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Committee on UGC draft regulations submit report to Bengal Education Minister; call V-C selection process “catastrophic”

Committee on UGC draft regulations submit report to Bengal Education Minister; call V-C selection process “catastrophic”

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University Grants Commission (UGC). | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma   A committee of academicians appointed by the West Bengal government on the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft regulation submits its report to the State government on Thursday (January 30, 2025). They offered multiple recommendations and changes in the regulations. Committee members condemned the attempts made to undermine the federal structures and called for a redrafting of the regulations.  Also Read | Students told to send emails to UGC over draft regulations The committee in its report has called for the selection and eligibility criteria for any University’s Vice-Chancellor (VC) appointment mentioned in the draft regulations “catastrophic”. According to their observations, the academicians who were part of the committee have said that the appointment process meets no basic educational standards and opens multiple avenues for “politicising” of the academic posts.  The Committee led by Prof. Debnarayan Bandopadhyay and seven other academics like, Prof. Nimai Chandra Saha, Dr. Dipak Kumar Kar, Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Prof. Sabuj K Chaudhury, Prof. Sauren Bandopadhyay, Dr. Debajyoti Konar and Convenor …

Wildfires Threaten 67th Annual Awards As LA Faces Catastrophic Devastation

Wildfires Threaten 67th Annual Awards As LA Faces Catastrophic Devastation

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Are the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Limbo due to wildfires? (Photo Credit – Instagram) The fate of the 67th Annual Grammy Awards hangs in the balance as Southern California battles the relentless fury of wildfires ravaging Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Scheduled for February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena, the glittering ceremony, where Beyonce leads the pack with an impressive 11 nominations, might face delays or a dramatic transformation. Look at the aftermath of LA wildfire.🔥 📛What do you want to tell them? pic.twitter.com/WnduM2NczW — Mr.S3see (@denis_moyo13) January 11, 2025 Grammy Awards: Talks of Delays and Alternate Plans Talks of rescheduling or reimagining the Grammys as a fundraising event are gaining traction, according to insiders who spoke with The Hollywood Reporter. Harvey Mason Jr., head of the Recording Academy, is said to be exploring all options. Among them is a benefit concert in partnership with MusiCares, a nonprofit that extends critical aid to music professionals in need. The flames, fueled by ferocious Santa Ana winds, erupted earlier this week and have left a …

Canada warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian conditions in Gaza | News Today News

Canada warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian conditions in Gaza | News Today News

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Canada’s foreign minister on Thursday expressed deep concern about “catastrophic” humanitarian conditions across Gaza and warned about “the life-threatening levels of acute malnutrition.” Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly cited a November. 8 report by the Famine Review Committee that found a strong likelihood that famine is occurring or imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip. The committee has previously found that 133,000 people in Gaza were facing catastrophic food insecurity. “This means that civilians – men, women and children – are dying because of the lack of humanitarian assistance allowed into Gaza,” she said in a joint statement with International Development Minister Ahmend Hussen. The statement said not enough aid is reaching those who rely on it for survival and humanitarian agencies and humanitarian workers continue to face preventable impediments. Israel must abide by its obligations under international humanitarian law and provide a significant and sustained increase to humanitarian assistance for the civilian population, it added. Hamas-led gunmen attacked Israel in October last year, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages, according …

Researcher reveals ‘catastrophic’ security flaw in the Arc browser

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Arc has a feature called Boosts that allows you to customize any website with custom CSS and Javascript. Since running arbitrary Javascript on websites has potential security concerns, we opted not to make Boosts with custom Javascript shareable across members, but we still synced them to our server so that your own Boosts are available across devices. We use Firebase as the backend for certain Arc features (more on this below), and use it to persist Boosts for both sharing and syncing across devices. Unfortunately our Firebase ACLs (Access Control Lists, the way Firebase secures endpoints) were misconfigured, which allowed users Firebase requests to change the creatorID of a Boost after it had been created. This allowed any Boost to be assigned to any user (provided you had their userID), and thus activate it for them, leading to custom CSS or JS running on the website the boost was active on. Source link

Cyclone Mandous Makes Landfall With Catastrophic Winds In Tamil Nadu

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Cyclone Mandous centered at about 15 km southeast of Mamallapuram at 11:30 pm on Friday. Chennai: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that the landfall process of cyclonic storm Mandous will be completed within a few hours. Cyclone Mandous centered at about 15 km southeast of Mamallapuram at 11:30 pm. “CS Mandous centered at 2330 IST close to the north Tamilnadu coast about 15 km SE to Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) and 60 km SSE of Chennai. The landfall process continues and will be completed within a few hours,” the IMD said in a tweet at 1:14 am. After Cyclone Mandous made landfall off Mamallapuram, several parts of Chennai are facing heavy rainfall and strong winds. #WATCH | Heavy rains with strong winds in Pattinapakkam area of Chennai as landfall process of cyclone #Mandous begins. pic.twitter.com/tVFN7nbPYH — ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2022 Waterlogging was also reported in Pattinampakkam as heavy rains continue to lash Chennai. The IMD also predicted moderate to heavy rain at a few places over Ranipettai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Tiruvannamalai, Salem, Kallakkurichi, Thirupattur …