Eight institutes from UP among top 100 in India
LUCKNOW : Eight higher education institutes from Uttar Pradesh made it to the list of top 100 Indian institutes in the overall category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings-2021 released by the ministry of education on Thursday. While five of these are central institutes, two are private and one is a state-run medical university (KGMU).
As per the rankings, central institutes including the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur ranked 5th, Banaras Hindu University 10th, Aligarh Muslim University 18th, IT (BHU) 28th while Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Prayagraj ranked 88th. Private institutes, including Amity Univesity in Gautam Buddha Nagar, ranked 43rd and Shiv Nadar University in Dadri ranked 84th. The King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow ranked 60th.
NEW DELHI : As several districts in Uttar Pradesh are battling the outbreak of viral fever, the Indian Council of Medical Research on Thursday confirmed that they have found the D2 strain of dengue in these specimens. This strain is deadlier and often cause haemorrhage. It also impacts the platelet count. “The only prevention is to stop the breeding of mosquitos. Dengue is also a deadly disease,” ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said.
This dengue outbreak was reported from Ferozabad, Mathura and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, while mosquito-borne diseases overall are on the rise across the country, the health ministry said. “We must have adequate preparation to fight dengue and malaria, apart from Covid as these cases are on the rise and also because of the monsoon season. We must cover ourselves and use mosquito repellant, mosquito nets and should not allow mosquitos to breed,” Niti Aayog chairman Dr VK Paul said.
“Do not take any fever lightly.
Be it malaria, dengue or Covid. Our focus should not move from Covid, but dengue can be deadly too and there is no vaccination. It is also difficult to tell who is more susceptible to dengue. And then there is no vaccination,” Dr Paul added.