August. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The state government has appointed former vice-chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) of Baroda, Manoj Soni as vice-chancellor of Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

You may be willing to walk the ends of the earth to find true love. But when it comes to maintaining good sex, the trek is much shorter. A new study shows it takes just two miles a day. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Gujarat Law Society (GLS) has once again proved its mettle by clinching seven out of 18 seats, uncontested, in the Gujarat University Court (senate). Among the 18 seats in the senate for which election was announced, 11 seats were for representatives of principals of GU affiliated colleges, two seats for representatives of managements of GU affiliated colleges and five seats for college teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In an attempt to build bridges between the Gujarati business community and Non-Resident Gujaratis, Lord Bhikhu Parekh, member of the House of Lords expressed the need for a national policy for Indian diaspora. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Colleges in the state are now being offered access to hundreds of e-journals and research resources across the world through the Information and Library Network (Inflibnet). So far only 150 universities had enjoyed access to Inflibnet. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The 17-year-old Mehsana girl who has alleged that she was raped several times in the last few months by one Vishnu Chaudhary seems to have become a victim of the perverse desires of a stalker. According to the FIR lodged in the case (a copy of which is in DNA's possession), Chaudhary was able to convince the girl that he just wanted to be her friend. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Those who fail to learn from history run the risk of repeating it. The serial blasts in Ahmedabad last July 26 have yet to be relegated to the pages of history, but the city seems perilously close to entertaining a repeat of the attack in view of the current security measures. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) and the Dr HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (DHLTITS) have added another feather in their crown under the leadership of Dr HL Trivedi. The institute located at the civil hospital campus, Asarva, has succeeded in developing a treatment for heart failure with the help of stem cell therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar is all set to welcome its second batch of 110 students. The new students will join the institute from July 22 onwards. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Temples in Ahmedabad may receive more footfalls than malls over the coming month, which is the religious month of Shravan according to the Hindu calendar, beginning from Wednesday. It is a month of religious festivals, mostly for devotees of the Shaiv, Vaishnav and Swaminarayan sects, who will offer pooja and fasts over the course of this period. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the commencement of its second academic year with a batch of nearly 110 students, the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-G), is planning to usher in a change by means of a new curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

While Ahmedabad is enjoying the cool monsoon breeze, temperature over Gujarat University campus is escalating due to the upcoming Gujarat University Court (senate) election scheduled on August 9. The election is being conducted to fill three posts - representative of governing bodies of affiliated colleges of GU in rural and Ahmedabad city, representative of professors and representatives of college principals. Apart from the present members of the Senate, many new candidates will be contesting the election. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) will form a 15 member committee to consider the recommendations made in the National Curriculum Framework - 2005. The committee will consider three suggestions that includes, making SSC examinations optional, whether the list of top 10 ranker in the result booklet of SSC and HSC should be kept or not and introducing semester system in class 11 and 12. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) is taking inspiration from the centre's project headed by Nandan Nilekani to give every Indian a unique identification number. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

From July 14, nearly five lakh students studying in the different universities of Gujarat will be simultaneously able to attend lectures delivered by some of the best teachers of the state. This has been made possible by a project of the State Higher Education Department that is to go on stream from July 14. The project aims to link up all the universities to create a 'virtual classroom' where any student studying at any university of the state can listen to a lecture delivered by some eminent teacher in Gandhinagar. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

From July 14, nearly five lakh students studying in the different universities of Gujarat will be simultaneously able to attend lectures delivered by some of the best teachers of the state. This has been made possible by a project of the State Higher Education Department that is to go on stream from July 14. The project aims to link up all the universities to create a 'virtual classroom' where any student studying at any university of the state can listen to a lecture delivered by some eminent teacher in Gandhinagar. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As in the case of other regional-language schools, a Malayalam-medium school run by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has also downed its shutters. The teachers of this school may have accepted the reality of the situation, but the pain of the school's closure is reflected in their eyes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

More children in Ahmedabad are learning English, the language of bright careers in a globalised world, but the growing appeal of English-medium institutions has obliterated around 85 primary schools that used regional languages. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It is not just the craze for going to an English medium schools that has brought down the number of children in the regional language schools managed by the municipal school board in the city. The concept of family planning has, of late, also played a role in bringing down the number of kids in such schools. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If it were not for the large number deaths from the consumption of spurious country-made liquor, it is possible that some sundry hooch deaths may have been registered as suicide from the consumption of poisonous pesticides. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The high-level Australian delegation that is in India to allay fears about Indian students being singled out for racist attacks in their country, assured worried parents in Ahmedabad on Tuesday that the attacks were not racist in nature. Delegation members said the Australian government was against all kinds of violence, including racist violence. Colin Walters, group manager of International Group, Australian Department of Education, who is heading the delegation, said that the Australian government was very serious about the security of foreign students. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The governments of India and Australia are considering joining hands to reduce the incidence of fraud in the field on education. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Questions on the safety of Indian students in Australia were raised by concerned parents who met a high-level Australian delegation in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The delegation is visiting eight major cities in India, including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai, between July 6 and 15. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The budget sent the stock markets tumbling and economists too are not very happy with it. Ravindra Dholakia, professor of economics at Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad and his wife Archana Dholakia, former professor of economics at Gujarat University feel that the government has lost a chance to improve the fiscal position. The duo also feels that the budget may lead to inflation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Geeta Vyas was talking about the day she lost her husband, Dushyant Vyas, and her elder son, Rohan. "We learnt from the news on TV that there had been serial blasts in the city," she said. "Like most people in Ahmedabad, we, too, had never thought that the civil hospital would also be hit. But when I heard that there had been a blast at the civil hospital, too, I was filled with fear as Rohan, Yash and their father had gone to the hospital. I...." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

