Clashes Erupt Along Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Potentially Reigniting An Old Conflict | CNN9/13/2022 CNN — A decades-old conflict may be on the verge of reigniting, as reports emerged this week of attacks along the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The Armenian Defense Ministry claimed Azerbaijan Armed Forces conducted artillery strikes toward Armenian border towns Tuesday morning. According to the Armenian Defense Ministry, the strike included drones and large-caliber firearms fired in the direction of Goris, Sotk, and Jermuk. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense responded with a statement acknowledging the strikes, but said the strikes are “small-scale” and “aim to ensure the security of Azerbaijan’s borders.” On Monday, Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenian forces of firing in small arms in the directions of the Novoivanovka settlement of Gadabay region and Husulu settlement of Lachin region near the border of the two countries. Armenia denied the allegations. Last month, the two countries clashed over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, a landlocked area between Eastern Europe and Western Asia that is populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians but located in Azerbaijani territory. The unrest in the region is decades old, dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the region, backed by Armenia, declared independence from Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has long claimed it will retake the territory, which is internationally recognized as Azerbaijani. Russia, an Armenian security ally, maintains a peacekeeping force in the region after brokering a ceasefire agreement in early November 2020, ending an almost two-month conflict that killed at least 6,500 people, according to Reuters. On Monday evening, the US issued a call for the “immediate cessation of hostilities,” according to a statement from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s office. “The United States is deeply concerned about reports of attacks along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, including reported strikes against settlements and civilian infrastructure inside Armenia,” Blinken said. “As we have long made clear, there can be no military solution to the conflict. We urge an end to any military hostilities immediately.” from https://digitalalaskanews.com/clashes-erupt-along-armenia-azerbaijan-border-potentially-reigniting-an-old-conflict-cnn/ from https://digitalalaskanews.weebly.com/blog/clashes-erupt-along-armenia-azerbaijan-border-potentially-reigniting-an-old-conflict-cnn from https://gaylefelix.blogspot.com/2022/09/clashes-erupt-along-armenia-azerbaijan.html from https://gaylefelix.weebly.com/blog/clashes-erupt-along-armenia-azerbaijan-border-potentially-reigniting-an-old-conflict-cnn from https://fredmika.blogspot.com/2022/09/clashes-erupt-along-armenia-azerbaijan.html
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Rajlakshmi Ghosh | Posted on Tuesday, September 13,2022 09:00 Intro: Institutes have undertaken several measures to address issues of gender disparity, the supernumerary seats for girls have been instrumental in their increaseWith a steady rise in the number of girls qualifying for , the number of girls enrolling in the IITs is also on the rise. But what has significantly helped their case is the introduction of launched in 2018 when the IIT admissions council decided to include 800 (14%) additional seats for the girls across the 23 IITs. In 2019, the numbers rose to 946 (17%) female-only seats, though the target was to reach at least 20% by 2020. In 2021, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) decided to allow individual IITs to fix the female enrolments with the attainment of the 20% target in many IITs, while there were some that managed to even exceed the goal. “Prior to the supernumerary quota, it was observed that out of the 20% of girls students who could have joined the IITs, only 8% of girls were seeking admission in the IITs. This could be attributed to their parents who were not inclined towards sending their girls to the far away IITs and admitting them instead to the NITs, IIITs nearer home. The supernumerary seats were started to give the girls a better chance of joining the IITs in close proximity to their homes and settling for their preferred course,” says V Ramgopal Rao, former director, , underlining that data collected by IIT Delhi showed girls were performing better than boys by one-grade point average. “This provided further impetus to create more seats for the girls. This year, the seats are likely to hit the 20% mark, signifying one in five students will be girls in all the IITs. They will also be a role model for other girls to follow in their footsteps,” Rao says. Supernumerary seats apart, the IITs have undertaken several measures in the last few years to address issues of gender disparity, be it conducting outreach programmes in schools around their institute, offering scholarships to the enrolled female students or inviting parents of the girls for special interactive sessions. “But the introduction of the supernumerary seats for women students qualifying JEE has been largely instrumental in their increase, says Preeti Aghalayam, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, who is mentoring women researchers and is also part of several initiatives on ‘Women in STEM’. Pointing to the fact that currently, there are 20% women in BTech classes, and 25-35% in other programmes (PhD, MS, etc) at IIT Madras, every BTech class at the institute, irrespective of the department (Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace, etc) is composed of (almost exactly) 20% women students. “Supernumerary seats have made a difference in pulling up the numbers of women students in our BTech programmes, overall and in every single stream,” Aghalayam adds. If in Aerospace Engineering, there are 20.6% girl students, in Computer Science and Engineering, the number is a tad lower at 19.8%, while in Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering the figures are 20.9% and 20.6% respectively. She