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Today, India celebrates the <keyword id="68074" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Education-Day">National Education Day</keyword> 2019 to mark the birth anniversary of the country’s first Education Minister <keyword id="255326" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maulana-Abdul-Kalam-Azad">Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad</keyword>. In September 2008, the Human Resource and Development Ministry declared November 11 as the National Education Day. Maulana, who shaped the scientific research and education system believed that schools are laboratories that will shape the future of the country. He established the country’s first elite engineering college — Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He also founded the University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) among others. Here are the <keyword id="747357" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="educational-reforms">educational reforms</keyword> that India witnessed in the recent times.

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<ul><li>India accounts for only 0.25% of the 4,000 highly-cited scientists across the globe, according to <keyword id="4393714" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="clarivate-analytics">Clarivate Analytics</keyword>. </li><li>The number has doubled since 2017 but that’s only because the company added an additional category to include ‘cross field’ researchers. </li><li>India’s neighboring country, <keyword id="1334" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="China">China</keyword>, stands at the third position with nearly 482 scientists.</li></ul>With only 10 Indian scientists featuring in the list of 4,000 highly-cited researchers across the globe, the country lags far behind China in new contributions towards science and innovation,<a href="https://clarivate.com/blog/news/global-highly-cited-researchers-2018-list-reveals-influential-scientific-researchers-and-their-institutions/"> said a recent report by</a> Clarivate Analytics — a company that names people with multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year. Interestingly, most of the science experts listed do not come from highly ranked institutes in India that are always creating buzz for their scientific innovation. However, a professor from each IIT-Kanpur, IIT Madras, JNU, and NIT-Bhopal are on the global list. Meanwhile, China is among the top three countries with 482 science experts. India couldn’t even make it up to the top 10 countries. <keyword id="23050" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sweden">Sweden</keyword> (53%), Austria (53%), Singapore (47%), Denmark (47%), China (43%) and South Korea (42%) are among the nations that have 40% of their Highly Cited Researchers selected in the cross-field category. India and China used to be on the same page in terms of contribution about 15 years ago but now China accounts for nearly 16% This could be considered a victory for India since the number of scientists on the list has doubled since 2017. But Dinesh Mohan, one of the scientists on the list, says that’s only because the report includes an additional category of ‘cross field’ researchers. The list highlights the need to improve the research ecosystem in India and deal with <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06048-2">problems </a>like predatory journals. According to experts, Indian academicians lack focus on quality research. Ashok Pandey, a researcher featured on the list, claims that poor representation in science is a matter of national concern and need to be addressed by lawmakers, government and other respective stakeholders. Analysts add that India has a negligible representation in the world’s highly cited researchers primarily because the nature of research is theoretical. Here are the Indian figures featured on the list - Alok Mittal <ul><li>Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology </li><li>Specialisation: Environmental Science, Water Treatment and Chemistry. </li></ul>Ashok Pandey <ul><li>Council of Scientific &amp; Industrial Research (CSIR)</li><li>Specialisation: Microbial and Enzyme Technology, Food and Fermentation Technology Industrial Biotechnology </li></ul>Rajeev Varshney <ul><li>International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics</li><li>Specialisation: Applied Genomics, Molecular breeding, Crop Biotechnology. </li></ul>Jyoti Mittal <ul><li>Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology </li><li>Specialisation: Environmental Science, Water Treatment and Surface Chemistry. </li></ul>Dinesh Mohan <ul><li>Jawaharlal Nehru University</li><li>Specialisation: Water and wastewater monitoring, biofuels products. </li></ul><keyword id="3690833" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="avinash-kumar-agarwal">Avinash Kumar Agarwal</keyword> <ul><li>IIT-Kanpur</li><li>Specialisation: bio butanol, biodiesel development, Engine combustion investigation.</li></ul>Rajnish Kumar <ul><li>IIT-Madras</li><li>Specialisation: Carbon dioxide capture, methane and hydrogen storage, and Gas hydrates. </li></ul>Sanjeeb Sahbo <ul><li>Institute of Life Sciences,</li><li>Specialisation: Use of nanotechnology in cancer drug delivery, especially cancer cure</li></ul>CNR Rao: Is <keyword id="100256" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharat-Ratna">Bharat Ratna</keyword> <ul><li>Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research</li><li>Specialisation: Structural Chemistry, solid state, and material chemistry</li></ul>Sakthivel Rathinaswamy <ul><li>Bharathiar University</li><li>Specialisation: Applied Mathematics (control theory)</li></ul>See more- <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/latest/culture-of-fear-india-fifth-deadliest-country-for-journalists/articleshow/67178072.cms">Culture of fear — India fifth ‘deadliest’ country for journalists</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/miners-trapped-in-meghalaya-for-over-two-weeks/articleshow/67257937.cms">15 miners have been trapped in a rat hole mine for two weeks — Indian government at a loss for solutions</a>