At a time when Gujarat is expanding its horizons in the field of education with increasing number of universities, central government's approval for a Central University of Gujarat (CUG) is bound to give new dimensions to the field. Being former administrator at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Professor RK Kale, the first vice-chancellor of CUG, has an invaluable experience in the world of academia and he has also made significant contribution in cancer and radiation biology. He shares his vision with DNA's Paras K Jha about his future plans for the CUG. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Central University of Gujarat (CUG) - the university set up by the union government in the state - has commenced its operations with the appointment of JNU Professor RK Kale as its first vice-chancellor. The admission process for five courses in humanities and social sciences at the university has already begun and the courses are likely to start from mid-August. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

You need not worry if you couldn't perform well in the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) in 2010 for admission to MBA and MCA courses in the state. You may very well get a second chance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Displaying exemplary determination and courage, the victim of the gangrape at the District Institute of Education & Training (DIET), Patan, has stood sixth in Patan district and has secured 86.40 per cent marks in the state's PTC examination. The exam results were declared on Thursday (July 2). She is now planning to study for a [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Apart from traditional budgetary allocations in the state education sector, the Gujarat government has allocated more than Rs412 crore under the new planned initiatives in the state budget for the financial year 2009-10. Not only will Ahmedabad get new government English-medium commerce college at Naroda in Kubernagar area, the staff and infrastructural crisis at government commerce and arts college in Maninagar will also be resolved this financial year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

There seems to be a new business in town - the buying and selling of functioning schools - and, for a commission, some schoolteachers are working as middlemen between potential buyers and sellers. There are reports that schools located in middle and lower middle class localities of Ahmedabad have received postcards from a 'broker' offering to facilitate the purchase and sale of all kinds of school. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With improvement in human development index high on the agenda of the state budget for the year 2009-10, players in the education sector expect radical changes in the system. Veteran educationists are of the opinion that reforms in this crucial segment are vital to put the state at par with the other leading states. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Educationists strongly feel the need for reforms in education, but wonder what will happen if the decision to abolish class X exam turns out to be wrong. They are unison in their view that reforms should be done only after a thorough national debate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Though the accounts of the last financial year of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) presented in a meeting of its board of governors indicated a deficit, some at the premier business school believe that there is actually a surplus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Rising above party politics, Gujarat's BJP government has, in general, welcomed Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal's proposal to make Class 10 board examinations optional and have a single school board at the all-India level. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Kanya Kelavani Praveshotsav (Girl Education Enrollment Drive) received an overwhelming response from the people on the first day of its launch at the AMC-run Amraiwadi Gujarati School number 14. Hasmukh Adhia, principal secretary of the education, attended the Kanya Kelavani Praveshotsav along with state education minister Ramanlal Vora and witnessed the enrolment of 146 children in class I in the school. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Students have embraced the proposal of Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal to scrap the class X board examinations and hold a uniform test across the country, but educationists in Ahmedabad have lent a touch of apprehension while welcoming it. Some of the latter have raised questions on the feasibility of 'one nation, one board' idea. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

While Ahmedabad is expanding its horizons at a steady pace, followers of Lord Jagannath don't want to miss the presence of his chariot in their areas on the occasion of Rathyatra. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the appointment of noted educationist Dr Kireet Joshi as its first executive chairperson, the recently set up Gujarat Educational Innovations Commission (GEIC) is expected to embark on its mission of bringing a revolution in the education system in Gujarat. Joshi is now an education adviser to chief minister Narendra Modi. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Between 10 and 14 new science colleges, offering professional courses including those in biotechnology, bio-informatics, environmental science, forensic science, nano science and genetic science, are likely to be formed under Gujarat University. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

"Rape" - the word itself conjures up horrifying scenes. I had never dealt with a rape victim except what I saw in the hindi movies. My earliest experience with rape victims was when I was doing my internship in Obste-Gynaec. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With a significant increase in number of seats in professional courses in medical and engineering branches from this academic year, more than 2,000 of 4,200 seats in science colleges may be left vacant this year. The phenomenon may not be a new one, but academicians apprehend that this trend will lead to scarcity of research scientists in the field of pure sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]