further elaborates, “The institute conducts several sessions to dispel doubts, prominent among them is a special session for all women students who qualify JEE Advanced, which is done in an interactive webinar mode. Recently, we have launched the ‘Ask IITM’ portal which serves as a resource for parents/students to ask questions which are answered by a big team (including alumni). In-person sessions are being conducted in Chennai, Vijaywada and Hyderabad, with professor V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras, and several prominent IIT Madras alumni interacting with the students. This will give a clear picture of what to expect at IIT Madras and hopefully encourage top-ranked women students to join us,” Aghalayam adds. At , over the last 5 years, there was an increase of around 37% in the number of overall admissions to the UG programmes. “The increase in the admissions of girl students was 218 % in the same period,” says AK Sharma, dean, Academics, IIT Roorkee, explaining that the campus’ gender-neutral approach across all programmes has attracted more girls to enrol for UG courses. “There has been a continued increase in girl students being admitted, but it is too early to assess the impact of supernumerary seats,” he adds. Professor Shalabh, dean, Academic Affairs, , reasons even as the IITs have seen an increase in the number of female students in recent years, however, once admitted, it is difficult to ascertain whether the candidate was admitted with or without a supernumerary seat. “After their selection in the IITs, there are various counselling services/sessions offered by the departments to clear the doubts, especially of the female students, and motivate them in their journey ahead with the IITs,” he adds. from https://digitalalaskanews.com/w-2/ from https://digitalalaskanews.weebly.com/blog/w from https://gaylefelix.blogspot.com/2022/09/w.html from https://gaylefelix.weebly.com/blog/w2890573 from https://fredmika.blogspot.com/2022/09/w_13.html Rajlakshmi Ghosh | Posted on Tuesday, September 13,2022 09:00 Intro: Institutes have undertaken several measures to address issues of gender disparity, the supernumerary seats for girls have been instrumental in their increaseWith a steady rise in the number of girls qualifying for , the number of girls enrolling in the IITs is also on the rise. But what has significantly helped their case is the introduction of launched in 2018 when the IIT admissions council decided to include 800 (14%) additional seats for the girls across the 23 IITs. In 2019, the numbers rose to 946 (17%) female-only seats, though the target was to reach at least 20% by 2020. In 2021, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) decided to allow individual IITs to fix the female enrolments with the attainment of the 20% target in many IITs, while there were some that managed to even exceed the goal. “Prior to the supernumerary quota, it was observed that out of the 20% of girls students who could have joined the IITs, only 8% of girls were seeking admission in the IITs. This could be attributed to their parents who were not inclined towards sending their girls to the far away IITs and admitting them instead to the NITs, IIITs nearer home. The supernumerary seats were started to give the girls a better chance of joining the IITs in close proximity to their homes and settling for their preferred course,” says V Ramgopal Rao, former director, , underlining that data collected by IIT Delhi showed girls were performing better than boys by one-grade point average. “This provided further impetus to create more seats for the girls. This year, the seats are likely to hit the 20% mark, signifying one in five students will be girls in all the IITs. They will also be a role model for other girls to follow in their footsteps,” Rao says. Supernumerary seats apart, the IITs have undertaken several measures in the last few years to address issues of gender disparity, be it conducting outreach programmes in schools around their institute, offering scholarships to the enrolled female students or inviting parents of the girls for special interactive sessions. “But the introduction of the supernumerary seats for women students qualifying JEE has been largely instrumental in their increase, says Preeti Aghalayam, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, who is mentoring women researchers and is also part of several initiatives on ‘Women in STEM’. Pointing to the fact that currently, there are 20% women in BTech classes, and 25-35% in other programmes (PhD, MS, etc) at IIT Madras, every BTech class at the institute, irrespective of the department (Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace, etc) is composed of (almost exactly) 20% women students. “Supernumerary seats have made a difference in pulling up the numbers of women students in our BTech programmes, overall and in every single stream,” Aghalayam adds. If in Aerospace Engineering, there are 20.6% girl students, in Computer Science and Engineering, the number is a tad lower at 19.8%, while in Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering the figures are 20.9% and 20.6% respectively. She further elaborates, “The institute conducts several sessions to dispel doubts, prominent among them is a special session for all women students who qualify JEE Advanced, which is done in an interactive webinar mode. Recently, we have launched the ‘Ask IITM’ portal which serves as a resource for parents/students to ask questions which are answered by a big team (including alumni). In-person sessions are being conducted in Chennai, Vijaywada and Hyderabad, with professor V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras, and several prominent IIT Madras alumni interacting with the students. This will give a clear picture of what to expect at IIT Madras and hopefully encourage top-ranked women students to join us,” Aghalayam adds. At , over the last 5 years, there was an increase of around 37% in the number of overall admissions to the UG programmes. “The increase in the admissions of girl students was 218 % in the same period,” says AK Sharma, dean, Academics, IIT Roorkee, explaining that the campus’ gender-neutral approach across all programmes has attracted more girls to enrol for UG courses. “There has been a continued increase in girl students being admitted, but it is too early to assess the impact of supernumerary seats,” he adds. Professor Shalabh, dean, Academic Affairs, , reasons even as the IITs have seen an increase in the number of female students in recent years, however, once admitted, it is difficult to ascertain whether the candidate was admitted with or without a supernumerary seat. “After their selection in the IITs, there are various counselling services/sessions offered by the departments to clear the doubts, especially of the female students, and motivate them in their journey ahead with the IITs,” he adds. from https://digitalalaskanews.com/w-2/ from https://digitalalaskanews.weebly.com/blog/w from https://gaylefelix.blogspot.com/2022/09/w.html from https://gaylefelix.weebly.com/blog/w from https://fredmika.blogspot.com/2022/09/w.html Rajlakshmi Ghosh | Posted on Tuesday, September 13,2022 09:00 Intro: Institutes have undertaken several measures to address issues of gender disparity, the supernumerary seats for girls have been instrumental in their increaseWith a steady rise in the number of girls qualifying for , the number of girls enrolling in the IITs is also on the rise. But what has significantly helped their case is the introduction of launched in 2018 when the IIT admissions council decided to include 800 (14%) additional seats for the girls across the 23 IITs. In 2019, the numbers rose to 946 (17%) female-only seats, though the target was to reach at least 20% by 2020. In 2021, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) decided to allow individual IITs to fix the female enrolments with the attainment of the 20% target in many IITs, while there were some that managed to even exceed the goal. “Prior to the supernumerary quota, it was observed that out of the 20% of girls students who could have joined the IITs, only 8% of girls were seeking admission in the IITs. This could be attributed to their parents who were not inclined towards sending their girls to the far away IITs and admitting them instead to the NITs, IIITs nearer home. The supernumerary seats were started to give the girls a better chance of joining the IITs in close proximity to their homes and settling for their preferred course,” says V Ramgopal Rao, former director, , underlining that data collected by IIT Delhi showed girls were performing better than boys by one-grade point average. “This provided further impetus to create more seats for the girls. This year, the seats are likely to hit the 20% mark, signifying one in five students will be girls in all the IITs. They will also be a role model for other girls to follow in their footsteps,” Rao says. Supernumerary seats apart, the IITs have undertaken several measures in the last few years to address issues of gender disparity, be it conducting outreach programmes in schools around their institute, offering scholarships to the enrolled female students or inviting parents of the girls for special interactive sessions. “But the introduction of the supernumerary seats for women students qualifying JEE has been largely instrumental in their increase, says Preeti Aghalayam, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, who is mentoring women researchers and is also part of several initiatives on ‘Women in STEM’. Pointing to the fact that currently, there are 20% women in BTech classes, and 25-35% in other programmes (PhD, MS, etc) at IIT Madras, every BTech class at the institute, irrespective of the department (Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace, etc) is composed of (almost exactly) 20% women students. “Supernumerary seats have made a difference in pulling up the numbers of women students in our BTech programmes, overall and in every single stream,” Aghalayam adds. If in Aerospace Engineering, there are 20.6% girl students, in Computer Science and Engineering, the number is a tad lower at 19.8%, while in Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering the figures are 20.9% and 20.6% respectively. She further elaborates, “The institute conducts several sessions to dispel doubts, prominent among them is a special session for all women students who qualify JEE Advanced, which is done in an interactive webinar mode. Recently, we have launched the ‘Ask IITM’ portal which serves as a resource for parents/students to ask questions which are answered by a big team (including alumni). In-person sessions are being conducted in Chennai, Vijaywada and Hyderabad, with professor V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras, and several prominent IIT Madras alumni interacting with the students. This will give a clear picture of what to expect at IIT Madras and hopefully encourage top-ranked women students to join us,” Aghalayam adds. At , over the last 5 years, there was an increase of around 37% in the number of overall admissions to the UG programmes. “The increase in the admissions of girl students was 218 % in the same period,” says AK Sharma, dean, Academics, IIT Roorkee, explaining that the campus’ gender-neutral approach across all programmes has attracted more girls to enrol for UG courses. “There has been a continued increase in girl students being admitted, but it is too early to assess the impact of supernumerary seats,” he adds. Professor Shalabh, dean, Academic Affairs, , reasons even as the IITs have seen an increase in the number of female students in recent years, however, once admitted, it is difficult to ascertain whether the candidate was admitted with or without a supernumerary seat. “After their selection in the IITs, there are various counselling services/sessions offered by the departments to clear the doubts, especially of the female students, and motivate them in their journey ahead with the IITs,” he adds. from https://digitalalaskanews.com/w-2/ from https://digitalalaskanews.weebly.com/blog/w from https://gaylefelix.blogspot.com/2022/09/w.html from https://gaylefelix.weebly.com/blog/w from https://fredmika.blogspot.com/2022/09/w.html |
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