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New Delhi, Apr 21 () Maulana Azad National Urdu University VC Firoz Bakht Ahmed, who is also the grandnephew of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to extend the coronavirus lockdown for the entire month of Ramzan till May 24."Care should be taken that the lockdown should not be lifted till May 24, the day when Ramzan month ends. If it is lifted on May 3, a time when corona will be ripening to its peak in India, overenthusiastic Muslims (as seen in the case of uncontrollable Tablighi Jamaat followers) will start crowding markets, holding iftar parties and prayer gathering, giving rise to corona clusters by disobeying the prime ministerial instruction," he said in his letter.Ahmed has also apologised for the acts of violence or misbehaviour allegedly by Muslims against healthcare workers across the country."As a law-abiding Indian Muslim, I apologise on behalf of all those belonging to my community in quarantine in India, indulging in violence against doctors, nurses, health workers, police, safai karamcharis etc," he wrote."My head is hung in shame whenever I see highly condemned acts of spitting, misbehaving in vulgar manner with the hospital staff (especially nurses), running for the jugular of doctors, throwing urine bottles and not extending cooperation for treatment for coronavirus," Ahmed said.The country is in a lockdown since March 25 due to the spread of coronavirus. The lockdown has now been extended till May 3. GJS ZMN

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So, you think you are the biggest <keyword id="6355923" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aamir-Khan">Aamir Khan</keyword> fan? Here we prove you wrong. As Mr Perfectionist celebrates his 50th birthday, following facts will help you brush up your Aamir ‘gyaan’: 
 1. Imagine what could have happened if Aamir Khan had done what his parents expected him to do as a kid! <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> would not have got Mr Perfectionist as his parents didn’t him to become an actor. 
 2. Aamir hails from a family of freedom fighters. His great grandfather was eminent freedom fighter and philosopher Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. And the actor has named his youngest son <keyword id="861956" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Azad-Rao-Khan">Azad Rao Khan</keyword> after his great grandfather. 
 
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6. When his counterparts are happily posing with their wax figurines at the famous Madame Tussauds, Aamir chose to decline the offer. He is the only Indian actor to do so. 
 
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India will register another milestone when the country will celebrate its 74th <keyword id="6416557" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="republic-day" source="Orion">Republic Day</keyword> on January 26, 2023. India’s path to freedom and becoming a sovereign democracy was anything but a bed of roses. The sacrifices of thousands of patriots made our freedom possible. Thus, to celebrate India’s Republic Day, here’s a look at some of the inspiring quotes from freedom fighters that you can share and take pride in our history, heritage and achievements. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Happy Republic Day 2023 quotes from freedom fighters" comment="subhead" text="Happy Republic Day 2023 quotes from freedom fighters"><keyword id="16220372" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="happy-republic-day-2023" source="Orion">Happy Republic Day 2023</keyword> quotes from freedom fighters</cmsannotation> "Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India." -- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi "Give me blood, I will give you freedom." - Subhas Chandra Bose "An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi "A country's greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race." - Sarojini Naidu "Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men." - BR Ambedkar "The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India." -- Lala Lajpat Rai "Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark." - Rabindranath Tagore "If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland." -- Chandra Shekhar Azad "Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf." - Rabindranath Tagore "Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." -- Jawaharlal Nehru "The sanctity of law can be maintained only so as long as it is the expression of the will of the people." - Bhagat Singh "We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world." -- Lal Bahadur Shastri “Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.” - Jawaharlal Nehru "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it." - Bal Gangadhar Tilak “One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.” - Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose "You must be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi “But a man's duty is to try and endeavour, success depends upon chance and environments.” - Bhagat Singh "Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh, or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian." - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel “By common endeavor, we can raise the country to a new greatness, while a lack of unity will expose us to fresh calamities”. - Sardar Patel "Freedom is not given, it is taken," - Subhash Chandra Bose “So long as you do not achieve social justice, whatever freedom is provided by the law to you will be of no avail.” - B.R. Ambedkar “Bombs and pistols do not make revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas.” - Bhagat Singh “The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.” - Mahatma Gandhi "We must not for a moment forget, it is a birthright of every individual to receive at least the basic education without which he cannot fully discharge his duties as a citizen.” - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad “Every tiny molecule of Ash is in motion with my heat I am such a Lunatic that I am free even in Jail.” - Bhagat Singh “Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love.” - Bhagat Singh “Non-violence has to be observed in thought, word and deed. The measure of our non-violence will be the measure of our success.” - Sardar Patel “In attaining our ideals, our means should be as pure as the end!” - Rajendra Prasad “To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Happy Republic Day 2023 quotes from freedom fighters

Table tennis star Manika Batra and cricketer Deepti Sharma were among those who were presented the <keyword id="127507" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Sports-Awards">National Sports Awards</keyword> by President <keyword id="6354561" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ram-nath-kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</keyword> on Saturday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Batra, alongwith Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal and 2016 Rio Paralympics gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu were presented the <keyword id="9847721" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajiv-Gandhi-Khel-Ratna-Award-">Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.</keyword> Deepti meanwhile was conferred the Arjuna, as were Atanu Das (archery), Chirag Shetty (badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (basketball), Manish Kaushik and Lovlina Bograhain (boxing), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (football), Akashdeep Singh(hockey), Deepak (kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (kho kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (rowing), Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker (Shooting), Madhurika Suhas Patkar (table tennis), Divya Kakran and Rahul Aware (wrestling), Shiva Keshavan (luge), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (para swimming), Sandeep (para athletics) and Manish Narwal (para shooting). Shooting coach Jaspal Rana, who is credited with overseeing the careers of the likes of Saurabh and Manu and thus playing a major role in India's recent dominance in the sport, is among nine coaches who have been conferred the Dronacharya Award in the regular category. Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jude Felix Sebastian (Hockey), Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), and Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton) were also conferred the Dronacharya. Meanwhile Dharmendra Tiwary (archery), Purushotham Rai (athletics), Shiv Singh (boxing), Romesh Pathania (hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (kabaddi) and Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (para powerlifting) received the Dronacharya Lifetime award. Kuldip Singh Bhullar (athletics), Jincy Philips (athletics), Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (badminton), Trupti Murgunde (badminton), N Usha (boxing), Ajit Singh (hockey), Manpreet Singh (kabaddi), J Ranjith Kumar (para athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (para badminton), Manjeet Singh (rowing), Late Sachin Nag (swimming), Nandan P Bal (tennis) and Netarpal Hooda (wrestling) were conferred the Dhyan Chand Award. The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards were conferred to Anita Devi (Land Adventure), Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure), Taka Tamut (Land Adventure), Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure), Satendra Singh (Water Adventure) and Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement). Panjab University won the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. Pune's Army Sport Institute, Lakshya Institute, Delhi's ONGC, Air Force Sports Control Board, and International Institute of Sports Management (IISM) in Mumbai were conferred the Rahstriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.

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